Report on semiconductor/microelectronics cleaning

NEW YORK, USA: Reportlinker.com has announced a new market research report titled: Semiconductor/Microelectronics Cleaning.

The global market for microelectronics cleaning equipment, consumables, and services was worth about $2.9 billion in 2009. This figure is projected to reach $3.4 billion in 2010 and $8 billion by 2015, a CAGR of 18.5 percent between 2010 and 2015.

Cleaning chemicals, gases and other consumables such as ultrapure water accounted for 62 percent of the market in 2009. This sector is worth an estimated $2.1 billion in 2010 and is expected to increase at a 19.1 percent CAGR to reach $5 billion in 2015.

Equipment sales accounted for 29 percent of the total microelectronics cleaning equipment market in 2009. This sector is valued at an estimated $1 billion in 2010 and is expected to reach $2.4 billion in 2015, a CAGR of 19.1 percent.

Background
Electronics cleaning refers to the processes or steps that are employed to ensure that a semiconductor or other microelectronic device remains free from contaminants or other foreign materials that could have an adverse impact on its proper functioning and performance.

New requirements are being placed on electronics cleaning technologies and products, because as device geometries continue to shrink and die sizes grow, microcontaminants such as particles, metallic impurities, and trace organic contaminants will have an ever-increasing detrimental impact on device yield and reliability.

Various other factors are contributing to the current dynamism of the electronics cleaning market. Process trends such as the movement to single-wafer processing pose new challenges for cleaning technology.

Economic and environmental concerns are also causing users of electronics cleaning products to look for ways of reducing their chemicals consumption and substituting more environmentally benign chemicals for the harsh chemistries used in traditional "wet" process cleaning.