Semiconductor wafers are small discs made of materials that conduct electricity, but not as well as metals. These wafers act as the foundation for manufacturing computer chips and other electronic devices. Full definition
One of the pieces of manufacturing equipment that Soraa had requested for the SUNY Poly facility was a metal - organic chemical vapor deposition reactor «tool» that is essentially used to spray thin layers of atoms onto semiconductor wafers that are used to make chips. (timesunion.com)
If, however, researchers can grow the oxides on large, commercially available semiconductor wafers, they can then scale up oxide 2DEGs for real - world applications. (sciencedaily.com)
The detectors consist of thick semiconductor wafers with a superconducting detector on one side and charge detectors on the other. (scientificamerican.com)