From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

"In any case, this is also good news for our country. At that time, we people must respect Lin Xiaofang a little bit."

Hearing what the general manager said, everyone present nodded again.

Regardless of the conflict between them and Lin Xiao, as long as Lin Xiao can really build a lithography machine, they should respect him.

"Okay, that's it for this matter, let's start discussing how we can cooperate with Lin Xiao's work..."

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Similar conversations also took place in many places in China, but no matter what, the "X-ray" project involved the foundation of the country, so these companies decided to cooperate with Lin Xiao's work.

If Lin Xiao succeeds, they will be honored, but if Lin Xiao fails, then it is difficult to say.

That's it, time passed quickly.

Chapter 263 The Plan Officially Begins

Under Lin Xiao's arrangement, the "X-ray" project was advancing in an orderly manner.

After one month, the preliminary preparations have been basically completed, the personnel arrangements have been basically completed, and the relevant enterprises and research institutions have also been recruited.

And finally, the time has come to the end of mid-December.

The first core meeting on the "X-ray" project officially started.

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Dingguang Research Institute, in the meeting room.

The meeting room was full of people, and these people were appointed by Lin Xiao to hold key positions in the X-ray project.

There is him as the chief designer, and a deputy chief designer, in addition to being the group leader of other research groups.

These groups are grouped according to the structure of each part of the lithography machine. For example, the optical path system is in charge of Luo Gangxian, the director of the Institute of Optoelectronics. The optical path system is mainly responsible for the X-ray light source and its transmission structure, as well as the production and manufacture of lenses. Like Lin Xiao now Silicon lenses of the kind under development.

Then there is the mechanical structure of the lithography machine, such as the double workbench, which is also in charge of this group. In addition, there is also the internal transmission structure of the lithography machine, such as the mechanical arm that controls the silicon wafer, and the design of the circuit.

After that, there are groupings of other simple parts of the lithography machine, such as the lead plate protection layer, the casing, and other things that their lithography machines will use in the future.

All in all, these groups are the most important, responsible for the production and design of various lithography machine parts. Of course, they also need to coordinate with those suppliers, design their plans, and then hand them over to qualified suppliers to produce related components.

In addition to these groups, there are other departments, such as fund allocation and so on. Although the financial power is in the hands of Lin Xiao, he must also hand over some power to other people to help.

In any case, his main task is still in research and development, not in these ordinary affairs.

In the meeting room, Lin Xiao, who was sitting at the head, glanced around everyone, and then said: "Okay, everyone, since everyone is here, let's start our first meeting."

"This meeting, first of all, is to set a tone, that is, the steps of our R&D plan, and the structure of our lithography machine."

"The research and development planning steps, I think there are three steps. The first step is to overcome all the technical difficulties. At present, the two most critical technical difficulties we are currently developing are the lens materials. Everyone should be clear about it. I am a member of Huaxin Union. I have said in a meeting before that if we want to realize the enlargement and reduction of X-rays, we need a perfect crystal material. We already have a little direction for this work, so you don’t need to Worried about not being able to do it."

"Besides, it is the double workbench. The double workbench made by Zhuohua Jingke before is still lacking in stability and precision. In this regard, you need to cooperate well."

Lin Xiao looked at the leader of the mechanical structure group. This is an academician of precision machinery in China, named Chen Yuanchun. He is also an academician of the Magic City Institute of Optics and Mechanics. He has made remarkable achievements in the research of this kind of ultra-high precision machinery.

The research of ultra-high-precision machinery requires not only the cooperation of material technology, but also the cooperation of basic theory. Academician Chen Yuanchun has made great achievements in these two aspects.

"No problem, Mr. Lin, just rest assured." Chen Yuanchun nodded with a smile.

Lin Xiao nodded, and then continued talking.

"Then, our second step is to assemble all the parts after we have conquered all the technologies. During this process, all aspects need to be well coordinated to ensure that there will be no problems with our parts. Of course, this matter can be carried out directly after we determine the structure of the various parts and components of the lithography machine we want to build, and I won’t say more about this.”

"The third step is to assemble the lithography machine. Ten copies of all parts need to be produced as spares. All these parts need to be transported to the Dingguang Research Institute. After that, I will build a dust-free workshop in the research institute for testing. .”

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, everyone present couldn't help but feel that the clean room is so rich that it is said to be made.

After all, building a cleanroom is expensive.

As for why a dust-free workshop is built, it is also because of the needs of the lithography machine, and the working environment of the lithography machine cannot be dusty.

At that time, if their lithography machine needs to be tested after it is built, it also needs to be carried out in a clean room.

"Then the fourth step is to continue debugging our lithography machine, and the fifth step is to complete our mission."

"Do you have any questions?"

After speaking, Lin Xiao looked at the people present and asked.

Everyone present did not speak, and basically understood Lin Xiao's words.

"Okay." Lin Xiao nodded, and then said: "Then let's talk about the structure of our lithography machine."

Everyone present sat up straight, their eyes serious.

The previous steps are all simple one-sentence matters, and when it is officially implemented, it may not be possible to really follow the plan.

The structure of the lithography machine is the most critical point.

The reason why only Asmer can build lithography machines is because their assembly technology is very strong.

All parts of Asmer EUV lithography machine are produced abroad, so other companies can also purchase these parts, and then produce EUV lithography machine by themselves, but only Asmer can make these parts The components are assembled into a super instrument that carves individual chips.

It's like a kind of magical transformation.

So, on this question, they are all ready to conduct a marathon research to overcome.

But at this time, Lin Xiao said directly: "As for the structure of the lithography machine, I have already made a rough design, let's take a look now."

Then, he showed a structure diagram to everyone present.

This structural diagram was made by Lin Xiao based on the system-optimized X-lithography machine model in his mind.

Of course, in order to avoid shocking the world, he only made out the rough structure, such as the internal optical path route, and some instrument transmission structures. As for the details, he did not make out, such as a screw, or some The structure of precision devices and so on.

But even so, this still surprised everyone present.

Looking at the complete lithography machine structure displayed on the big screen, at first glance, they reckoned that the structure seemed to be basically complete.

And at a second glance, it seems that it is already very perfect.

Then I looked at it for the third time, and it should be completely perfect!

Although it is a rough structure, if it is divided into a flow chart, it is basically perfect from input to output, and all the processes in between.

Regardless of whether this structure can be completed or not, Lin Xiao actually completed such a heavy workload task by himself?

No one thinks that this was done by Lin Xiao in the past few days. Such a large workload requires coordination of various structures. If he wants to do it, it cannot be completed in just a few days.

This shows that Lin Xiao has been preparing for this matter for a long time.

Everyone in the audience was secretly startled, and they looked at Lin Xiao with more respect.

People have invested so much in this work, and they are convinced to be their chief designer.

Then, they all looked at the structure seriously, and Lin Xiao also came to the big screen to explain the purpose of the lithography machine structure to them.

"First, we see from above that the structure is the light source."

"X-rays need high-speed electrons to bombard metal palladium, and X-rays cannot be reflected by the mirror, so after the light source is generated, we must let it shine directly on the chip."

"That's the structure."

"Then this is a lens, and this is a double workbench, and the two work together to collaborate."

"Double benches require..."

Following Lin Xiao's narration, everyone present nodded slightly.

Structurally, at least, they couldn't fault it.

But the question is, when this thing starts running, can it be successful?

No one knows, after all, how many things are designed and manufactured, and whether they can function properly is a problem.

For example, a certain Asan's Brownian sports ammunition.

In short, everything needs to be tried to know.

Of course, even if you fail, can you try again later?After all, failure is the mother of success.

In fact, for example, research on aero-engines requires experiments in a high-temperature environment. If one fails, the aero-engine blows up, and some danger occurs, the main person in charge will probably be demoted, dismissed, or transferred, and the latecomers will Because of the ending of the predecessors, he became too conservative in research, so conservative that even if there is no improvement, as long as there is no accident, it is considered a success.

Fortunately, their chief designer, Lin Xiao, still has a tough back, and it's okay to fail a few times.

However, they can only hope that they don't fail too many times.

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Time passed quickly, and the structure was determined, which was to discuss the details of the structure. There were many details to discuss, so they also held this meeting for several days.

But in the end, it's a happy ending.

Next, the various departments will go back, continue to add details, and continue to overcome key technologies at the same time.

In this way, the various branches of the "X-ray" project really started their work.

Although most people still have doubts about their success, Lin Xiao, the chief designer, still gave them a certain amount of confidence.

The time also passed this December and came to the New Year's Day in 2022.

Chapter 264 Lin's conjecture again?

"Atoms can form a connection, to put it simply, it is a connection formed between electrons."

"Covalent bonds, ionic bonds, and metal bonds, although these bonds are just the interaction force between electrons, they can still be regarded as a line in terms of wave functions, and these nuclei can be Look at it one by one..."

"Kink!"

In Yanbeiyuan's house, Lin Xiao leaned over his desk, looking at the atomic models and extremely complicated mathematical formulas drawn on the draft paper.

And Lin Xiao's eyes gradually brightened up.

A month has passed, and the direction of his research has been full of hardships.

After all, how to abstract these microscopic physical phenomena into mathematical formulas is full of difficulties.

What's more, he still needs to find the theory that can be used to control the formation of chemical bonds, and then discuss the bonding principle of silicon.

This is the case with basic scientific research. The more you need to find out the principle, the deeper you get involved. Just like Lin Xiao’s lithography machine, from the optical path system, you need to follow the mechanical arm, to the servo motor, and then to the coding. If you want to subdivide the sensor, you have to continue to study the material of the sensor and other things.

However, fortunately, he was superior in skills, and now, he finally found a key point.

"Just think of the bonds as lines, and the nuclei as the kinks in those lines."

"Through the method of topology, first realize the analysis from one-dimensional to two-dimensional, and then realize the analysis from two-dimensional to three-dimensional."

"In this way, the fundamental reasons governing the bonding laws of these atoms can be ascertained."

"At that time, let alone the bonding mechanism of silicon, the bonding mechanism of all other elements can be perfectly explained."

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up.

The nature of chemical bonds is well understood, that is, the electromagnetic interaction force between atoms is at work, electrons are negatively charged, and atomic nuclei are positively charged. Under mutual attraction, these bonds are formed

And the bonding mechanism he discussed can be used to explain why the microscopic structure of a substance is such a structure.

For example, carbon sixty, why does it become a spherical structure instead of an elliptical structure during the formation process.

Another example is why the diamond structure in crystallography is such a structure.

Knowing why, then he can start from why to find the silicon crystal lens for making them.

Having established such a principle and understanding in his mind, the next step is to use his knowledge to solve this problem.

Of course, this step is also not simple, and how to use mathematical methods to explain this process is a very difficult process.

Because before doing it, apart from knowing the method of topology, Lin Xiao still doesn't know what knowledge he will use in the future.

This is the difference between scientific research and doing problems.

It is easy to see what knowledge is needed to solve the problem. To solve a conic section problem requires the knowledge of number theory, and to solve an algebra problem requires the knowledge of algebra.

But this kind of scientific research is different. The methods to be used are not clear. In addition to sufficient knowledge reserves, it is also necessary to achieve a mastery of the knowledge reserves you have.

This brings us to Maxwell's equations again. What Maxwell did was to combine the four equations of Gauss' law, Gauss' magnetic law, Maxwell-Ampere's law and Faraday's law of induction. Of course, it cannot be said so simply. , in fact, the Maxwell equations that Maxwell first came up with have a total of 20 component equations, but after a physicist named Heaviside simplified them, they were summarized into 4 incompletely symmetrical vector equations.

And this is where Maxwell's genius lies. He summed up so many equations wonderfully, so he successfully completed "On Electricity and Magnetism", which brought great development to the development of physics, even at that time. Maxwell has every opportunity to come up with the theory of relativity based on this thing, because Maxwell's equations fit perfectly with the special theory of relativity.

Unfortunately, the special theory of relativity was not invented by Einstein until several decades later. Of course, Einstein came up with this thing because of his genius-like induction and arrangement of past theories, coupled with his own Just like what Hilbert commented at the beginning: Any child on the road in Göttingen can understand four-dimensional geometry better than Einstein, but it is physics who discovered the theory of relativity Einstein, not a mathematician.

For Lin Xiao's current research, he is not just like this, because what he has to do now is not only to summarize the old theories in the past, but also to complete a new theory. The challenges in this are even more important. Huge, like his multidimensional field theory.

Turning the pen in his hand, he frowned: "Of course, at least I now know that this thing needs to use multi-topology."