Part of the exhibition
Staging of the airlock
Crystal structure of silicon
Rock crystal, silicon single crystal and crystal structure of silicon
Rock crystal
Ground silicon
Photomasks for exposing the ASIC
Unstructured wafers
Pentium microprocessor, 1993
Fly-Eye Lens, 1995
In the Deep Frame, the structure of the circuit board becomes visible in three dimensions.
Microelectronics comprises the design, development and production of electronic circuits. Visitors to the exhibition will move through the steps of microchip production – from sand to the finished product.
Microchips
Microchips have become an invisible, constant companion in daily life. They have made all technical devices more mobile and effective. Whether in cars, smartphones or washing machines – chips are everywhere. Today’s microchips contain several billion transistors. They are manufactured with structures in the nanometre range and are increasingly faster and more cost effective.
Air shower and clean room
Particles contaminating a half-finished chip could mean defects or possibly even lead to the ruin of the entire chip, which is why they are produced in huge clean rooms. The entrance to the exhibition unit presents a clean room including an air shower. Here, children have the opportunity to put on clean-room suits.
Deep Frame
In Deep Frame, the structure of circuit boards as well as realistic, digitally produced 3D images of people can be seen. VR glasses are not needed to experience the mixed reality technology.
From sand to the finished product
Through pictures, videos, texts and displays, visitors will gain important insights into the fundamentals, materials, production processes and products of microelectronics – ranging from silicon single crystals weighing 100 kilograms to extremely thin, fragile wafers to the tiny chips in finished products. The last part of the exhibition offers visitors a look at the microtechnology of tomorrow.