HOREXS helps promote the upgrading of glass substrate industry

In the rapid development of the global semiconductor industry, breakthroughs in technology and materials are the key to promoting industrial progress. As a company specializing in the manufacturing of advanced packaging IC substrates, HOREXS has quickly entered the field of glass substrates with its more than 15 years of profound technology accumulation, and has won market attention through technological innovation and forward-looking layout.

Technology extension from IC Substrate to glass substrate

In the field of IC carrier boards at home and abroad, HOREXS occupies an important market share (picture: Yole), and has accumulated rich experience in mass production technology and process advantages. Due to the excellent physical properties and importance of glass substrates to industry development, HOREXS quickly began to lay out the glass substrate business with the help of its rich experience in manufacturing advanced packaging IC substrate. Glass substrates have broad application prospects in technical fields such as high-computing integrated circuits, MicroLED, power semiconductors, 5G/6G, and artificial intelligence. By integrating the core technologies of advanced substrate manufacturing, HOREXS has made significant breakthroughs in the key processes of glass substrates.

Advantages of glass substrates:

1. Achieve higher interconnection density and fine patterning;

2. Glass and silicon chips have similar thermal expansion coefficients, reducing thermal stress;

3. Its ultra-flat characteristics support higher chip density without warping;

4. Provide seamless optical interconnection and improve the efficiency of co-packaged optical devices;

5. The electrical, thermal, and mechanical performance is better than that of organic materials, suitable for high-demand packaging fields.

Application scenarios of glass substrates

Glass substrates have shown potential in many high-tech fields. Especially in MicroLED technology, glass substrates help promote its mass production and meet the needs of the consumer electronics market. With the popularization of 5G, glass substrates are increasingly used in 5G RF devices and antenna modules. With their excellent thermal conductivity and low expansion coefficient, they have become an ideal choice for the industry.

International glass substrate process level

According to Intel data, glass substrate technology has great application potential in the field of semiconductor packaging. Intel expects that glass substrates will gradually replace traditional organic substrates in the next 5 to 10 years and become the core material for high-end packaging. The high precision, strength, and advantages of glass substrates in signal integrity and thermal management make them the focus of attention of the global semiconductor industry.

Compared with the international level, China's glass substrate technology is still in its infancy, especially in the ultra-thin glass substrate manufacturing process, which still needs to be improved. However, as domestic enterprises increase their layout, China's glass substrate industry is rapidly narrowing the gap with the international level. HOREXS laid out relevant technology research and development as early as 2019, and carried out in-depth technical cooperation with international semiconductor head customers, and achieved breakthrough results.

In the future, glass substrates will occupy an important position in more cutting-edge technologies. Especially in the field of high-end chip packaging and optical devices, glass substrates will help these technologies achieve higher efficiency and performance with their excellent electrical, mechanical and optical properties. In addition, with the rise of quantum computing, glass substrates will also become an important material for quantum chip packaging.

Conclusion

HOREXS will work with domestic semiconductor industry peers to lay a solid foundation for the development of semiconductor glass substrate manufacturing industry through its early layout in the field of glass substrates. With its contribution to technological innovation and the improvement of the industrial chain, HOREXS will continue to play its role in the emerging market of glass substrates and help the glass substrate industry take off.