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Chapter 105 Micron Tweezers
"How long will it take for your tweezers to be made?"

Qu Feng leaned back, enjoying his daughter's beating comfortably.

"Actually, the idea of ​​tweezers is very simple. As long as there are no accidents, it will only take a week or two."

Chen Quan is full of confidence.

In the recent sensor project, although Chen Quan no longer does it himself, he has participated in various discussions.

Moreover, "he" provided more than one sketch of the structure of the tweezers.In other words, even if you fail one or two, it doesn't matter.

"But we have to wait until the new lithography machine is in place before the project can start." Chen Quan added.

"Why wait for a new lithography machine?"

Qu Feng was a little strange. "Aren't your sensors all made with current lithography machines?"

"This time is different. This time we are going to attack the CNS. There must be no mistakes."

Qu Yanqiu stopped her beating hands. "The papers that can be published in CNS journals must not only have a considerable technical level, but also have selling points."

"What do you mean?"

"If we use the current old lithography machine, we can only produce a millimeter-scale tweezers due to the limitation of precision. To be honest, even if we hire a master micro-sculptor, this tweezer can be carved out."

Professor Zhao took the conversation.He updated and paid more attention to the laboratory equipment.

"With a new lithography machine, a micron-scale tweezer can be produced. For craftsmen, there is not much difference between millimeter tweezers and micron tweezers, but for journalists, the difference is too big .

If you are willing to support, we even want to buy a 1 micron lithography machine. "

"Ha, please forgive me."

Qu Feng didn't take over anymore.

Although the lithography machine used in the laboratory is much cheaper than the mass-produced model, the latest model of 1-micron lithography machine, regardless of whether it can be bought, costs millions of dollars, and it is normal to exceed [-] million .

"By the way, I see that in these contracts, the amount is very high!"

Qu Feng picked up the document that he dropped just now. "Is software company's money so easy to make?"

Several different types of data collection, the unit of measurement, two are 5 US dollars, one is 10 US dollars.

"These IC software companies are very rich. They sell us a set of licenses, starting at $15. We have theirs on our workstations. If there are too many, we can't afford it."

"How did you find such a good business?"

"Oh, this is also thanks to the paper we published some time ago."

Due to the spin-off of the accelerometer paper, a large amount of data was stuffed into the craft-based paper.It is precisely because of this batch of data that it has attracted the attention of several major software companies.

"It seems that foreigner's money is easy to make."

Qu Feng, who has just transformed from a traditional industry, is very touched.

One of the reasons is that China's mechanical products are highly homogeneous and highly competitive, especially the traditional large manufacturers with backward technology and equipment. It is not bad if they do not lose money, and there is no profit at all.

Another reason is also related to the product pricing model under the planning system.

No matter what kind of technology is involved, no matter whether it is in short supply or not, the pricing standard is generally the cost of materials, plus the cost of labor hours.Regardless of technology premium, brand premium, and market premium.

As a result, if the product is in short supply, it will naturally give birth to a group of losers, making this part of the value marketable.If the product is unsalable, it is really unsalable.

"Yes. Indeed."

Professor Zhao also agrees.

"However, this kind of money is not often available. This kind of data collection, probably this time, is a one-shot deal."

The work of data collection is actually a kind of outsourcing.The software company saw that the experiment done by the University of Technology was relatively professional, so they sent a letter to inquire.

The same is 5 US dollars, for the University of Technology to do it. Due to the low labor cost in China and the almost free student labor, it is not only profitable, but also not low.

But for the money, let the software company hire someone to do it, and it may lose money.
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"I think, after these few projects are completed, our investment, plus the extra money you earn yourself! The MEMS project team should also have its own office."

"Yes."

Zhao Liangcai is not modest. "After a while, we may set up a separate MEMS laboratory."

Since the publication of the Applied Physics Letters paper, the MEMS project, and indeed the microelectronics laboratory, have undergone tremendous changes.

The biggest change is the core personnel of the MEMS project.

Although Chen Quan signed all three papers, and Qu Yanqiu also got the first author of the Chinese paper, but both of them are students, so on the surface, they did not directly benefit from it.

Other freshmen like them have already gone back to class one after another.

The accelerometer can be published in the Applied Physics Letters, which is mainly a new thing.The latter batch of sensors is impossible.Therefore, the new paper delivery target generally selects journals with a lower grade and a factor of about 2.

For Chen Quan, publishing one paper is considered a breakthrough, and two papers are a bustling event. No matter how many there are, it is of little significance, especially a bunch of low-level papers.

The same is true for Luo Ningwei. Although she has gained a lot of popularity, she is limited to her student status, and she is only exempted from the senior year's graduation project and recommending graduate students from the school.

Zhao Liangcai and the microelectronics laboratory he leads are very popular.But both the Microelectronics Laboratory and Zhao Liangcai are facing a dilemma.

After all, the direction of IC and MEMS, to some extent, are completely different.

It is very difficult for Zhao Liangcai to give up the IC direction he has been immersed in for many years for a few hot papers, change the track, and start from scratch.

In addition to Zhao Liangcai, there are also a group of staff and graduate students under the Microelectronics Laboratory who also face the difficulty of choosing.

From the perspective of pragmatism, the MEMS project is a popular fried chicken, but the problem is that if the track is switched, years of study and research will be completely abandoned.

Unlike mechanical majors, papers in the semiconductor industry are not that difficult, so everyone has not yet reached the point where they will do anything for a paper.

In addition to dissertations, there are also employment.

IC direction, employment is not difficult. MEMS, at least for now, only Songhuajiang Semiconductor, which has not yet been established, is not attractive to students in the south.

Huang Chuxiong was the one who benefited the most from all of them.Recently, there have been rumors that he will be promoted as an associate professor in an exceptional way.

But Huang Chuxiong had two flaws that could not be resolved.

He is not a direct member of the Department of Electronics. In addition, he is not familiar with machinery and circuit design.Unable to lead independently.

Therefore, although MEMS is popular, as a direction, and even a professional time is ripe.But this major lacks a leading candidate.

Of course, all of these are happy troubles.
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"Oh? Set up a separate MEMS laboratory?"

Qu Feng asked. "Where is this laboratory going to be placed? Is it still in the electronics building?"

Once Songhuajiang Semiconductor is established, the first thing to do is to set up its own laboratory.That's why he asked this question.

"I still do not know yet."

Zhao Liangcai frowned. "Actually, the Department of Electronics is not the only one who wants to establish a MEMS laboratory."

　Celebrating over 3 collections, two updates today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)