Semiconductor Fabrication Basics - DIY Homemade NMOS FET/MOSFET/Transistor Step by Step

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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  • @hosseinsanaye
    @hosseinsanaye 6 лет назад +272

    This video is ground breaking in the field of semiconductor fabrication to me. I've never thought of it as a possible DIY process. And surely the great explanation and deep understanding of what is the aim of every single step, makes it much more interesting to watch.
    Great Job Sam

    • @vaio232
      @vaio232 6 лет назад +11

      diy process's are underestimated, one day bill gates did the same diy thing

    • @atari7001
      @atari7001 6 лет назад +1

      If you thought that was cool, watch this guy make some very well crafted homebrew retro-tech (vacuum tubes):
      ruclips.net/video/EzyXMEpq4qw/видео.html

    • @axeman2638
      @axeman2638 5 лет назад +6

      @@vaio232 Gates stole his code.

    • @albrix5
      @albrix5 3 года назад +2

      @@axeman2638 he didn't steal anything. Xerox PARC was open for everyone to see, and he gave Kildall an opportunity to get with IBM with his CP/M, it wasn't until Kildall missed it that he adapted it into DOS.

    • @axeman2638
      @axeman2638 3 года назад +2

      @@albrix5 ok fanboy.

  • @kevin.malone
    @kevin.malone Год назад +7

    I had a channel where I did tech projects, and I remember thinking I might try to make a transistor from scratch, but quickly found it would not be possible with my resources. It's insane the level of specialization and generations of scientific knowledge that this small little piece of equipment rests upon.
    If society ever collapses, I wonder that it may be impossible to ever uncover this knowledge again without multiple centuries of consistent research.

  • @Niohimself
    @Niohimself 7 лет назад +173

    I'm a nanotechnology student. One day I wish to make some DIY transistors at home and your video is a great inspiration :)

    • @SciHeartJourney
      @SciHeartJourney 6 лет назад +3

      Send me a message! I'd like to try myself. I started my own company. I don't think I can post company info here though.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 5 лет назад

      @LazyH-Online You might just want to throw your ion battery projects away, sincerely, if i were to push for some ion battery i'd use hot plasma in a termoentropic motor, can you imagine the energy levels you can get from that... if you're dispersing heat anyway that's the best source.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 5 лет назад +1

      @LazyH-Online I'm patenting the greatest power source humanity has ever seen, it uses global warming as a power source (no TEC or stirling shit) and it's made with 100% recyclable materials, damn i'm considering buying ethereum miners running on this system on a remote location just to multiply my money so that i can have money to buy more land.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 5 лет назад +1

      @LazyH-Online btw my system has nothing to do with my plasma suggestion above, my system covers static power storage and generation, but if i would want a car battery in the size of a smartphone with a high amount of power the "easiest" way would be to use a plasma because the plasma amount of power can break almost any chemical bond, if any day humanity can control amounts of power with that high level of density we will certainly need to countain plasma.

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 5 лет назад

      @LazyH-Online yes i damn do know plasma a lot, that's why i know that's the most powerfull and hard to countain power accumulator available. I would love to give a description of my device if i wasn't patenting it, but i can tell you something, the model is working together with a gpu miner to increase the power efficiency of the gpu, and i got around 50% less energy consumption with my crude prototype, i can probably reach more by optimizing somethings, can you imagine that i'm running 2 gpu's with the equivalent current of one gpu, that's absolutely insane and well under the laws of physics.

  • @bellini98-1
    @bellini98-1 3 года назад +11

    So nice! This year I'm having a basic "electronic components fundamentals" course at college kept by a professor that used to do semiconductor research in the 80', it's so fascinating to see all the amazing processes he describes with nostalgia remade (with many simplification because it's not a university lab but who cares) by a new passionate person investing his energy in such an amazing field

  • @hungryazhn
    @hungryazhn 6 лет назад +672

    Do you realize that 99% of electrical engineering students graduate with a degree and never see this?

    • @stefanvandijk7114
      @stefanvandijk7114 6 лет назад +64

      Unfortunately yes. Even people with a Master degree in Media technologie doesn't know on micro level how a transistor works. I think thats fundamental to know everything of technologie today.

    • @almuhanadahmedsaidalhashmi4696
      @almuhanadahmedsaidalhashmi4696 5 лет назад +36

      Thanks god I'm in the 1% of them🤗

    • @aimless3827
      @aimless3827 5 лет назад +20

      Sad story. i watched this and learned to make one for fun but never have a chance to get in an electric engineer programs.

    • @ahand4824
      @ahand4824 5 лет назад +20

      I'm not an electrical engineering student, but I like electronics

    • @PauloConstantino167
      @PauloConstantino167 5 лет назад +63

      That's because this is not part of electrical engineering. This type of thing is part of process engineering, chemistry, and material science. Of course this guy has hacked a transistor together in a cool way, but the actual science of this is beyond EE.

  • @alexkart9239
    @alexkart9239 5 лет назад +21

    I think, you should make more videos about DIY semiconductors. Many people want to see the stuff like this.

  • @gregorbasse
    @gregorbasse 5 лет назад +8

    Only thing left to do is scale it down to 5 nm. Great work, glad YT recommended your videos recently.

  • @DawnOfTheComputer
    @DawnOfTheComputer 5 лет назад +44

    This is seriously impressive work! I love seeing people push "home made" to the extreme. Especially when they're making my favorite type of active device. Whats the process like for making a GaN FET?

  • @kateiry4719
    @kateiry4719 5 лет назад +91

    This dude: Homemade
    *Your home is so cool*

  • @TheHouseBlog
    @TheHouseBlog 8 лет назад +5

    Get the word out about this channel, there should be many more views. These are some great home brew semiconductor videos, thank you for sharing your efforts!

  • @Steve-uu7yx
    @Steve-uu7yx 3 года назад +4

    I've always wondered if it would be possible for one person to make semiconductors!
    I love how you just have a box in your fridge labeled "POISON"

  • @KripKilla-tw9lf
    @KripKilla-tw9lf 5 лет назад +80

    So this man can make a computer from raw materials!

    • @RAl2O3
      @RAl2O3 3 года назад +23

      A n-type monocrystalline die is not exactly a "raw" material. This guy has really good skills anyway.

    • @Funnyfish458
      @Funnyfish458 3 года назад +12

      If it was from raw materials he would synthesize his own hf and make sand into the silicon wafers

    • @seifeslimene
      @seifeslimene 3 года назад +6

      @@Funnyfish458 then I should search for "DIY How to turn sand into silicon wafer" and "DIY How to synthesize HF"

    • @averagejoebitcoin
      @averagejoebitcoin 2 года назад +4

      The HF isn’t that hard. Turning sand into a silicon wafer….lol

  • @MrJakobLaich
    @MrJakobLaich Год назад +1

    big thanks for this video, I'm researching MOSFET production processes for my game that I'm developing and this is a GREAT source! :D

  • @vaio232
    @vaio232 6 лет назад +8

    I was looking for more info on this topic, the only other was this lab girl who did the same, but didn't explain as well as you did. thanks for the informative video.

  • @edinfific2576
    @edinfific2576 5 лет назад +31

    2 and a half years later, and this video has only 36k views!? Sad!

  • @karanpsar9176
    @karanpsar9176 4 года назад +5

    Dude! Beautiful work!
    Get a patreon account, this deserves more attention!

  • @gristlevonraben
    @gristlevonraben 5 лет назад +4

    This is awesome. All that work. It's incredible. Thank you for showing this. It makes me wonder, man, if a person could create strips of adhesive materials and just build one with layers, like lego blocks.

    • @axeman2638
      @axeman2638 5 лет назад +1

      the problem is making it small.

  • @SHRIRANGJOSHI_
    @SHRIRANGJOSHI_ 3 года назад

    I added a like immediately after he gave the warning(1:00). From the warnings, I knew this person really knows what he does.

  • @faikharimi6224
    @faikharimi6224 7 лет назад +2

    Very Nice way to Build...many thanks to you and your efforts , times you have spent for us...we are watching you from Iraq-Kurdistan

  • @gearinguplimited2324
    @gearinguplimited2324 4 года назад +3

    Incredible stuff - how many of us use devices and have no clue what goes into creating them. Let's have some more stuff Sam

  • @KripKilla-tw9lf
    @KripKilla-tw9lf 5 лет назад +69

    Sam: I’m going to make a mosfet
    Atmospheric oxygen: I’m about to ruin this mans whole career.

  • @arnolz93
    @arnolz93 8 лет назад +95

    Jesus fck, this is the best video I've seen. As an electronics engineering student I'm amused!

    • @overbuiltautomotive1299
      @overbuiltautomotive1299 5 лет назад +1

      Jesus is great i say look into it what one learns via truth may be even a bit quantum sciences is crazy n lovenley great all is a trip this life

    • @evilseedsgrownaturally1588
      @evilseedsgrownaturally1588 5 лет назад +2

      overbuilt automotive ... get help, my friend.

  • @UFO_researcher
    @UFO_researcher 3 года назад +6

    Good job, you are very skilled, those wafers are incredibly fragile. It is interesting how such a complex device only costs about $1.

  • @whatevernamegoeshere3644
    @whatevernamegoeshere3644 3 года назад +14

    13:12 I would seriously advice against since the fumes are crazy toxic. Also you absolutely need to mention that it cannot be stored or handled in glass because it will not only ruin your glass but it will also contaminate your process.

  • @gvl610
    @gvl610 3 года назад +2

    This man is a real genius!

  • @pfrillele
    @pfrillele 5 лет назад +2

    Absoullute cool,did not thought this could be done at home.Thank you very much.

  • @dimmiheev2542
    @dimmiheev2542 5 лет назад +5

    Очень познавательно. Я не ожидал что дома можно собрать транзистор.

  • @edgeeffect
    @edgeeffect 5 лет назад +1

    It doesn't look like we'll see your transistors on Digikey anytime soon ;) But man, you made transistors at home!!!!!
    It was only a couple of years ago that I thought "when I was a kid, I had instructions on how to make a diode substitute... I wonder if you could make a transistor", going to various electronics forums and heard loads of people ranting "Don't be such an IDIOT! It's completely IMPOSSIBLE!" Well, I think you and Miss Ellsworth have got a thing or two to say about that "impossible".
    Watching this back to back with Ron Soyland making homemade vacuum tubes is cool... I'm beginning to think my soldering factory-made components to circuit boards is, y'know, a bit prosaic. ;)
    It's cool that you're doing this and it's fantastic that you bring us around your lab to watch. Keep up The Great Work.

  • @chlordk
    @chlordk 5 лет назад +58

    I went here to learn how to make a transistor with my kids. We have made resistors, coils and capacitors but this looks a little more complicated and dangerous to me. Wow.

    • @Broken_Yugo
      @Broken_Yugo 4 года назад +13

      Point contact diodes (i.e. crystal radio detectors) are pretty safe and easy though, can even look at doing a silicon carbide LED.

  • @zinckensteel
    @zinckensteel 8 лет назад +9

    It certainly looks like you've achieved gain, so it ought to work as an oscillator if you'd like to try. Congrats!

  • @a3103-j7g
    @a3103-j7g 11 месяцев назад +2

    I was under the impression that a mosfet had a source collector and a gate. now from your explanation I learn it actually has a source collector and a gay.

  • @balrampillai5314
    @balrampillai5314 4 года назад

    Hi! What an amazing project! - just sheer determination....
    By the way at 12:33, you mentioned that water doesnt wet the wafer post the HF dip. Thats actually because the HF leaves a layer of H atoms on the surface, and that'll go away shortly after the dip.
    (This was way back in 2017, you probably know that! And HF is HF, so be careful!)

  • @kevin.malone
    @kevin.malone Год назад

    Almost every technology we use has a simplified version which you can diy fairly easily. Cameras, microphones, electric motors. But when you think about a DIY computer, and simplifying down to just one transistor. It's not simple. It's actually close to impossible for the vast majority of enthusiasts. And the level of precision required for the silicon wafer he purchased isn't even taken into account. That alone is a feat of engineering.

  • @DAVIDGREGORYKERR
    @DAVIDGREGORYKERR 7 лет назад +10

    Jeri Ellsworth did this sort of think.

  • @ozkang654
    @ozkang654 5 лет назад

    İ am an EE student i already have an idea on my mind how its made but still best video i have ever seen

  • @dattashantarammahale9659
    @dattashantarammahale9659 2 года назад

    no doubt to handle hazardous material their is
    standardise protocol of handballing & processing,
    nice work inspiring to upcoming talent & present professionals also thanks for such work cont., our good wishes always with you
    GD TC

  • @TheRailroad99
    @TheRailroad99 5 лет назад

    Thanks to you and the YT algorithm. Another great video!
    You earned a sub!

  • @edmondcasenas2565
    @edmondcasenas2565 4 года назад

    Your video tutorial making IC chips is very helpful...

  • @fahrettinatik1412
    @fahrettinatik1412 2 года назад

    Super mega, giga, tera good way to do mosfet, ı liked it. It is pure science 🎉

  • @mrsc1914
    @mrsc1914 5 лет назад +1

    Really nice presentation. Your pace is excellent... With your equipment and knowledge, I am curious why/what your looking for ? or just having fun ... If I had all that stuff I would be wondering what oxides do what in what combinations to which base metals / ad nauseum ... First one which comes to mind is titanium .. its oxides have very 'energetic' properties

  • @BensWorkshop
    @BensWorkshop 2 года назад

    Quite interesting. I wonder how many MOSFETs you could make on a wafer on that size now, having seen how much more sophisticated your processes have become.

  • @jimmybuck1993
    @jimmybuck1993 3 года назад +1

    *he starts giving me safety info slowly skips past it.*
    My Gf: this is why you keep getting hurt.

  • @FixDaily
    @FixDaily 5 лет назад +7

    Great video sir.
    Question: How have you soldered the wires? Conductive ink?

    • @Green_Globe_z
      @Green_Globe_z 3 года назад +1

      Yes, a conductive silver paste I think. We use in our lab for making contacts.
      There are other ways, such as Ga-In eutectic or indium wire contact.

  • @ddlc7022
    @ddlc7022 2 года назад

    How is your process not affected by dust ? The ICs are done in a very clean environment

  • @panteltje
    @panteltje 7 лет назад +23

    I am glad I can just buy the IRLZ34N for a few dollars...
    But very informative video.
    Seems fun.

    • @jvon3885
      @jvon3885 3 года назад

      That's the point. What if you find yourself in a position where you can't get access to aliexpress or bangood anymore? Or what happens if they have a shortage of components? But the number one reason is to be able to do it yourself.

  • @electronicmfr
    @electronicmfr 5 лет назад +1

    Do you know why a MOSFET with separate body & source (4 terminal) is not available in the market?

  • @ieeextreme16.0nigeria7
    @ieeextreme16.0nigeria7 3 года назад

    Thanks sam. You are an inspiration

  • @tekvax01
    @tekvax01 5 лет назад

    We had a thin and thick film clean room lab at our school. we did the etching, but the insurance companies wouldn't allow us to dope the silicon. we had the ovens and everything needed, but they still wouldn't let us dope the Si.....

  • @aaronregan5061
    @aaronregan5061 4 года назад

    Wow this is great keep up the good work. Every thing is dangerous, u only live once!!

  • @khoanguyen5805
    @khoanguyen5805 3 года назад

    Thank you for sharing your knowleadge !!

  • @larrybud
    @larrybud 3 года назад

    Amazing video. 8:40, there has to be a better way to break these?

  • @thelonewolf1757
    @thelonewolf1757 Год назад

    Can we do that without a lab? Instead of a furnace can we use canthal heater?

  • @daveb5041
    @daveb5041 5 лет назад +5

    *Sometimes when I run out of mosfets to make my blinking LED circuits I will make my own in the kitchen. Amazing. Thought emporium isn't sht compared to this level of DIY*

  • @edaylward5948
    @edaylward5948 7 лет назад +17

    Sam, If I send you some superparamagnetic graphene, can you make me a working transistor?

    • @MouldySoul
      @MouldySoul 4 года назад

      I bet the postman loves you

  • @NAANsoft
    @NAANsoft 5 лет назад

    Excellent! Demonstrating high-tech understanding of chemistry and quantum theory. And in a "kitchen" lab :-)

  • @drb0mb
    @drb0mb 2 года назад

    seeing that childlike handwriting POISON on the package reminds me of drawing on the lids of my moms leftovers when i was a little weenie

  • @МаксимФ-й7н
    @МаксимФ-й7н 2 года назад

    Sorry, would be cool if you could explain the topic of IGBT

  • @charleslambert3368
    @charleslambert3368 3 года назад +1

    Furiously taking notes in case industrial society collapses or i get isekai'd to 1930s bell labs or something

  • @mstyle2006
    @mstyle2006 3 года назад

    This is ART

  • @BieAnimation
    @BieAnimation 3 года назад

    Great job and awesome video!! Thanks for share knowledge

  • @AlyFyrdaush
    @AlyFyrdaush Год назад

    what are the specifications and how to change it what to do?

  • @thatoneguy99100
    @thatoneguy99100 2 года назад

    What temperature did you grow your field oxide at? 2.5 hours seems awfully long for 5000A of wet oxide...

  • @iwanvanrienen6466
    @iwanvanrienen6466 7 лет назад +2

    Very impressive and inspiring Sam! Do you have any plans or ideas to make a metal layer on top of it to connect the individual mosfets?

    • @SamZeloof
      @SamZeloof  7 лет назад +1

      Thanks, and yes I'm working on it :) Been sidetracked lately with other projects though.

    • @Starter61
      @Starter61 3 года назад

      I love your ZX81 avatar !

  • @ssh4804
    @ssh4804 2 года назад

    Great video bro 👍

  • @user-ue8vp6fy8y
    @user-ue8vp6fy8y Год назад

    Thabk you for this i want to make the initial resources too. I want to mine the metal and melts it down.

  • @VeLawrence
    @VeLawrence 2 года назад

    Hey man you do a more than great job, you definitely have outsanding capacities, Thanks for sharing all this great stuff with us! Btw one question where do you find the silicon wafers? Do you think those available on ebay/Amazon can serve to start doing this? Thanks in advance!

  • @nosuchthing4789
    @nosuchthing4789 6 лет назад +1

    Excellent video! :) .... Poison. Sealed and fresh!

    • @nosuchthing4789
      @nosuchthing4789 6 лет назад +2

      Did I mention how this video is excellent? W O W

  • @jlev505
    @jlev505 2 года назад

    That’s really cool you know how to do that. For me I’d rather spend a dollar or 2 and buy a mosfet. I guess when society collapses you will have working electronics and can charge hundreds for a mosfet. It will be a very sought after skill, as long as all the components are available.

  • @shanewhite352
    @shanewhite352 3 года назад

    are the Intel processor in our computer uses the same mosfet but in nano scale? or entirely the chemicals are different?

  • @malcolmholmes115
    @malcolmholmes115 3 года назад

    So I need to order an HEV suit before working on it?

  • @b3dubbs72
    @b3dubbs72 3 года назад

    could you sand blast with a fine grit to etch rather than using HF?

  • @topphemlig1191
    @topphemlig1191 3 года назад

    Oh my this is amazing!

  • @ardecki7961
    @ardecki7961 8 лет назад +1

    That was amazing. What are limits of home laboratory in your opinion? Could you for example create some VERY simple processor in a couple of years?

    • @SamZeloof
      @SamZeloof  8 лет назад +6

      +Marek Ardecki yes, that is possible. Main limits are air particulate contamination.

  • @jozefnovak7750
    @jozefnovak7750 Год назад

    Super! Thank you very much!

  • @synth1002
    @synth1002 2 года назад

    Is there any alternative for HF?

  • @code-mind
    @code-mind 7 месяцев назад

    respect, hard work🎉

  • @guodonglin5711
    @guodonglin5711 3 года назад

    It's so clear, thank you😆

  • @renatox5288
    @renatox5288 4 года назад

    Some people are fans of michael jackson, beyonce, justin bieber. But I'm your fan man

    • @renatox5288
      @renatox5288 4 года назад

      and I'm just a civil engineer

  • @ExplosiveAnyThing
    @ExplosiveAnyThing 5 лет назад

    That was excellent but I think you should measure the body diode....

  • @7arp836
    @7arp836 3 года назад

    凄すぎて感心します

  • @davidedgar7338
    @davidedgar7338 3 года назад

    maybe one of those bottle warmers for reheating baby bottles of milk would do for the acid solution. i think they warm to about 40 celcius.

  • @razorbackss
    @razorbackss 2 года назад

    Awesome stuff 👌

  • @petercheung63
    @petercheung63 Год назад

    I am super interest, is there any private course? I can fly to USA to learn, thanks

  • @skittermckitter05
    @skittermckitter05 4 года назад

    Everyones obsessed with the tiniest mosfets possible but is anyone making the biggest?

  • @p0k7lm
    @p0k7lm 2 года назад

    excellent dyi hands on skill , thank you for teaching !👍☺📚✏📐

  • @asifalikhan8677
    @asifalikhan8677 4 года назад

    Is there any sami automatic waysor machines for making these Mosfets?

  • @stalex91
    @stalex91 5 лет назад

    Any demo about difference between dry and wet oxide on the gate?

  • @topgun4229
    @topgun4229 3 года назад

    WOW !! very impressive !

  • @1kreature
    @1kreature 5 лет назад

    Awesome videos and awesome skills.
    But... You should get smaller sized gloves. Makes it much easier to work when they fit.

  • @gristlevonraben
    @gristlevonraben 5 лет назад

    do they make transistors with both a negative and positive gate, one on top and one on bottom?

  • @forgetpwnow
    @forgetpwnow 5 лет назад

    Excellent work

  • @dashamm98
    @dashamm98 3 года назад

    We need this person to become a Canon character in Dr. Stone and have Senku revive him

  • @annaoaulinovna
    @annaoaulinovna 4 года назад

    Use patterned source drain area drawing make long effective field. Use photomasks photoresists and optical lenses.

  • @mee_is_sus
    @mee_is_sus 10 месяцев назад +1

    2017: Making transistors from scratch
    2024: Making computer processors from scratch

  • @momi5656
    @momi5656 7 лет назад +2

    plz how can i dope silicon whith aluminium for p_type and antimony for n_type ?? bcs i dont have phosphor and boron ... i have just Al & Sb and thank you :-)

  • @muhamadsukron9180
    @muhamadsukron9180 2 года назад

    Good project

  • @carlosoviedo5685
    @carlosoviedo5685 3 года назад

    i came here because of the chips shortage this guy should be making his own company

  • @change_your_oil_regularly4287
    @change_your_oil_regularly4287 Год назад

    Can/have you made jfets?

  • @stephensu4371
    @stephensu4371 7 лет назад +1

    hello, i’m wonder where did you get materials

  • @stefanbanev
    @stefanbanev 2 года назад

    What about vacuum MOSFET? Just a few nanometers gap between two needles tips, you even do not need vacuum for such small gap since at such distances the molecules of air would have a little effect. With distance ~1nm the voltage can be a fraction of volt to ensure electron emission, the gap size can be easily adjustable to play and to tune the devise. I guess that the gap size is effected by the temperature, it perhaps explains why such technologically simple device did not get into technological realm...