# Making of a Microchip (1996)

Examines the microchip manufacturing process, covering: transforming metallurgical grade silicon to electronic grade silicon; growing a silicon crystal ingot; silicon wafer fabrication; deposition; diffusion; patterning with photolithography; metallisation; ion implantation; etching; testing; characterisation; bonding and packaging; quality control. Uses video, graphics and narration throughout. Produced by Texas Instruments and Corporate Visual Communications in 1996.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1996
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/MakingMicrochip)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/MakingMicrochip?play=1)