Why is the CPU or rectangular camera sensor created from a circular plate?
For computers and cameras, CPU and image sensors are two extremely important components such as the 'brain' of the device. With computers, CPUs act as processing centers, have the ability to calculate and control the operation of all other components.
With cameras, image sensors are components that play a decisive role in the existence of digital photography industry. The image sensor is responsible for capturing light, turning it into a digital signal that can be stored into images.
A wafer is used to make computer CPUs.
Semiconductor sensors made in large quantities on a circular silicone sheet are called 'wafer' and not made separately. From a wafer it is cut into sensors and cutting rectangular pieces from a circular object will lead to problems with excess material.
In fact, a wafer can produce 244 1-inch sensors with an excess area of 12.6%; APS-C sensor (crop x1.5) with 18% redundancy; 20 - 24 camera sensors in Full-frame format and 36% excess area. No matter how small people try to cut, there is still an area left.
Image sensor is cut from a wafer.
These wafers are quite expensive. It is estimated that a high quality 8 inch diameter silicone sheet can cost up to 5000 USD. So why didn't people create rectangular wafers or squares in the first place so that when cutting out CPUs and image sensors were not wasted?
A big silicone ingot.
The reason the wafers are made round is because of the way people create it. The first shape of a semiconductor wafer is a very large cylindrical 'lump' called a silicone ingot, made with the Czochralski process. This process was invented by Jan Czochralski, a Polish scientist.
Accordingly, pure silicone will be melted into liquid with a ratio of 1 / 10,000,000 non-pure atoms, very high purity. A silicone crystal stick is immersed in this liquid, then it has just been turned and pulled up slowly. The lower the temperature, the lower the silicone will cling to the core, and evenly distribute into a ingot thanks to centrifugal force.
Czochralski process.
The video explains the process of Czochralski.
When this ingot has cooled, people will use diamond cutting blades to cut them into small pieces with high accuracy. The sheets will be washed and polished to form a silicone wafer.
To save costs in this process, scientists only have the only method of gradually increasing the diameter of the silicone ingot. This means that the diameter of the wafer also increases, which in turn can make more products in a turn to increase productivity.
The size of the wafer gradually increases over time.
However, due to complicated manufacturing process and many standards need to be ensured, the cost of creating this product is still very high and the efficiency has increased. That is the reason only very few manufacturers of high quality camera and CPU sensors in the world.
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