Technology overview

Technology

Mears Silicon Technology (MST®): a quantum-engineered epitaxial silicon film that improves transistor performance and reliability.

The problem MST solves

Engineers dopants & profiles that survive downstream thermal cycles

MST enables high thermal budget dopant engineering, improving transistor performance and reliability across many product families.

Full node

of PPAC improvement without physical scaling

No design changes

MST is a unit process step that doesn't affect anything else

Existing EPI reactors

Simple upgrade, no impact on maintenance

MST atomic structure: oxygen-containing layers inside the silicon lattice
MST atomic modelMSTMST
TEM cross-section: MST epitaxial silicon on silicon

Research & development

R&D is silicon proven

Silicon data from industry and academic leaders validates MST across devices and customer processes. R&D continues on new applications and new MST films.

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Partner with Atomera

Evaluate MST in your own process and devices with Atomera's engineering team.

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