Quantify Micralign Throughput over Contact Aligners

# Quantify Micralign's Throughput Advantage Over Contact Aligners

Contact aligners had to handle each wafer carefully to control contact force and avoid damaging either the mask or the wafer, which slowed the practical exposure rate per hour.

Micralign's non-contact approach removed that careful-contact handling step entirely, letting wafers move through the exposure station faster without the risk calculus contact printing demanded.

The combination of faster handling and a mask that did not degrade with use let Micralign-equipped lines sustain meaningfully higher wafer throughput than comparable contact-printing lines.

THROUGHPUT, CONTACT VS PROJECTIONContact alignerscareful handling needed to limit contact damageMicralignno contact event to manage during exposureNet effectfaster sustained wafer throughput per hour

Diagram above: throughput, contact vs projection.

WHY THROUGHPUT TRANSLATED TO COSTFab economicsmore wafers per hour lowers cost per dieMask reusea non-degrading mask avoids recurring replacement costCombined resultprojection systems beat contact systems on cost at volume

Diagram above: why throughput translated to cost.

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