2. Ecclesiastical A small thin disk of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist.
3. Pharmacology A flat, tablet of rice paper or dried flour paste encasing a powdered drug.
4. A small disk of adhesive material used as a seal for papers.
5. Electronics A small, thin circular slice of a semiconducting material, such as pure silicon, on which an integrated circuit can be formed.
tr.v.wa·fered, wa·fer·ing, wa·fers
1. To seal or fasten together with a disk of adhesive material.
2. Pharmacology To prepare in the form of wafers.
3. Electronics To divide into wafers.
[Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old North French waufre, of Germanic origin; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]
wafer
(ˈweɪfə)
n
1. (Cookery) a thin crisp sweetened biscuit with different flavourings, served with ice cream, etc
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a thin disc of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as celebrated by the Western Church
3. (Pharmacology) pharmacol an envelope of rice paper enclosing a medicament
4. (Electronics) electronics a large single crystal of semiconductor material, such as silicon, on which numerous integrated circuits are manufactured and then separated
5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a small thin disc of adhesive material used to seal letters, documents, etc
vb
(tr) to seal, fasten, or attach with a wafer
[C14: from Old Northern French waufre, from Middle Low German wāfel; related to waffle1]
ˈwafer-ˌlike, ˈwaferyadj
wa•fer
(ˈweɪ fər)
n.
1. a thin, crisp cake or biscuit, often sweetened and flavored.
2. a thin disk of unleavened bread, used in the Eucharist.
3. a thin disk, esp. of dried paste, used esp. for sealing letters.
4. any small, thin disk, as a washer or piece of insulation.
5. a thin slice of semiconductor used as a base material on which single transistors or integrated-circuit components are formed.
v.t.
6. to seal, close, or attach by means of a wafer.
[1350–1400; Middle English wafre < Middle Dutch wafer, variant of wafelwaffle1]
a type of very thin biscuit, often eaten with ice-cream. beskuitjie رُقاقَه، بَسْكويت هَش вафла bolacha oplatka die Waffel vaffel γκοφρέταbarquillo vahvel بيسكويت نازك و نرم vohvelikeksi gaufretteופל पापड oblatna ostya wafer þunnt kex, ískex wafer ウエハース 웨이퍼(살짝 구운 양과자의 일종) vaflis vafele wafer wafeltjekjeks; oblatwafel كمربند، كولچه، بابړ، كولچه: سريښناك ( سليشناك) نرى كاغذ: د ټاپى لاك bolacha napolitană вафля oplátka vafelj oblanda rån, wafer ขนมอบกรอบบาง รสหวานมักกินกับไอศกรีม gofret, kâğıt helvası 常和冰淇淋一起吃的薄餅 вафля ایک قسم کا نہایت پتلا اور میٹھا بسکٹ bánh xốp 威化饼,薄脆饼干(常与冰淇淋同吃)
ˌwafer-ˈthin adjective
extremely thin. skyfiedun رَقيق جدا много тънък finíssimo tenounký hauchdünn papirtynd πολύ λεπτός delgadísimo, finísimo paberõhuke بسيار نازك erittäin ohut mince comme une pelure d'oignon דקיק बहुत ही पतला vrlo tanak hajszálvékony sangat tipis mjög þunnur (sottilissimo) 極薄の 매우 얇은 plonytis ļoti plāns terlalu nipis flinterdunløvtynn cieniutki نازک finíssimo foarte subţire, subţire ca firul de păr очень тонкий tenučký suh kot trska izuzetno tanak lövtunn ที่บางมาก incecik 極薄的 дуже тонкий بہت پتلا rất mỏng 极薄的
Employing a proprietary five-channel inspection technology, the Surfscan SP2XPoffers customers, for the first time, the ability to detect all major types of defects of interest and to quickly group their wafers into defect-free, re-workable and scrap categories based on type and number of defects.
SEH) and SUMCO Corporation (SUMCO), are beta-system partners with KLA-Tencor to apply KLA-Tencor's most advanced unpatterned wafer inspection technology to their 45nm-generation wafers in order to identify and separate the defects of interest.
The Pegasus 2200i 200mm wafer sorter is a fully-automated, host controlled wafer substrate management tool that maintains a Sub-Class 1 environment for semiconductor wafers.
Reid, president and chief executive officer of Ibis Technology Corporation, said, "We are pleased that the SUMCO implanter has completed the final acceptance process, and we expect that SUMCO will begin using this tool for producing 300-millimeter SIMOX-SOI wafers immediately.
Fueling this growth in needed wafer capacity, nineteen new semiconductor device fabs are planned to start or ramp production on 300mm wafers over the next three years.
Ibis Technology Corporation (Nasdaq NM: IBIS), a leading provider of SIMOX-SOI implantation equipment to the worldwide semiconductor industry, today announced the receipt of an order for an Ibis i2000 oxygen implanter from SUMCO, a leading manufacturer of silicon wafers.
The WaferMate200(TM) workcell is designed to accommodate wafers ranging in size from 100mm to 200mm in diameter, and can be configured with a broad range of options to meet specific handling requirements.
is offering a cost saving alternative of using reclaimed TEOS or thermal oxide dummy wafers for CMP(a) tools retaining ring break-ins and tool startup qualifications after idle time.
In addition to the emergence of SoC flip chip products, the 300 mm wafer format that is fast becoming the industry-standard more than doubles the number of die to be tested on flip chip device wafers and places significant demands and challenges on semiconductor manufacturers' performance testing capabilities.