Inside Technology Today (21 Parts)

Synopsis

Tutorials looking in detail at elements in the the research and manufacturing of integrated circuits and and related applicaitons.
1 (14 min): Antenna system designs are tested using a variety of folded ranges, anechoic chambers, and far-and-near field ranges. Researchers explain antenna ranges and computer programs designed for testing antenna systems with microwave to millimeter wave frequencies.
2 (9 min): Ultra-pure acids, solvents and gases are needed during all phases of the integrated circuit manufacturng process. Tours a manufacturing chemical centre and production facility and provides an overview of the process of analysing and supplying precise chemicals to wafer fabrication facilities.
3 (10 min): The scanning acoustic microscope uses sound waves to non-destructively examine packaged integrated circuits. This unique testing technology is used in lieu of cross-sectional and X-ray testing and employs computer graphics displays.
4 (38 min): An expert in the field of speech research discusses speaker recognition and understanding. Describes technologies such as speech phone ‘dialing’, accessing telephone databases, speech manipulation of computers, spoken language translators and work parsing. Also discusses methods for recognition of isolated or discrete vs continuous speech, speaker-trained or speaker-independent speech, vocabulary size and digital signal processing.
5 (16 min): Atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes are desktop-sized unique diagnostic tools capable of resolving individual atoms. Explains and demonstrates the microscopes, each of which includes a powerful graphic display system.
6 (20 min): Shows the area within an integrated circuit manufacturing facility where wafers are probed and tested using a variety of multiprobe equipment and test technologies.
7 (25 min): The molecular beam epitaxy process is used to deposit layers of a compound semiconductor material under precise laboratory control. A researcher reviews the operation of MBE systems in a manufacturing research laboratory and explains the equipment involved.
8 (20 min): Reviews the types and uses of the particle beam accelerator in integrated circuit manufacturing to detect impurities in the semiconductor material. The special particle beam accelerators used for this type of analysis develop useful 3 to 6 MEV particle energy.
9 (10 min): The scanning electron microscope is one of the primary research tools used for wafer manufacturing and metrology. Shows a high-level scanning electron microscope X-ray spectroscope for use in silicon manufacturing.
10 (19 min): Analysis and construction of polymers and organic chemicals are required by integrated circuit manufacturers when dealing with ultra-pure liquids, plastic wafer carriers, adhesives, wire insulation, epoxy, printed circuit boards, lithography resists and mould compounds. Gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared chromatography are among the tools described.
11 (19 min): Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy uses a 1 to 3 million volt ion beam from a linear accelerator to bombard a sample under test. The energy distribution of the ions scattered from the sample over a wide angle is measured with a solid-state detector to determine the species of atoms at varying depths below the surface.
12 (45 min): Object-oriented programming has become popular with the development of languages like ANSI C++. Discusses object-oriented database development, storage techniques, libraries and navigation among databases.
13 (55 min): An overview of the C++ object-oriented programming language, which is used in programming digital signal processors, graphics chips and writing databases.
14 (20 min): Reviews the history of synthesizing speech and specific technques such as linear predictive coding. Discusses talking learning tools and machine speech technology.
15 (10 min): Reviews the techniques used for teaching machines to recognise objects under varying environments and looks at some of the underlying problems. Includes descriptions of research into automatic navigation and medical imaging improvements.
16 (40 min): Describes object-oriented databases, which are are powerful, flexible ways to store and access data. Also covers functional decomposition, instances, objects within programs, sharing and hiding data implementation, and inheritance.
17 (32 min): High-speed, multi-port digital signal processors (DSPs) can be used in parallel processing applications to enhance computation time and power. Describes a popular 6-port floating point DSP and high-speed design integration and applications.
18 (12 min): Reviews the theory, development and applications of digital light processing as used by digital micromirror devices, a major breakthrough in display technology.
19 (23 min): Discusses fuzzy logic, which is concerned with the degree to which events occur rather than the liklihood of ther occurrence. Looks at applications and the software used for fuzzy logic programming.
20 (32 min): Describes the operations of a 32-bit floating digital signal processor, and also looks at chip design, circuit integration and evaluation modules.
21 (23 min): Explains the various production methods, automation and quality assurance methods of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon and hydrogen, which play an important part in many areas in the integrated chip manufacturing process.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video; 21 videocassettes. VHS (PAL). col. various running times

Year of production

1994

Availability

Sale; 1999 sale: US$89.00 each part (inclusive) - PAL version

Subjects

Engineering

Keywords

integrated circuits; semiconductors; speech synthesis

Sections

Title

Antenna test range

Synopsis

1 (14 min): Antenna system designs are tested using a variety of folded ranges, anechoic chambers, and far-and-near field ranges. Researchers explain antenna ranges and computer programs designed for testing antenna systems with microwave to millimeter wa

Title

Chemical processing for IC manufacturing

Synopsis

2 (9 min): Ultra-pure acids, solvents and gases are needed during all phases of the integrated circuit manufacturng process. Tours a manufacturing chemical centre and production facility and provides an overview of the process of analysing and supplying p

Title

Scanning acoustic microscope

Synopsis

3 (10 min): The scanning acoustic microscope uses sound waves to non-destructively examine packaged integrated circuits. This unique testing technology is used in lieu of cross-sectional and X-ray testing and employs computer graphics displays.

Title

Speech recognition

Synopsis

4 (38 min): An expert in the field of speech research discusses speaker recognition and understanding. Describes technologies such as speech phone 'dialing', accessing telephone databases, speech manipulation of computers, spoken language translators and

Title

Atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes

Synopsis

5 (16 min): Atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes are desktop-sized unique diagnostic tools capable of resolving individual atoms. Explains and demonstrates the microscopes, each of which includes a powerful graphic display system.

Title

Wafer testing and probing

Synopsis

6 (20 min): Shows the area within an integrated circuit manufacturing facility where wafers are probed and tested using a variety of multiprobe equipment and test technologies.

Title

Molecular beam epitaxy

Synopsis

7 (25 min): The molecular beam epitaxy process is used to deposit layers of a compound semiconductor material under precise laboratory control. A researcher reviews the operation of MBE systems in a manufacturing research laboratory and explains the equip

Title

Particle beam accelerator

Synopsis

8 (20 min): Reviews the types and uses of the particle beam accelerator in integrated circuit manufacturing to detect impurities in the semiconductor material. The special particle beam accelerators used for this type of analysis develop useful 3 to 6 MEV

Title

Scanning electron microscope

Synopsis

9 (10 min): The scanning electron microscope is one of the primary research tools used for wafer manufacturing and metrology. Shows a high-level scanning electron microscope X-ray spectroscope for use in silicon manufacturing.

Title

Polymer chemistry in IC manufacturing

Synopsis

10 (19 min): Analysis and construction of polymers and organic chemicals are required by integrated circuit manufacturers when dealing with ultra-pure liquids, plastic wafer carriers, adhesives, wire insulation, epoxy, printed circuit boards, lithography

Title

Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy

Synopsis

11 (19 min): Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy uses a 1 to 3 million volt ion beam from a linear accelerator to bombard a sample under test. The energy distribution of the ions scattered from the sample over a wide angle is measured with a solid-stat

Title

Object-oriented programming systems

Synopsis

12 (45 min): Object-oriented programming has become popular with the development of languages like ANSI C++. Discusses object-oriented database development, storage techniques, libraries and navigation among databases.

Title

C++ programming language

Synopsis

13 (55 min): An overview of the C++ object-oriented programming language, which is used in programming digital signal processors, graphics chips and writing databases.

Title

Speech synthesis

Synopsis

14 (20 min): Reviews the history of synthesizing speech and specific technques such as linear predictive coding. Discusses talking learning tools and machine speech technology.

Title

Image understanding

Synopsis

15 (10 min): Reviews the techniques used for teaching machines to recognise objects under varying environments and looks at some of the underlying problems. Includes descriptions of research into automatic navigation and medical imaging improvements.

Title

Object-oriented databases

Synopsis

16 (40 min): Describes object-oriented databases, which are are powerful, flexible ways to store and access data. Also covers functional decomposition, instances, objects within programs, sharing and hiding data implementation, and inheritance.

Title

32-bit floating point multi-port DSP

Synopsis

17 (32 min): High-speed, multi-port digital signal processors (DSPs) can be used in parallel processing applications to enhance computation time and power. Describes a popular 6-port floating point DSP and high-speed design integration and applications.

Title

Digital micromirror devices

Synopsis

18 (12 min): Reviews the theory, development and applications of digital light processing as used by digital micromirror devices, a major breakthrough in display technology.

Title

Fuzzy logic 1

Synopsis

19 (23 min): Discusses fuzzy logic, which is concerned with the degree to which events occur rather than the liklihood of ther occurrence. Looks at applications and the software used for fuzzy logic programming.

Title

32-bit floating point DSP operation

Synopsis

20 (32 min): Describes the operations of a 32-bit floating digital signal processor, and also looks at chip design, circuit integration and evaluation modules.

Title

Ultra-pure gases for IC manufacturing

Synopsis

21 (23 min): Explains the various production methods, automation and quality assurance methods of gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon and hydrogen, which play an important part in many areas in the integrated chip manufacturing process.

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Name

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