Ensuring Quality in the Semiconductor Industry

Quality control (QC) is essential in the electronics and semiconductor industry to ensure reliable, high-performing products reach customers.  Got questions?  Contact us.

At the start of the production chain, Inward Quality Control (IQC) acts as a critical checkpoint. It involves inspecting incoming materials to ensure only top-quality components are used in manufacturing.

Meanwhile, Continuous Quality Control (CQC) focuses on maintaining high standards throughout the entire manufacturing process. It includes ongoing monitoring, analysis, and improvement to meet the industry’s strict precision and reliability requirements.

Our CQC Monitoring Solutions

To support these rigorous standards, we offer advanced CQC solutions designed to meet a wide range of customer needs:

• Multiple technology options to suit diverse applications
• A knowledgeable team supporting UHP and semiconductor IQC, OQC, and CQC processes
• Accurate trace impurity measurements before and after purification
• One-year warranty on all analyzers and cabinets
• Two years of on-site service and spare parts

Choose from Two Powerful CQC Technologies:

1. TIGER OPTICS Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS)
   – Delivers excellent performance at a highly competitive price

2. TIGER OPTICS Atmospheric Pressure Ion Mobility Spectrometry (APIMS)
   – Offers the lowest detection limits available and covers the entire application range with a single analyzer

Ultra-High Purity (UHP) Requirements

Semiconductor processes use ultra-pure gases and chemicals. Even trace levels of contamination—at parts-per-trillion (ppt) or lower—can cause defects, reduce yield, or damage expensive wafers.  CQC monitoring solutions continuously check for impurities in process gases and environments, ensuring purity levels remain within spec.

Our CRDS CQC Solution

• Utilize CRDS for all bulk gases including O2
• Real-time measurement – Fast & continuous
• No calibration required – Low maintenance very few consumables
• Low cost of ownership – Very few consumables
• One GC for Ar and N2 limits helium use by >90%

CQC CRDS DELIVERS REAL VALUE

• Capable of measuring nearly all impurities in all background gases
• Real-time measurement
• No Helium consumption
• Almost no maintenance required
• PPT detection limits for all impurities
• Simple integration
• Limited use of GC required
• A typical CQC solution with CRDS saving nearly $12M over 10 years

SALES | TRAINING INQUIRIES

AMERICAS: info.americas@process-insights.com

EMEAI (includes India): info.emeai@process-insights.com

APAC:  info.apac@process-insights.com

CHINA:  info.cn@process-insights.com

SERVICE | TECHNICAL INQUIRIES ONLY

Pre-Purifier

• Air Separation / N2 plant
• G-Gas
• Higher detection limits
• 5ppb-10ppb gas quality to the fab

POST-PURIFIER

• Lowest detection limits
• <1ppb gas quality inside the fab
• <.05ppb ambient air
• Purifier performance/breakthrough
• Bulk gas quality
• Specialty gas quality & blending
• Airborne Molecular Contamination
• Process tool monitoring
• Toxic gas monitoring
• Ultra-Pure Water (UPW)
• Wastewater discharge

• Utilize APIMS technology for CQC measurements in N2, Ar, H2 and He
• Real-time, multi-species monitoring for all critical impurities
• One APIMS per background gas or utilize stream-switching option
• Lowest LDL available – as low as 10 ppt
• Measurement range PPT to 100% concentrations
• Designed to minimize maintenance requirements
• User-friendly software and touchscreen interface