| REGISTRATION PERIOD APPLICATIONS CURRENTLY CLOSED |
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| COURSE DATE | 21 Apr 2025 - 19 Apr 2026 | COURSE DURATION / FREQUENCY | 3 hours/session (2 days/week) |
| MODE OF LEARNING | Facilitated Learning (Face-to-Face/ Online Synchronous) and Asynchronous E-Learning | COURSE VENUE | Temasek Polytechnic |
As Singapore continues to lead the way in the Asia-Pacific semiconductor industry, major players like Micron, SSMC, and Global Foundries have established key operations here. With surging demand for integrated circuits driven by smart devices, 5G, AI, and IoT, the sector is set to create over 8,000 jobs in the next three to five years.
This course equips you with essential skills in Manufacturing Technology, Electrical Testing, Failure Analysis, Process Operations Troubleshooting, and Cleanliness and Contamination Control. Hands-on training in our state-of-the-art cleanroom and laboratories provides direct experience in wafer fabrication, IC assembly and testing, vacuum technology, and more.
Graduates can anticipate rewarding roles as Equipment Engineers, Process Engineers, Facility Engineers, and IC Test & Failure Analysis Engineers, making a lasting impact on advanced semiconductor manufacturing and the technology of tomorrow.
ACQUIRE PRACTICAL AND INDUSTRY-RELEVANT SKILL SETS
Acquire specialised skills operating wafer processing equipment namely photolithography system, plasma etcher and diffusion furnace in Class 100 clean room supported with deionised water plant, specialty gas storage and distribution facilities.
SPECIALISED TRAINING IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Develop and debug integrated circuit testing algorithms to verify the functionality of digital and analogue integrated circuits with highly sophisticated IC probers.
EXPOSURE TO ADVANCED AND STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT
Perform material characterisation and IC failure analysis with state-of-the-art metrology equipment such as Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) and Residue Gas Analyser(RGA).
All students are required to bring their own notebooks for lessons. You may refer to the required technical specifications for notebook HERE.
| Subject Code | Subject | ||
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| EPEC001 | IC Packaging and Electrical Testing (ICPET)
Gives an overall view of the complete IC manufacturing process, the related equipment and facility systems for crystal growth, wafer fabrication, IC assembly and electrical testing. Students will also discuss various manufacturing issues such as quality, safety, in-line process monitors, contamination, manufacturing errors and some aspects of IC failure analysis and reliability. Students will be taught test specifications, test generation and fault simulation, characterisation tests, tester interfaces and the modules of a typical test system. Students will also discuss the failure analysis of assembly defects and test fall-outs. |
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| EPEC002 | Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits (SDIC)
Provides the basic concepts of semiconductor material, p-n junctions and electrical contacts. Covers structures and operational features such as logic and memory devices. Students will also learn the fundamental aspects of IC design layout and be familiar with the topographic view of an IC chip. |
| Subject Code | Subject | ||
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| EPEC003 | Wafer Fabrication Technology (WFT)
Covers plasma techniques and fundamentals of CMOS process. Students will be taught the fundamental principles of various wafer fabrication processes, the fabrication-related causes of IC defects and the working principles of fabrication equipment. They will also use software tools for simulating the different wafer fabrication processes and work on the various wafer fabrication equipment in the cleanroom environment. |
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| EPEC004 | Cleanroom and Vacuum Technology (CVT)
This subject introduces the students to a broad knowledge of contamination control in a cleanroom environment. Wafer plant facilities and process equipment are discussed. Students will be given the opportunity to experience the environment in the cleanroom. The subject also introduces vacuum technology which is vastly applied in the semiconductor wafer processing industry today. Students will be trained to operate vacuum pumps and systems through laboratory sessions. |
Modes of Assessment
For graduates of this course who are already working in the semiconductor related field, they can expand their job scope or venture into other technology area according to their company needs. For new entrants, they can take up some entry point job roles as: Associate Engineer, Associate Process Engineer, Associate Quality Engineer, and Associate Equipment Engineer in the areas of design and development, technical support, manufacturing, service and maintenance in the semiconductor field.
| A Polytechnic Diploma or ITE Technical Diploma / Technical Engineer Diploma / Work-Learn Technical Diploma in Science, Technical, Engineering, Math (STEM) or equivalent |
| OR |
| A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent |
| OR |
A Post-Secondary Certificate AND with at least 3 Years of relevant working experience |
RPL refers to the recognition of learning and competencies acquired or currently held by individuals. The learning and competencies may be attained through formal and informal training, education or work experiences and recognition is given based on assessment of evidence submitted against endorsed industry or company competency standards.
RPL is for working adults who have significant work experience and prior learning to apply for admission to any participating RPL courses when they do not meet the minimum entry requirement and/or for purpose of subject exemption where applicable.
You can submit the RPL application at the same time when you apply to enroll into your preferred course provided it is a participating RPL course. Please refer to this flowchart.
When you approach the Polytechnic, you will be provided a list of appropriate evidence specific to the course. Some examples include the following:
In some cases, you may be required to attend an interview or take an assessment test.
An administrative fee may be chargeable for RPL applications and evaluation (eg. preliminary test for admission or required assessments for subject/module exemption). The fees chargeable will not be refundable to applicants upon payment made. The details for fees administration will be specified in the participating course webpage.
The successful RPL outcome will be one of the following:
Applicants will be informed typically about 2 months after application closing deadline.
Monday - Thursday: 8:30am - 6:00pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Closed during lunchtime, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
and on weekends and public holidays.
Temasek SkillsFuture Academy (TSA)
Temasek Polytechnic
East Wing, Block 1A, Level 3, Unit 109
21 Tampines Ave 1
Singapore 529757
Temasek Polytechnic reserves the right to alter the course, modify the scale of fee, amend any other information or cancel course with low enrolment.
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