"Post-95s" build dreams for the future in the dust-free world
2024-08-13
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Original title: Equipment is about to be accepted, young semiconductor engineers are busy in the clean room wearing stuffy purification suits (lead)
"Post-95s" Dreaming of a Future in a Dust-free World (Theme)
Changsha Evening News Omnimedia Reporter Kuang Xiaojuan Intern Wu Jingxuan
Setting parameters, monitoring data, optimizing and repairing equipment, debugging software...In the white clean room, several engineers wearing purification suits, masks and rubber gloves are busy. The debugging work is heavy and delicate, and there can be no deviation in every detail. This is a scene of semiconductor technology engineers at work.
On August 8, the reporter came to the 48th Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (referred to as "the 48th Institute") located in Tianxin Economic Development Zone to experience the work of a semiconductor technology engineer.
Work "armor", wear it all day
Outside, rolling heat waves hit us in the face, which is the result of the hot weather and the sizzling vitality of urban production; inside the clean room, it seems to be another world, where the environment always maintains a constant temperature and it is so quiet that only the low hum of machines can be heard.
Hu Zhikun is checking the operating status of the equipment. Photo by Changsha Evening News Omnimedia reporter Yi Yi
At 8:35 in the morning, the reporter followed Hu Zhikun, assistant manager of the epitaxial product line of the semiconductor equipment research department of the 48th Institute, put on clean clothes and rubber gloves, passed through a strict air shower room to ensure that no dust and particles were brought into the body, and then entered the clean room.
Hu Zhikun was born in 1995. He wears cleanroom suit all year round. He has fair skin, is thin and tall, and is calm and reserved, which is rare for people born in 1995. He told reporters that the space unit of the environment for designing and manufacturing semiconductor components is measured in microns. Therefore, dust particles adhering to these devices may affect the production yield of devices.
Therefore, although the clean room environment is kept at a constant temperature, the cleanroom suit almost deprives the skin of the right to "breathe freely". Before the interview began, the reporter already felt stuffy and short of oxygen, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Working here, we need to wear cleanroom suits all day long, except for meals and lunch breaks. Sometimes, in order to save time, everyone tries to avoid drinking water and going to the toilet." Hu Zhikun said with a smile, so for their professional group, cases of stones are relatively common.
In the clean room, the reporter saw that instruments were neatly laid out. Several technicians, wearing tight dust masks on their faces and disposable rubber gloves on their hands, were operating the precision instruments and equipment nervously and attentively.
Hu Zhikun explained that the two epitaxial equipment ordered by the manufacturer have reached the end of acceptance, and at this moment, everyone is working overtime.
At 10:35, two hours had passed since Hu Zhikun put on the cleanroom suit. Sweat was beading on his forehead and his eyeglasses were fogged up, so he had to take them off and wipe them from time to time.
Because of their passion, the post-95s have great ambitions
In a corner of the clean room, an electrical engineer is debugging the circuit and control system of the equipment. The circuit boards in front of him are densely packed. In order to obtain more test data, a young engineer is testing again and again, constantly adjusting parameters.
"Facing these machines every day, a few scattered colleagues keep repeating the debugging hundreds of times. It's stuffy in the summer and sweating in the winter. Is this kind of work hard?" the reporter asked.
"It's mainly because of my passion. At the same time, we feel proud to be part of the push for the rise of China's chips." This young man, who was also born after 1995, has a firm look in his eyes.
At this moment, the clean room is filled with the low hum of machines. Process engineers are responsible for parameter setting and data monitoring, structural engineers are responsible for equipment optimization and maintenance, and software engineers are focused on software debugging... They either bend down to observe carefully, with sharp eyes, capturing every subtle change on the instrument; or lightly touch the keys, with their fingertips dancing, typing out string of complex codes on the computer screen.
At 12:00, lunchtime, the reporter and Hu Zhikun left the clean room together. After taking off the cleanroom suit, mask and gloves, Hu Zhikun's hair was already soaked with sweat and stuck to his forehead.
The reporter noticed that Hu Zhikun's hands were peeling badly. He smiled and explained: "Rubber gloves are not breathable. This is caused by wearing rubber gloves for years."
"The most obvious feeling I have when doing this job is the great pressure of competition both at home and abroad, which also gives me the opportunity to grow quickly." This year is Hu Zhikun's fourth year working at the 48th Institute. He told reporters that his goal is to continue to delve deeper into the semiconductor field and make his own contribution to the self-reliance and self-improvement of key core technologies in the semiconductor equipment field in Hunan and even the whole country.
“It’s a bit exaggerated, but I really think so.” At the end of the interview, Hu Zhikun emphasized again and again.
Source: Changsha Evening News
