Artificial sapphire is widely used
The artificial sapphire crystal rods and wafers displayed in the exhibition hall are particularly attractive to the eye in the Hedong Road, Qingdao Hi-Tech Industrial Park Co., Ltd. The blue sapphire is commonly known as 'corundum' and its main chemical composition is alumina, with a Mohs hardness of 9 in nature. Second only to diamonds with Mohs hardness of 10 in the material.
Due to its high hardness, strong wear resistance, and high temperature stability, artificial sapphire soon replaced traditional materials and is widely used in the semiconductor and microelectronics industries, lighting industry, mobile consumer electronics, military products, and especially For LED lighting products, the main substrate material.
'Electronic enthusiasts are more familiar with the use of sapphire on mobile phones. Many mobile phone's camera lens protection glasses, home keys, and watch bracelet watch are all applied sapphire.' Zheng Dong, general manager of Jiaxing Jingdian introduced, and the traditional Compared with the glass screen, the sapphire screen has the dual functions of touch sensing and protection, and it also has unique advantages in satisfying the ultra-thin and intelligent display terminals and is the preferred screen material.
Grab Sapphire Development Opportunities
The sapphire industrial chain is divided into the upstream crystal rod 'growth', midstream equipment manufacturing, wafer processing, downstream product applications, and Jiaxing Jingdian main midstream wafer processing. Entering the production workshop, it is like coming to a scientific research laboratory, clean and tidy The ground, a highly automated advanced equipment, with white coats, masks, feet full 'armed' staff. Here, processing 12 million large-scale sapphire, annual output value of 560 million yuan.
The date back to 2009, when domestic sapphire substrates basically relied on foreign imports. Before entering the sapphire industry, Zheng Dong has long been engaged in investment work, and often pays attention to the development of the industry. He learned that sapphire's huge development opportunities and dependence on foreign imports桎梏 桎梏 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 认为 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 Sapphire's Quest Road.
Talent support and capital investment are all problems that need to be solved. When the founding team attracted top foreign R&D talents, it gradually acquired a self-developed ready-to-use sapphire substrate wafer processing technology. The sapphire industry has invested heavily in equipment, raw materials , Plant construction and other things need to spend money. The Hi-tech Zone gave a series of preferential policies such as rent reduction and capital subsidy, which gave the just-started company a wingspan.
Get rid of sapphire substrate dependent imports
Relying on the government’s policy support and the company’s high investment in R&D and manufacturing, in 2010, the company strode into the semiconductor industry. From trial production, customer verification, mass production to large-scale production, it took only 7 months to build the first in the country. Large-scale, high-quality semiconductor sapphire wafer production companies have broken the situation in which domestic sapphire substrates are completely dependent on imports.
At present, Jiaxing Jingdian realizes the production of 2-inch, 4-inch and 6-inch serialized products. It not only participates in the formulation of industry standards, but also has higher surface roughness, flatness, warpage, and bending than other indicators. The International Semiconductor Association Standard and China National Standard have become the largest supplier of graphic substrates and the largest vertically integrated company in China. It is also the leading representative of the highest level crystal manufacturers in China.
Construction of Semiconductor Technology Industrial Park
Zheng Dong said that the sapphire industry has experienced a wave of reshuffle after a severe oversupply, and the development and competition of the industry has gradually entered a new era. The macroscopic effects of industrial agglomeration and industrial clusters are becoming more and more prominent. The construction is led by Jiaxing Jingdian. The annual output value of 1 billion yuan in semiconductor technology industrial park project came into being.
In March 2018, the signing ceremony of the semiconductor technology industrial park project was held in the high-tech zone. The total investment of the industrial park was 280 million yuan. It will be built according to the professional park model, introduce a number of leading companies in the semiconductor industry, build a common industrial R&D platform for companies, and promote semiconductors. R & D and later industrialization.
As soon as the relevant high-end industries are introduced into the Hi-tech Zone as soon as possible, Jiaxing Jingdian also hopes to develop semiconductor accessory equipment manufacturing and higher-end semiconductor materials. 'Even if the number of sapphire substrates produced in China leads the world, manufacturing There are many equipments or imported equipments. If there is more capacity, we would like to manufacture domestically-made equipment instead of imported equipment, help China Zhizhi 2025, and build the whole industry chain of the semiconductor industry. ' Zheng Dong said.
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Third-generation semiconductor materials ready to go
In recent years, third-generation semiconductor materials represented by wide band gap compounds such as gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) have been considered as strategic technologies that have a significant impact and have caused global attention.
Zheng Dong, general manager of Jiaxing Jingdian, stated that although the development of China's semiconductor industry started late, it has become the world's largest semiconductor consumer with huge market capacity and production groups. From 2000 to 2016, China’s semiconductor market increased. Leading the world in speed, the annual compound growth rate reached 21.4%, which is much higher than 3.6% of global average annual growth rate of semiconductors. 'The governments of various countries have stepped up their deployment in the third generation of semiconductor industry. China also attaches great importance to it and is focusing on superior strength. Realize the cornering overtaking and occupy the leading position, break through the innovation chain and value chain from R&D, engineering, and application, and seize the strategic commanding height in the international semiconductor field. This is also the direction of the future development and transformation of Jiaxing Jingdian.