Asia Pacific Wafer Cleaning Equipment Market Report

Wafer cleaning is one of the most vital stages in electronics production. Industries demand effective and efficient wafer cleaning equipment that can remove contaminants and impurities. Impurities can affect the functionality of the wafer and therefore, wafer cleaning equipment’s are used to remove the impurities like alkali, metal, heavy metals, organic components without damaging the wafer surface. It increases the efficiency of work.

Market Dynamics - Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment Market 

Technological advancements of semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry in Asian economies fuels the growth of the market in the region. The high presence of manufacturing firms of wafer and IC in the Asia Pacific region also has a positive impact on the growth of the market.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment Market Segmental Overview

The study analyses the Asia Pacific wafer cleaning equipment market based on equipment, technology, application, size, operational mode and geography.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment by Equipment

Single wafer spray, single wafer cryogenic, batch immersion cleaning system, batch spray cleaning system and scrubber are various wafer cleaning equipment’s. A single wafer spray is the most demanding equipment in industries, as layers continue to expand and devices continue to shrink. It is a very promising cleaning system that removes contaminants with minimal damage to the wafer surface. Highly demanding miniature devices and complex fabrication process increases the need for single wafer spray equipment’s. Whereas, the batch spray cleaning system provide various benefits like processing multiple wafers at one time. It helps in saving time and cleaning cost and delivers large profit to volume manufacturers.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment by Technology

Major wafer cleaning technologies covered in the study are wet chemical cleaning, vapor dry cleaning, aqueous cleaning process, cryogenic aerosols, and super-critical fluid cleaning process. Based on technology, wet chemical cleaning process is likely to dominate the market. Wet chemical cleaning technology uses a chemical process to remove impurities. Each wafer is treated with hydrofluoric acid.  Vapor dry cleaning improves the worker's safety by reducing the amount of acid, bases and solvent consumed and disposed of.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment by Application

Applications of wafer cleaning equipment include MEMS, CIS memory, RFID device, LED Interposer, and others. Increasing demand for electronic components and smartphone drives the growth of the wafer cleaning equipment market. The market for LED applications is increasing rapidly which positively affects the growth of the market. The use of RFID devices is increasing rapidly as they are being integrated into various electronics and identity solutions such as identification tags and smart cards. It increases the demand for clean wafers to be incorporated seamlessly into these devices.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment by Sizes

By size, the wafer cleaning equipment is bifurcated into <150mm, 200mm and 300mm. 300mm wafers have the highest share in the wafer cleaning equipment market. 300 mm wafers are more effective hence their adoption in the LED sector has increased.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment by Operation Mode

Wafer cleaning equipment is available in automated, semi-automated, and manual modes. Automated wafer cleaning equipment can operate without any external operating input. They provide advantages of accurate chemical dosage, precise timing of process steps, and exact replication of the process sequence. The automated operations minimize chemical use and help to reduce waste. The output in automated wafer cleaning equipment is constant, the number of defective products is lowered as compared to manual and semi-automated equipment which increases the quality of product.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment by Geography

Geographically, the study is comprised of key countries such as China, Japan, India, and the Rest of APAC. Cheap labour cost and favourable economic conditions in Asia Pacific is one of the major factors responsible for the growth of the wafer cleaning equipment market. China held the largest market share of the wafer cleaning equipment market and is likely to dominate the market over the estimated time frame.

Asia Pacific Wafer cleaning equipment by Key Players

The key competitors of this market include Ultra Equipment, Dainippon Screen, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, Akrion, MEI, Falcon and among others.