In the next two years, a lithographic scanner with a wavelength of 193 nanometers, designed for the production of modern microelectronic chips, may appear in Russia. This was announced by the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gennady Krasnikov.
Our scanner at a wavelength of 248 nanometers is already being tested. Work is underway on a new scanner at a wavelength of 193 nanometers, which will be designed for 90 nanometers and below. By the way, this wavelength is very promising, because five-nanometer microcircuits are also made on it.
According to Gennady Krasnikov, a scanner with a wavelength of 193 nanometers will appear in two years.
Lithographic scanners are designed to create microcircuits. Similar equipment is produced by only a few large companies (Dutch ASML, Japanese Canon and Nikon). Although chips created using technologies based on a wavelength of 350 nanometers are considered obsolete, they are still used in various industries, including the automotive industry, energy and telecommunications.
The development of a new lithographic scanner in Russia could significantly increase the competitiveness of the domestic microelectronic industry and reduce dependence on foreign technologies.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the first Russian 350 nanometer lithographer went for testing.
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