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Lam">David K. Lam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Tim Archer (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Abhi_Talwalkar" title="Abhi Talwalkar">Abhi Talwalkar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Semiconductor manufacturing products</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>14.9 billion</span> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$4.26 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$3.83 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$18.7 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$8.54 billion (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">17,450 (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lamresearch.com/">lamresearch.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br />Financials as of June 30, 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lam_Research&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-2024-report_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024-report-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lam Research Corporation</b> is an American supplier of <a href="/wiki/Wafer_fabrication" title="Wafer fabrication">wafer-fabrication</a> equipment and related services to the <a href="/wiki/Semiconductor" title="Semiconductor">semiconductor</a> industry.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its products are used primarily in front-end wafer processing, which involves the steps that create the active components of semiconductor devices (transistors, capacitors) and their wiring (interconnects). The company also builds equipment for back-end <a href="/wiki/Wafer-level_packaging" title="Wafer-level packaging">wafer-level packaging</a> (WLP) and for related manufacturing markets such as for <a href="/wiki/Microelectromechanical_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Microelectromechanical systems">microelectromechanical systems</a> (MEMS). </p><p>Lam Research was founded in 1980 by <a href="/wiki/David_K._Lam" title="David K. Lam">David K. Lam</a> and is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023, it was the third largest manufacturer in the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">Bay Area</a>, after <a href="/wiki/Tesla,_Inc." title="Tesla, Inc.">Tesla</a> and <a href="/wiki/Intuitive_Surgical" title="Intuitive Surgical">Intuitive Surgical</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lam_Research&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lam Research was founded in 1980 by David K. Lam, a Chinese-born engineer who had previously worked at <a href="/wiki/Xerox" title="Xerox">Xerox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-semi_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was while he was at Hewlett Packard that he saw the need for better plasma etching equipment, to keep up with the rapid miniaturization of semiconductor wafers.<sup id="cite_ref-semi_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He credited <a href="/wiki/Bob_Noyce" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Noyce">Bob Noyce</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a>, for assisting him in getting funding by ensuring his business plan made sense.<sup id="cite_ref-semi_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1981, the company introduced its first product, the AutoEtch 480, an automated polysilicon plasma etcher. The name AutoEtch was chosen to convey that the etcher was automated, while the 80 in 480 came from 1980, the year the company was founded.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first system was sold in January 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-10k-1996_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10k-1996-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982, Roger Emerick was appointed CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1984, the company issued an <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> and was listed on <a href="/wiki/Nasdaq" title="Nasdaq">Nasdaq</a> under the symbol LRCX.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, David Lam left the company to join Link Technologies, which eventually was bought by Wyse<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is now <a href="/wiki/Dell_Wyse" class="mw-redirect" title="Dell Wyse">Dell Wyse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-funding_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-funding-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-1980s, Lam Research continued its global expansion, concentrating on Taiwan and also opening customer support centers throughout Europe, the United States and Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-funding_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-funding-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the early 1990s, the company had a presence in China, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.<sup id="cite_ref-funding_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-funding-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1997, the company purchased OnTrak Systems Inc., a chip equipment manufacturer that specialized in <a href="/wiki/Chemical-mechanical_planarization" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemical-mechanical planarization">chemical-mechanical planarization</a> (CMP) cleaning, for $225 million.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CMP cleaning is a hybrid process to smooth surfaces using both etching and mechanical polishing. In August 1997, the company named OnTrak's CEO Jim Bagley as its CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-funding_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-funding-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, Bagley was named chairman of the board.<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Steve Newberry was appointed as CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-eetimes1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eetimes1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, Lam Research acquired Bullen Semiconductor, now Silfex, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Lam Research acquired SEZ AG,<sup id="cite_ref-eetimes2_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eetimes2-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now Lam Research AG.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, Lam Research agreed to buy <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a> chip equipment manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Novellus_Systems" title="Novellus Systems">Novellus Systems</a>, for $3.3 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal was completed in June 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Martin Anstice was appointed as CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-eetimes1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eetimes1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2015, Lam Research announced plans to buy <a href="/wiki/Milpitas,_California" title="Milpitas, California">Milpitas, California</a>–based <a href="/wiki/Wafer_(electronics)" title="Wafer (electronics)">wafer</a> inspection equipment vendor <a href="/wiki/KLA-Tencor" class="mw-redirect" title="KLA-Tencor">KLA-Tencor</a> for $10.6bn, in what was viewed as a semiconductor industry consolidation move.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2016, it was announced that Lam Research had joined the <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500"><i>Fortune</i> 500</a> for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2016, the company announced it had terminated its offer for KLA-Tencor amidst concerns that the deal would not meet regulatory approval from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> over antitrust concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, the company announced the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary, North Carolina</a>–based chip simulation firm Coventor. The company's software reportedly would allow Lam to reduce the time to market for its customers' new chips.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, the company launched Lam Research Capital (Lam Capital), a venture capital group chartered to invest in companies.<sup id="cite_ref-semieng_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semieng-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2018, the company announced that COO Tim Archer was being promoted to president, and CEO Martin Anstice remained in the CEO role.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2018, Martin Anstice resigned as CEO due to allegations of personal misconduct, and the Board of Directors of Lam Research named Tim Archer as president and chief executive officer.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archer was also appointed to the Board of Directors of Lam Research. </p><p>In August 2021, Lam opened a manufacturing facility in <a href="/wiki/Batu_Kawan" title="Batu Kawan">Batu Kawan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> to meet the growing demand for wafer fabrication equipment and to work more closely with key customers and <a href="/wiki/Supply_chain" title="Supply chain">supply chain</a> partners.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 September 2022, Lam Research established a new <b>India Center for Engineering</b> in <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru" title="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</a>. This center will be utilized for engineering, testing, and research and development of wafer manufacturing hardware and software, which are used to create memory components including <a href="/wiki/DRAM" class="mw-redirect" title="DRAM">DRAM</a>, <a href="/wiki/NAND_flash" class="mw-redirect" title="NAND flash">NAND</a>, and logic technologies.This is Lam's second R&D lab and third Indian facility. It will assist the company's worldwide production operations with hardware and software. The new facility will lessen the Indian engineers' dependency on their US counterparts by enabling them to finish designs domestically and shift the bulk of Lam's international activities to India.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2022, it was announced Lam had acquired the <a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a>-headquartered, wet processing semiconductor equipment provider, Semsysco GmbH.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same month, Lam also acquired the <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>-based plasma simulation company, Esgee Technologies, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lam_Research&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bagmane_Tech_Park,_Bangalore_(2024)_61.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Bagmane_Tech_Park%2C_Bangalore_%282024%29_61.jpg/220px-Bagmane_Tech_Park%2C_Bangalore_%282024%29_61.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Bagmane_Tech_Park%2C_Bangalore_%282024%29_61.jpg/330px-Bagmane_Tech_Park%2C_Bangalore_%282024%29_61.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Bagmane_Tech_Park%2C_Bangalore_%282024%29_61.jpg/440px-Bagmane_Tech_Park%2C_Bangalore_%282024%29_61.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4080" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Lam Research facility in <a href="/wiki/Bagmane_Tech_Park" title="Bagmane Tech Park">Bagmane Tech Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> (2024)</figcaption></figure> <p>Lam Research designs and builds products for semiconductor manufacturing, including equipment for <a href="/wiki/Thin_film_deposition" class="mw-redirect" title="Thin film deposition">thin film deposition</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plasma_etch" class="mw-redirect" title="Plasma etch">plasma etch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Photoresist#Applications" title="Photoresist">photoresist strip</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wafer_(electronics)#Cleaning,_texturing_and_etching" title="Wafer (electronics)">wafer cleaning</a> processes. Throughout semiconductor manufacturing, these technologies help create transistors, interconnects, advanced memory, and packaging structures. They are also used for applications in related markets like <a href="/wiki/Microelectromechanical_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Microelectromechanical systems">microelectromechanical systems</a> (MEMS) and <a href="/wiki/Light-emitting_diode" title="Light-emitting diode">light-emitting diodes</a> (LEDs).<sup id="cite_ref-2023-report_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023-report-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Thin_film_deposition">Thin film deposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lam_Research&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Thin film deposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lam's thin film deposition systems lay down the sub-microscopic layers of conducting (metal) or insulating (dielectric) materials that make up an integrated circuit. The processes require uniformity at the <a href="/wiki/Nanoscopic_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanoscopic scale">nanoscale</a> level.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company employs <a href="/wiki/Electroplating" title="Electroplating">electrochemical deposition</a> (ECD) and <a href="/wiki/Chemical_vapor_deposition" title="Chemical vapor deposition">chemical vapor deposition</a> (CVD) technologies to form copper and other metal films for conducting structures.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Atomic_layer_deposition" title="Atomic layer deposition">Atomic layer deposition</a> (ALD) is also used<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for tungsten metal films in features like <a href="/wiki/Ohmic_contact" title="Ohmic contact">contacts</a> and plugs, which are vertical connections between metal lines in multilevel interconnect chip designs. </p><p>Plasma-enhanced (PE) CVD and ALD technologies create <a href="/wiki/Dielectric" title="Dielectric">dielectric</a> films for a wide range of insulating parts. For gapfill processes, which require depositing dielectric material into narrow spaces, Lam uses high-density plasma (HDP) CVD technology.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PECVD and ALD are also used to form <a href="/wiki/Hardmask" title="Hardmask">hardmasks</a>, layers that can be removed to improve circuit patterning processes.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plasma_etch">Plasma etch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lam_Research&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Plasma etch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lam Research uses proprietary technology in its equipment for plasma etch,<sup id="cite_ref-semimd_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semimd-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the process of selectively removing materials from the surface of a wafer to create the semiconductor device's features and patterns. The equipment helps chip manufacturers carve small parts such as those needed for the latest multiple patterning sequences, transistors, and advanced memory structures, which involve increasingly complex <a href="/wiki/Thermal_transport_in_nanostructures#Thin_films" title="Thermal transport in nanostructures">film stacks</a> and ever <a href="/wiki/Dry_etching#High_aspect_ratio_structures" title="Dry etching">higher aspect ratio structures</a>. </p><p>The company uses <a href="/wiki/Reactive-ion_etching" title="Reactive-ion etching">reactive ion etch</a> (RIE) and <a href="/wiki/Atomic_layer_etching" title="Atomic layer etching">atomic layer etching</a> (ALE) to shape a variety of conductive and dielectric features.<sup id="cite_ref-semimd_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-semimd-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company's <a href="/wiki/Deep_reactive-ion_etching" title="Deep reactive-ion etching">deep RIE</a> technologies help create structures for applications like MEMS and <a href="/wiki/Through-silicon_via" title="Through-silicon via">through-silicon vias</a> (TSVs). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Photoresist_strip">Photoresist strip</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lam_Research&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Photoresist strip"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lam's dry strip systems use plasma technology to selectively remove the photoresist mask following a range of front-end wafer processing and advanced packaging applications.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wafer_cleaning">Wafer cleaning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lam_Research&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Wafer cleaning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lam Research's wet spin clean and plasma-based bevel clean products remove particles, residues, and films from the wafer surface before or after adjacent processes.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The company's spin wet clean technology is used between chip-processing steps to remove yield-limiting residues and defects. Lam's <a href="/wiki/Bevel#Semiconductor_wafers" title="Bevel">bevel</a> clean technology directs a plasma at the very edge of the wafer to clean unwanted particles, residues, and films. 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