Summary

Semiconductor equipment plays a vital role in the manufacturing of integrated devices (I.C.s) are typically located in manufacturing facility called a fab. The types or categories of semiconductor equipment consist of the following:

• Wafer Manufacturing/Wafer Processing
• Fab Facilities Equipment
• Mask/Reticle Equipment 
• Surface Conditioning/ Clean and Dry
• Resist Processing Equipment
• Expose and Write
• Etch Equipment
• Sputter Equipment
• Thermal Processing Equipment

• Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP)
• Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
• Inspection Measurement
• Assembly and Packaging Equipment
• SOC & Logic Test Equipment
• Memory Test Equipment
• Handlers
• Probe Equipment
• Other Test Related Equipment