Samsung has begun developing its own smart sensing system designed to measure the uniformity of plasma on chips, boosting productivity and changing the way semiconductor fabs operate.
The company is striving to localize products currently manufactured abroad to increase semiconductor productivity and improve production efficiency.
The company designed the system primarily for real-time monitoring and analysis of production processes, and now it automatically handles plasma standardization.
Samsung then plans to fully automate its factories and eliminate human labor by 2030.
The company's goal is to build semiconductor production facilities for unemployed people. To achieve this goal, systems must be developed that can process large amounts of data and automatically optimize device performance.
Smart sensor systems are an important part of the plan and are expected to play a crucial role in making these fully automated smart factories a reality.
Samsung is currently investing millions of dollars in projects such as smart sensors and hopes that this investment will pay off in the long term.
Smart sensors are currently being developed to measure the uniformity of the plasma within the wafer.
This is critical because the results of semiconductor manufacturing processes are strongly affected by plasma uniformity. Therefore, accurate measurement and control of this aspect is crucial.
The development of the system was a collaborative effort with partners and academic institutions.
The new sensors are characterized by their small size, which makes them suitable for existing facilities and does not require additional space, which is important in clean rooms.
It should be noted that these sensors are designed and manufactured in South Korea. South Korean chipmakers rely heavily on foreign tools to carry out such advanced processes.
The development of smart sensor systems represents a major change because it reduces this dependence somewhat, although most of the gadgets used by Samsung are manufactured outside South Korea.