Could China’s ion implanter ‘scalpel’ carve out secure hi-tech chip supply chains?
The technology is central to some forms of semiconductor manufacturing and dominated by overseas players
The China Institute of Atomic Energy said on Saturday that it had developed the nation’s first high-energy hydrogen ion implanter called the POWER-750H, saying it performed on a par with advanced international standards.
“For a long time, China had relied entirely on imports for high-energy hydrogen ion implanters, with foreign technological barriers and market monopolies restricting domestic progress in this field,” the institute said.
“Drawing on decades of expertise in nuclear physics and accelerator technology, the China Institute of Atomic Energy leveraged tandem accelerator technology to … achieve full independent design capability – from fundamental principles to complete system integration – for tandem-type high-energy hydrogen ion implanters.
“The successful domestic development of … [the] implanters strengthens China’s self-reliance in the semiconductor industry.”
Inside the Nexperia crisis: the future of chip supply chain | China Future Tech webinar