System-on-a-chip integration in the semiconductor industry: industry structure and firm strategies

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Linden
Keyword(s):  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Firm Strategies ◽  
System On A Chip

scholarly journals Basic Research on the Sports Goods Industry : Industry Structure and Firm Strategies

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Chuichi ARIYOSHI ◽  
Daisuke NAKAJIMA ◽  
Yusuke IBUKI ◽  
Mitsunori MATSUNO
Keyword(s):  
Basic Research ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Firm Strategies ◽  
Sports Goods

CENTESIL: A Pilot Plant for R&D in Polysilicon

2009 ◽  
Vol 1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos del Cañizo ◽  
Araceli Rodríguez ◽  
Gabriel Ovejero ◽  
Antonio Luque
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Solar Cell Technology

AbstractThe tremendous expansion and the relative avidity for silicon of the solar cell technology has resulted in a dramatic change of the polysilicon industry structure. While in the past the polysilicon was manufactured almost exclusively for the semiconductor industry, in 2008 around 67% of the total production was consumed by the solar industry. The consequence is that while in 2000 virtually only 7 companies supplied all the polysilicon consumed worldwide, in 2008 there were 11 major suppliers and numerous new ventures entering this market. Based on this in 2006 CENTESIL was founded as a new private-public partnership venture to deal with the polysilicon research. For it, a pilot plant is in advanced state of construction that has been preceded of some laboratory-size implementations. The pilot plant is designed for a production capacity of 60 kmol of trichlorosilane per day and 2 t of purified silicon per batch at the CVD reactor. The purpose is to allow the photovoltaic companies worldwide to count with an independent research centre to help them to establish their own polysilicon plant. The R&D activities already carried out by CENTESIL and the present status of the project are discussed in the paper.

scholarly journals Vertical and Horizontal Coordination in the Agro-biotechnology Industry: Evidence and Implications

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes ◽  
Bruce Bjornson
Keyword(s):  
Firm Strategy ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Biotechnology Industry ◽  
Strategy Formulation ◽  
Vertical Coordination ◽  
Firm Strategies ◽  
Integration Strategies

AbstractAgro-biotechnology is evolving from a pre-commerical phase dominated by basic research science to a commercial phase oriented around marketing products. In pursuing innovation rents in the commercial phase, firms are reorienting their strategies around complementary marketing and distribution assets. This is impacting vertical and horizontal industry structure. Conversely, industry structure is also impacting firm strategies. Horizontal alliances and consolidation continue from the pre-commercial phase into the commercial phase, while vertical coordination and integration strategies are accelerating rapidly. Interplay between firm strategy and industry structure is too complex for firms to anticipate early in the pre-commercial phase for long-term strategy formulation.

scholarly journals Political Economy and Technological Innovation: Implications for Development of High-tech Industries in Korea

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (0) ◽  
pp. 73-97
Author(s):  
Chang Rok Soh
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Large Firm ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technological Problem ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Firm Strategies ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S

Political economy is a key determinant to industrial competitiveness. Korean political economy produced concentrated structure of industries, large firm organizations and price-oriented firm strategies. Even though these conditions were important Korean competitive advantages in the 1960s and 1970s, these are not appropriate Far development of high-tech industries. Unless structure of industries becomes more flexible, it will be difficult to expect competitive high-tech industries in Korea. The case of semiconductor industry illustrates this point. The flexible industry structure in the U.S. and Japan has been the key for their successes in this industry. On the other hand, most European countries lack this flexibility and have not been successful as much. Korean semiconductor industry, despite huge investment and the enormous growth, lacks the capacity for technological innovation. This technological problem is a result of the structural vulnerability which has been induced by Korean Political economy.

scholarly journals Ultrapurification of Silicon for Photovoltaic Applications

2010 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Carlos del Cañizo ◽  
Gonzalo del Coso ◽  
Antonio Luque
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
Industry Structure ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Photovoltaic Applications ◽  
Alternative Routes ◽  
Solar Cell Technology

The recent explosive growth of Photovoltaics and the relative avidity for silicon of the predominant solar cell technology have resulted in a dramatic change of the polysilicon industry structure. While in the past the polysilicon was manufactured almost exclusively for the semiconductor industry, now more than half of the market is devoted to the solar industry. The different alternative routes to purify silicon for photovoltaic applications are presented in the paper, analysing their advantages and drawbacks. Emphasis is made on the CENTESIL initiative, a new private-public partnership venture promoting a pilot plant that is in an advanced state of construction. The goal is to allow the photovoltaic companies worldwide to count with an independent research centre to help them to establish their own polysilicon plant.

Applications of SIMS to electronic materials and devices

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1682-1683
Author(s):  
S.F. Corcoran
Keyword(s):  
Depth Distribution ◽  
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Semiconductor Device ◽  
Electronic Materials ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Depth Resolution ◽  
Detection Sensitivity

Over the past decade secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has played an increasingly important role in the characterization of electronic materials and devices. The ability of SIMS to provide part per million detection sensitivity for most elements while maintaining excellent depth resolution has made this technique indispensable in the semiconductor industry. Today SIMS is used extensively in the characterization of dopant profiles, thin film analysis, and trace analysis in bulk materials. The SIMS technique also lends itself to 2-D and 3-D imaging via either the use of stigmatic ion optics or small diameter primary beams.By far the most common application of SIMS is the determination of the depth distribution of dopants (B, As, P) intentionally introduced into semiconductor materials via ion implantation or epitaxial growth. Such measurements are critical since the dopant concentration and depth distribution can seriously affect the performance of a semiconductor device. In a typical depth profile analysis, keV ion sputtering is used to remove successive layers the sample.

Analysis of completed commercial semiconductors using EPMA

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 502-503
Author(s):  
R. Packwood ◽  
M.W. Phaneuf ◽  
V. Weatherall ◽  
I. Bassignana
Keyword(s):  
Electron Probe Microanalysis ◽  
Electron Probe ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
Detection Limits ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Depth Resolution ◽  
Analytical Instruments ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Numerous Element ◽  
Choice Method

The development of specialized analytical instruments such as the SIMS, XPS, ISS etc., all with truly incredible abilities in certain areas, has given rise to the notion that electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) is an old fashioned and rather inadequate technique, and one that is of little or no use in such high technology fields as the semiconductor industry. Whilst it is true that the microprobe does not possess parts-per-billion sensitivity (ppb) or monolayer depth resolution it is also true that many times these extremes of performance are not essential and that a few tens of parts-per-million (ppm) and a few tens of nanometers depth resolution is all that is required. In fact, the microprobe may well be the second choice method for a wide range of analytical problems and even the method of choice for a few.The literature is replete with remarks that suggest the writer is confusing an SEM-EDXS combination with an instrument such as the Cameca SX-50. Even where this confusion does not exist, the literature discusses microprobe detection limits that are seldom stated to be as low as 100 ppm, whereas there are numerous element combinations for which 10-20 ppm is routinely attainable.

A History of the World Semiconductor Industry

IEE Review ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
D.A. Gorham
Keyword(s):  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of
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