Markets
As the pioneer in the use of PVA for critical cleaning applications in the high technology sector, Rippey is uniquely positioned to design and manufacture a technically advanced new level of PVA products for the most demanding process applications.
Semiconductor
Predominantly used for post-CMP cleaning, PVA brush contact cleaning has enabled the development and manufacturing of cutting-edge 3D memory chips and ≤7nm microprocessors
- post-CMP
- FEoL, MoL, BEoL
- Substrate
- Prime Si, SOI, Reclaim
- Photomask cleaning
- Chamber cleaning
Data Storage (HDD)
PVA contact cleaning reduces incoming and process-related contamination required to produce high-speed, high-capacity storage devices
- Disk
- Al, glass, NiP, PZT
- Read/Write Head
- Thin-film, MR
Thin Film/Optics/LED
Applications are emerging for PVA products to reduce particle levels before and after deposition of critical thin films with stringent defect requirements
- Nano coatings
- Smart Glass
- Optical Communications
- Instrumentation
MEMs/Solar
As the demand grows for micro sensors, especially wearable or implantable devices, so does the demand for customizable cleaning products with low levels of releasable contamination
- Inertial Sensors
- Micro fluidics, RF
- Solar TF/Silicon cleaning, drying
Medical Device
Unique properties of PVA have proven very effective at controlling contamination in and around medical instruments used in the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of disease
- Flex Circuit
- Fixture cleaning
