From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

The main problem of the double worktable is the accuracy. Their current precision technology cannot guarantee that it will always be stable. However, with the update of the encoder, the double workbench will be able to achieve a breakthrough sooner or later.

As for the problem of the light source, because Lin Xiao has a mature solution from Asmer EUV lithography machine in his mind, this is not a problem for him. All he needs to do is to optimize this solution to avoid There was a conflict on patents, which is why he didn't directly copy the materials in his mind before. It was all because of patent issues. He could avoid foreign infringement of rights by applying for patents, and they naturally had to abide by foreign patents.

So after his optimization, he can circumvent the technical features of the other party's patent protection, realize the effect of bypassing the patent, and even perform better than the other party's technology in terms of performance.

"In this way, it seems that it will not be long before we start assembling the lithography machine?"

Lin Xiao couldn't help but think this way.

Seeing him thinking, Zheng Rong'er beside him couldn't help asking: "Brother Lin Xiao, what are you thinking?"

Lin Xiao came back to his senses, smiled and said, "I didn't think about anything, let's go."

Then, he took Zheng Rong'er and left the academy happily.

……

Sichuan Province, Rongcheng, Photoelectric Institute.

Luo Gangxian hung up the phone to convey the good news to Lin Xiao, and then returned to their polishing room with a smile on his face.

"How about the third piece?"

"47% has been processed and it will take another day."

"En." Luo Gangxian nodded.

The ion polishing process of a lens takes at least more than 40 hours, nearly two days.

Of course, this time is a very normal time, because ion polishing needs to process every particle on it, so the speed is slow and normal, which is why it will become the most expensive lens in the world.

A small piece is as high as more than 100 million yuan, and the entire lithography machine needs such a combination of more than a dozen lenses, which is equivalent to nearly 2000 million yuan.

Why Asmer produces very limited lithography machines every year is largely related to the limited production of lenses. After all, only Zeiss was able to produce such high-precision lenses in the past.

But now, Huaguo can produce it!

And most importantly, they don't need the kind of experienced master polisher.

With Lin Xiao's help, they now directly replace the experience of these masters with a mathematical model.

In other words, as long as they can build enough assembly lines, they will be able to easily produce enough lenses.

At that time, Zeiss will directly lose its competitiveness because its production capacity will lag behind them. At that time, Huaguo will hope to replace Zeiss and become the sole supplier of optical lenses for Asmer.

And even if Asmer wants to support Zeiss, that's not a big problem, at least they will have the best technology.

Of course, if they can manufacture lithography machines in China, then these lenses must be supplied to China first.

Although this seems to be some distance away, it is not hopeless.

The reason why Asmer suddenly agreed to sell Huaguo DUV lithography machine is obviously not just because the United States can’t control it, but because they see that Huaguo seems to really have a posture to build a DUV lithography machine, so they act first. .

If Huaguo really builds a DUV lithography machine, they will be out of luck.

But now, they have even manufactured this kind of ultra-high-precision optical lenses. There is no doubt that Huaguo is one step closer to building a lithography machine.

Thinking of this, Luo Gangxian became even more excited.

It's time to find a time to spread the news.

People in the silicon industry have been showing off to the world for a long time, and now, it's their turn to show off in optoelectronics.

……

A few days later, the Institute of Optoelectronics officially issued an announcement.

[Our institute has successfully achieved a breakthrough in ultra-precision optical manufacturing technology, successfully polished an ultra-precision mirror surface with a roughness of 50 to 90pm-RMS on the optical lens, and achieved a major breakthrough in the field of optics.

The precision of the lens has reached the world's top level, and it can be used in the lithography machine lens of the most precise instrument, and is one of the most critical components in the lithography machine.

In the past, this level of lens was only produced by German Zeiss company, and the annual production capacity was extremely limited, but our company has achieved a major breakthrough in production technology, which can greatly increase production capacity...]

There are a lot of blah blah blah blah, and one of the core gist is: a strong yuppie.

Suddenly, both at home and abroad were boiling.

Some time ago, Hua Guocai achieved a breakthrough in the production of silicon wafers. As a result, how long has it been, less than a month, and even the ultra-precision optical lenses used in lithography machines can be produced?

What did you even say, a major breakthrough in production capacity has been achieved?

Are you replicating the breakthrough in silicon wafer production capacity to optical lenses?

But this technology is much more difficult to implement than silicon wafers.

After all, there is only one Zeiss company in the world that can manufacture such ultra-high-precision lenses. Only those companies are the only ones, but there are also many small silicon wafer manufacturers in the world, encroaching on those small markets.

Therefore, the matter announced by Optoelectronics is far more attractive than other matters.

All of a sudden, countless people paid attention to this announcement, and even this news was on the hot search list.

"I don't read much, what is the unit of pm-RMS?" 』

"PM is a picometer, which is one-thousandth of a nanometer, and a nanometer is one-thousandth of a micron, and a micron is one-thousandth of a millimeter, which is equivalent to 1 millimeter equals 10 billion picometers, and RMS is the root mean square. The meaning, a method of mathematical estimation, more detailed self-Baidu』

"Thanks for popular science, but what does this 50 to 90pm-RMS mean? 』

"On a plane roughly equivalent to the size of our country, the highest protrusion cannot exceed 27 centimeters. If it is reduced to 27 times, it is about 36 square kilometers on the lens, and the highest protrusion can only be 1. centimeters, less than the size of Germany. 』

"Fuck! 』

"Awesome! 』

"This is one of the key technologies of the lithography machine!In this way, doesn't it mean that we still have breakthroughs in the two technologies of dual workbench and light source, and we can build lithography machines? 』

"yes! 』

"Great! 』

……

Netizens in Huaguo are full of excitement about this news, and it seems that they are not far away from building a lithography machine in China.

At the same time, the response from foreign countries was even more enthusiastic.

Huaguo has achieved major breakthroughs in two technologies in the semiconductor industry chain?

This makes the response from foreign countries not enthusiastic, or, it should be said, anxious.

Chapter 244 Philip Meng

"Wang Defa? Tell me, they even made high-precision optical lens technology?"

Asmail's headquarters, Dawson Edinson's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it when he heard the information reported by his secretary.

Does this high-precision optical lens come out as soon as it is said to be out?

"Yes, Mr. President, according to the interferometer detection images in their announcement, the accuracy of his five lenses has reached a roughness level better than 100pm-RMS, and the best of them has reached 50pm-RMS, In addition, these lenses, including plane, spherical and aspheric, have reached our procurement standards."

The secretary said again.

Dawson Addinson frowned and turned around in his office, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Who developed it?"

If he didn't ask about this, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"It was developed by the Optoelectronics Institute of Huaguohua Academy of Sciences, and it seems to be their director Luo Gangxian."

"Is that so?"

Hearing that it wasn't that person's name, Dawson Eddinson felt a little relieved. The aggressive appearance of that person in semiconductor research really made him feel a little flustered, especially when Huaguo's silicon wafer production efficiency was achieved some time ago. The development by leaps and bounds, although it has nothing to do with him, still makes him pay attention to it. In addition, he found that there are more and more people around him discussing the eight-point structure of the encoder. After all, they lithography The machine is very concerned about this technology that involves an important breakthrough in the field of ultra-precision machining.

And this eight-point structure also has a name, but it is also named after that person.

So now that he heard that Huaguo had made such an important breakthrough, he seemed to have PTSD, and he was afraid that it was caused by that person again.

In his opinion, even if it is researched by someone else, it is better than that person's research, because if it is still researched by that person, then his ability is really a bit scary.

Fortunately not.

Exhaling a breath, he finally remembered the business matters.

Huaguo has made an important breakthrough in optical lenses and can provide them with the lenses needed for lithography machines. Doesn't this mean that they can finally avoid being restricted by Zeiss in this regard?

Regarding the Zeiss company, as the president of Asmer, he has always been aggrieved. Those Germans only work for ten months a year, and the polished lenses are only enough for dozens of their lithography machines. If it weren't for them Adding money, it is estimated that dozens of units are enough.

But only Zeiss in the world can produce this lens for them, so they have no choice but to ask.

This is the disadvantage of the upstream being monopolized by others.

But now, finally, there is a research institution with top polishing technology.

The Huaguo Academy of Sciences is the largest research institution in Huaguo, and one of the largest research institutions in the world. Although he doesn't care too much about Huaguo's technological level, it is still a matter of what leading technology Huaguo can research. There are some possibilities.

Then he said: "Then send people to discuss cooperation matters with them and see if their technology really meets our requirements."

"Okay, President."

Dawson Edinson nodded, probably because he was still a little worried, so he asked again: "Now there is news, how did they research it? How did they achieve that precision?"

The secretary replied: "There is no special detailed information yet, but for the time being, it is known that they used the ion polisher equipped with a new encoder to improve the alignment accuracy of the ion polisher, thereby improving their polishing accuracy. "

Speaking of this, the secretary sighed: "In the past, Huaguo was unable to keep up with us in the field of ultra-precision, but their new structure coder has achieved catching up with us in many places."

"That Lin Xiao is really scary."

"Oh, by the way, Huaguo Optoelectronics Institute seems to have issued another announcement, mainly to thank this Lin Xiao for his key contribution in improving their mirror polishing technology. It seems that this Lin Xiao has brought them great help. "

Hearing this, Dawson Edinson, who was relieved because he didn't hear Lin Xiao's name just now, breathed out again for a moment.

He immediately asked, "What did you say? Or because of that person? Why didn't you say it just now?"

When the secretary saw the boss's appearance, he couldn't help being stunned, and said cautiously: "Yes... yes, the Optoelectronics Institute did express its gratitude to Lin Xiao in another announcement. I forgot to mention it just now."

Dawson Addinson's expression suddenly became cloudy and uncertain.

In the end, he got involved with that person, and even played the key role he provided?

God knows what technology this guy will come up with in the future, that guy, why is it so...

Smart!

After thinking about it for an indeterminate amount of time, he simply took out his cell phone and started making calls.

Call the American shareholders of their companies.

Although there are still two key technologies in Huaguo that have not achieved breakthroughs, what if they do?

At that time, once Huaguo really built a lithography machine, they, Asmail, can wait for bad luck.

Soon, his phone was connected.

"Mr. Wilson, Huaguo has achieved a key breakthrough in the optical lens, and according to the current information, Lin Xiao of Huaguo has contributed a lot in this process, and since Lin Xiao returned to China, he has contributed several times. Huaguo has made a major breakthrough in the semiconductor field, and I even doubt that, given him time, he can really lead Huaguo to develop a lithography machine, Mr. Wilson, this person is full of threats to us!"

"I see, we'll discuss what to do about it."

"Ok."

After hanging up the phone, Dawson Addinson put down his phone and prayed to God to bless that country so that it would never be able to build a lithography machine.

……

A few days after Dawson Edinson's call, yet another meeting in the White House began.

"Tell me what to do now?" the president said, "In less than a year, two important breakthroughs have been made, and there are only so many fields in the semiconductor industry chain. Is it true that in four or five years, he will directly let our largest A semiconductor card wasted?"

"He must never be able to work on semiconductors again!" said the Secretary of State.

"Then what to do?"

"Get rid of him?"

"It's easy for you to say, how do you do it? Let's send Steve Rogers to sneak into Shangjing, and then carry out the assassination mission? Or should we send Ethan Hunt?"

"..."

"Isn't the Nobel Prize announced next month? His name, is it enough?"

"He can refuse the Wolf Prize, so can't he refuse the Nobel Prize again?"

"Isn't our sincere apology before just to let him relax his vigilance? Maybe this time he is willing to go abroad?"

The Secretary of State shook his head and said: "It's just to prevent him from continuing to study semiconductors. Although getting rid of him is a solution, you also know that he must be allowed to go abroad. If he stays in the country, we have nothing to do."

"So the Nobel Prize was awarded to him in such a hurry. If he refuses, is it possible to award it to him again in the future? This time we can award it to him based on his achievements in physics. If he does not come, he will not be able to in the future." If an important breakthrough is made, how should we announce it?"

Someone thought for a while and said, "It seems that there will be a Fields Medal next year?"