Chapter 260: Chips, Dragon's Egg!
Lin Qiangsheng quickly had the raw materials brought in, and bags of high-purity polysilicon imported from abroad were removed from the huge trolley that required two people to push, and then there was a cart of imported argon.
Operated by Zhang Shouqing's master and apprentices, they immediately began to prepare a furnace of single crystals. Lin Lanying couldn't help but participate, she first asked Zhang Shouqing for the experimental data, and quickly reported a piece of scientific data, correcting Zhang Shouqing's master and apprentice about the operation data that were wrong or missing in the growth of silicon single crystal.
Lin Lanying's memory is amazing, and her memory is accurate and long-lasting, and she has a natural sensitivity to numbers. She is responsible for the development of China's first silicon monocrystal, the first dislocation-free silicon monocrystal, and the first high-pressure monocrystalline furnace
This female gentleman is one of the founders of the field of microelectronics and optoelectronics in China, and has led the domestic senior experts who have worked hard for more than 20 years in the field of silicon single crystal preparation.
"That's great!" This monocrystalline furnace can easily make crystal growth without worrying about failure according to accurate data, Lin Lanying couldn't help but sigh as she watched the continuous growth of monocrystalline silicon inside the monocrystalline furnace through the small window.
Originally, the open-door silicon monocrystalline furnace grew for more than 180 hours, and the period when the crystals first began to grow was the most difficult, but now the temperature of the monocrystalline furnace with a lid rises rapidly and steadily, and the monocrystalline growth time is much faster.
"I can't imagine that the time has been accelerated so much, if the growth time of the monocrystalline rod is less and the yield rate is high, this technology is mastered by our country, and the domestic semiconductor industry is expected to catch up with the level of developed countries in Europe and the United States!" Wang Shoujue approached the device and looked inside, and said with admiration.
"yes, if the speed is really a lot higher. Then we need to popularize this technology! If the growth time is really determined to be about three days, then a single crystal furnace can save 70% of electricity, how much energy can be saved, I think this technology needs to be promoted on a large scale! Wang Shouwu also said affirmatively.
The two are not only brothers, but also the founders of the domestic semiconductor industry, one is the director of the domestic semiconductor research institute and the other is the deputy director. The decision between the two of them was almost a foregone conclusion.
With the help of Lin Lanying, an expert in semiconductor materials, the silicon single crystal furnace quickly determined the preparation parameters, and Lin Qiangsheng asked Ernst & Young to input the data into the operating system of other single crystal furnaces, and did not shy away from Zhang Shouqing and others, and even taught them how to operate the control system.
At the beginning of the first month, Wang Shoujue and Wang Shouwu returned to the capital, Professor Lin Lanying stayed, and soon a group of technicians from the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences rushed to Bincheng and joined Lin Qiangsheng's monocrystalline silicon production workshop.
After all, Lin Lanying and others are professionals, and after the personnel of the Semiconductor Research Institute are in place, Zhang Shouqing's team will soon be useless. This is in addition to a small number of people who already know how to operate a computer to stay and help. Others continue to be led by Zhang Shouqing in research and development of vapor deposition technology and artificial diamonds.
In a dishwasher-sized pressure chamber, they heated natural gas and nitrogen to form a carbon plasma that was deposited on a carbon base at the bottom of the pressure chamber and gradually accumulated and hardened to form flakes of diamonds, which were then cut into the shape of gemstones.
This pressure chamber was imported by Lin Qiangsheng from abroad, and China's chemical vapor deposition technology began to be researched and developed in the early 60s. This technology can be applied to a variety of fields, ceramic materials, multifunctional materials. Crystalline materials, etc., are involved in chemical vapor deposition technology in many fields.
Lin Johnson & Johnson researched this technique not just to produce diamonds. He also set Zhang Shouqing the task of researching other materials, such as ultra-fine ceramic materials, which can make nano-scale ceramic brake pads that are resistant to high temperature and wear.
In addition, he will also find a way to get a high-temperature and high-pressure ceramic furnace abroad, and seek the possibility of using high-temperature and high-pressure methods to make large-diameter artificial diamonds, after all, temperature and pressure are still the two key factors in making crystals.
To give funds and raw materials, as long as experiments. Of course, Zhang Shouqing can't ask for this kind of work, and here he gets the greatest freedom, this kind of work environment that can fully experiment regardless of other things makes scientists extremely comfortable!
Zhang Shouqing also has his own ideas, in fact, as Lin Qiangsheng said, diamonds are a high value-added product. In particular, industrial-grade man-made diamonds are the strategic reserve resources of various countries, and they also play a non-negligible role in the development of national industrial technology. Since Lin Qiangsheng is willing to invest funds for him to engage in research, he can't ask for it. It just so happened that Zhang Shouqing had a few other experiments that he had wanted to do for a long time, but he had no funds, and many of his studies could be carried out in cooperation with Lin Qiangsheng.
"Professor Lin, what do you think of my electricity lab? Is it possible to make chips in such an environment? Lin Qiangsheng saw an opportunity and invited Professor Lin Lanying to the semiconductor laboratory.
In fact, this laboratory and the monocrystalline silicon production workshop are in the same building, and Lin Qiangsheng has set up a dust-free laboratory on the fifth floor. There is a full set of chip manufacturing systems, cleaning and corrosion equipment, lithography equipment, packaging equipment, and testing equipment, all of which are obtained from Japan, and most of their core parts are still American.
"Comrade Kobayashi, all the equipment you have here was purchased abroad?" Lin Lanying wore work clothes to visit the circle and said to Lin Qiangsheng.
"Professor Lin, I hope you can help me come up with ideas, I plan to invest in the construction of a semiconductor factory in Bencheng to manufacture chips and discrete devices!" Lin Qiangsheng said.
Lin Lanying smiled and nodded in agreement and said: "Comrade Xiaolin, as a patriotic young man who is interested in serving the country, is very good to have this thought, I can also see that you are not short of money, but investing in semiconductor factories requires a lot of investment, and you will need to continue to invest in research and development in the future!" At present, even our country has only one or two factories, and almost all the strength has been invested, do you really plan to enter this industry? Moreover, the state is now cutting a lot of research and construction projects, and your investment may not be able to get the permission of the state! ”
Lin Qiangsheng said seriously: "Professor Lin, the reason why the state has cut the project is because there is no money or resources in the country to invest so much in construction, and I don't need the state to invest a penny now." And I also have another way to get a batch of materials for the construction of the factory, maybe you don't know that Binqi now has a lot of foreign debts that have not been collected back, and these foreign debts are owed by various local units to Binqi, I bought these foreign debts, let the local units use materials to repay the debts, I have the materials to build the factory, so that the country can build the factory without a single effort! Did you promise to help me? ”
When Lin Lanying heard his explanation, she understood in a circle, and she asked funny, "Are you really going to do it yourself?" That's a big job! ”
"Yes! At present, Japan has formulated a plan for the development of the future electronics industry, and the Japanese have concentrated hundreds of companies and hundreds of billions of dollars in order to develop electronic technology! The level of the electronics industry in Europe and the United States is also growing at a geometric rate, and the famous Moore's law says that the number of components that can be accommodated on an integrated circuit will double every 18-24 months, and the performance will also be doubled. The gap between domestic and foreign countries in electronic technology is getting bigger and bigger, and I am afraid that I can't really catch up if I don't catch up, and I will do whatever the semiconductor company says, even if the investment fails, I don't regret it! I have some money to spare, and now my transmission company can earn more than $30 million a month, which is enough money to build a semiconductor factory! ”
"Good! Comrade Xiaolin, if you really have this heart, I will help you! Professor Lin said emotionally, hearing the huge figure of 30 million US dollars made her a little surprised, listening to Lin Qiangsheng's previous words, she also understood that there was not much time left for domestic development, and she was of course very urgent as a veteran of the domestic semiconductor industry. At the same time, she is also very patriotic, and in her later years, Professor Lin Lanying often warned young students to be patriotic and dedicate the most precious time to the scientific cause of the motherland in their youth.
With Lin Lanying's consent, Lin Qiangsheng was very happy, with the help of this mother of China's master-level semiconductor materials, then he would be equivalent to a small half of the success before he did it!
Lin Lanying said to do it, this female professor has a stubborn temper and a straightforward personality, and she will do everything possible to solve the things she promised. She quickly called Wang Shoujue, the director of the Semiconductor Research Institute, and wrote to her colleagues and students, especially the technicians engaged in the preparation of monocrystalline silicon, introducing them to Bincheng.
At present, China is a period of darkness and hardship in chip research, after the opening of the country, with the improvement of the international environment, a large number of foreign advanced chips poured into the country, which caused a great impact on the already backward domestic products. Domestic semiconductor companies are making a difficult choice, whether to continue to research backward and outdated products, or find a way to introduce foreign advanced technology. (To be continued......)