Semiconductor Glossary
A running glossary of semiconductor terms.
Die
A block of semiconducting material on which a given functional circuit is fabricated, most commonly silicon. Hundreds or thousands of identical dies are patterned together onto a single wafer, then cut apart ("diced") into individual pieces.
Wafer
Placeholder definition. A thin slice of semiconductor material used as the substrate for fabricating integrated circuits.
Lithography
Placeholder definition. The process of transferring circuit patterns onto a wafer using light.
Doping
Placeholder definition. The intentional introduction of impurities into a semiconductor to modulate its electrical properties.