Semiconductor Industry: Wafer Fab Exhaust Management

Description

Given the myriad exhaust compounds and the corresponding problems that they can pose in an exhaust management system, the proper choice of such systems is a complex task. Presenting the fundamentals, technical details, and general solutions to real-world problems, Semiconductor Industry: Wafer Fab Exhaust Management offers practical guidance on selecting an appropriate system for a given application. Using examples that provide a clear understanding of the concepts discussed, Sherer covers facility layout, support facilities operations, and semiconductor process equipment, followed by exhaust types and challenges. He reviews exhaust point-of-use devices and exhaust line requirements needed between process equipment and the centralized exhaust system. The book includes information on wet scrubbers for a centralized acid exhaust system and a centralized ammonia exhaust system and on centralized equipment to control volatile organic compounds. It concludes with a chapter devoted to emergency releases and a separate chapter of examples illustrating these systems in use. Drawing on the author's 20 years of industry experience, the book shows you how to customize strategies specific to your needs, solve current problems, and prevent future issues in your exhaust management systems. Review: Five Stars - Excellent book! good informations! Review: disappointing - This is a 200+ page technical book with not one single diagram or equation. The author does obviously have a lot of experience in treating the stuff that comes out of semiconductor fab equipment, but should have found someone to help write a better book. I was able to follow some of it because I've been in the industry for several decades, but it would be completely incomprehensible to anyone entering the business. There's also a lot of handwaving that might be a consequence of confidentiality obligations. So this book is not useless, but it is much less useful than it should have been.