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Current Silicon Wafers in Stock


We have a large silicon of silicon wafers that you can buy online. You can also make a quote from the shopping cart!

 

We carry small diced pieces and from 25.4mm to 300mm. From low to highly doped and thicknesses from 5um to ingot thick. We carry wafers with TTV <1um.

 

 

 

How Many Types of Silicon Wafers are There?

 

There are several different types of silicon wafers that are used in the electronics industry:

 

  • Single-crystal silicon wafers:These wafers are made from a single, continuous crystal of silicon. silicon wafer in cassetteThey have a high degree of purity and are used in the production of high-performance microchips and other electronic devices.

 

  • Multi-crystal silicon wafers: These wafers are made from multiple crystals of silicon that are fused together. They have a lower degree of purity than single-crystal wafers, but are less expensive to produce.

 

  • Float-zone silicon wafers: These wafers are made using a process called float-zone refining, which involves melting and recrystallizing the silicon. They have a high degree of purity and are used in the production of high-performance microchips.

 

  • Epitaxial silicon wafers: These wafers are grown on top of a substrate wafer using a process called epitaxy. They have a thin layer of single-crystal silicon on top of a thicker substrate, and are used in the production of microchips and other electronic devices.

 

  • These wafers have a thin layer of single-crystal silicon on top of an insulating layer, which is itself supported by a substrate wafer. They are used in the production of microchips and other electronic devices, and are known for their low power consumption and high performance.