Canon executives said in an interview,Nanoimprint technology can even produce products with a circuit line width of 2 nanometers, and this business is only available to Canon in the world.Canon Semiconductor Machinery Business Manager Kazunori Iwamoto said that nanoimprinting is to imprint a mask engraved with a semiconductor circuit diagram onto a wafer, and the circuit can be formed with just one imprint.If the mask is improved, it is even possible to produce products with circuit lines as wide as 2 nanometers.
The actual cost for customers can be reduced to half that of traditional photolithography equipment, and because the scale of nanoimprint equipment is reduced, it is also easier to introduce for research and development and other purposes.
When asked whether there are other competing companies for nanoimprint lithography equipment, Iwamoto Kazuki said that for semiconductor lithography,Our company is the only one in the world that engages in the nanoimprint equipment business, and the entry threshold is very high.
Since around 2017, Canon has continued to cooperate with three companies, Kioxia and Dainippon Printing, "At present, the practical application of mass production is already on the horizon., I think it can be sold to customers. "
At the same time, it also stated that Canon has received many inquiries from semiconductor manufacturers, universities, and research institutes. "Due to the huge cost of introducing EUV lithography equipment, nanoimprint equipment as an alternative measure is highly anticipated."