The majority of semiconductor devices are made up of heterostructures, which are stacked layers of distinctive materials deposited by utilizing distinctive methods. These layers have a thickness in ...

The exact birth of the scanning microscope principle is not clear, as the work of numerous scientists contributed to its inception. However, it is generally accepted that the first scanning microscope ...

A new technical paper titled “Scanning electron microscopy-based automatic defect inspection for semiconductor manufacturing: a systematic review” was published by researchers at KU Leuven and imec.

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JEOL Ltd. (TOKYO:6951) (President & COO Izumi Oi) announced that it has developed semi-in-lens versions (i)/(is) which are optimal for the observation of semiconductor devices ...

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has revolutionized the realm of microscopic analysis. By delivering astonishingly detailed images of minuscule entities such as insects, bacteria, or even the ...

From smartphones to autonomous cars to AI supercomputers, nearly every electronic innovation we use today depends on complicated structures at the atomic scale within silicon chips. As these chips ...

For decades, optical microscopy has been restricted by diffraction limits, making it difficult to resolve nanostructures. Electron microscopy (EM) is the current standard for high-resolution imaging, ...

Austin, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Semiconductor Inspection Microscope Market Size & Growth Insights: According to the SNS Insider,“The Semiconductor Inspection Microscope Market size was ...

With the inventions of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in 1931 and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) shortly after in 1937, scientists gained an unprecedented ultrastructural view of the ...

Within the meticulous and layered journey of manufacturing semiconductor wafers, which could encapsulate anywhere from hundreds to thousands of steps over one to two months, even a minor defect or ...

According to [Asianometry], no one believed in the scanning electron microscope. No one, that is, except [Charles Oatley].The video below tells the whole story. The Cambridge graduate built radios ...