Zhongke Xinyuan: A leader in domestic high-power thermoelectric temperature control systems

Founded in November 2017, Zhongke Xinyuan is a provider of thermoelectric temperature control system products and solutions. It is the only leader in China to enter the large-scale application of high-power thermoelectric temperature control system industry. Its core products cover semiconductors, LEDs, 5G communications, medical, automotive and other application fields. Currently, it has served TSMC, Huahong Grace, Toppan Semiconductor, Silan Microelectronics, Innoscience, SSMC and other world-class semiconductor wafer factories and optical module manufacturers Cambridge Technology.

The company has an overseas R&D team led by American experts in the global temperature control field, and has cooperated with scientific research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Science and Technology of China. The core team has nearly 20 years of experience in the semiconductor field. It is in an absolute leading position in the competition of similar products in the semiconductor industry.

Xiong Yi, CEO of Zhongke Xinyuan, told Jiwei.com that compared with traditional compressor-type temperature control, the thermoelectric temperature control system has the advantages of small size, precise temperature control, accuracy of ±0.1 degrees, and fast temperature response per unit time, which can help semiconductor wafer factories improve product yield and production capacity. It does not require Freon and is easy to install. In addition, for semiconductor wafer factories, the biggest advantage is an average of 80% energy saving.

The semiconductor direct cooling machine produced by Zhongke Xinyuan is a temperature control device suitable for semiconductor wafer fabs (FABs) and LED factories. This equipment is mainly used for the temperature control of the reaction chamber of some semiconductor etching equipment (such as AMAT, TEL, LAM, etc.) and the temperature control of the MO source of MOCVD equipment (such as Aixtron, Veeco, AMEC, etc.). These semiconductor etching equipment and MOCVD equipment have very high requirements for process temperature, and the equipment needs to be able to respond to temperature changes accurately and quickly.

In the semiconductor application field, compared with the traditional compressor-based refrigerators in the industry, the Z-3000/6000 semiconductor direct cooling machine of Zhongke Xinyuan consumes only 1/5 of the energy, which can save customers an average of about RMB 35,000 in electricity costs per year. Through the savings in electricity, refrigerant and other factory-side costs, a new direct cooling machine can be completely purchased in an average of 2 to 2.5 years.

Xiong Yi said that another major technical advantage of Zhongke Xinyuan is its high power. At present, there are other companies in China that produce thermoelectric temperature control equipment, but they are only low-power equipment, with a power of less than 500Watt. Zhongke Xinyuan can provide thermoelectric temperature control equipment for semiconductor processes that meet the maximum cooling power of 10KWatt.

High-power thermoelectric temperature control equipment will enable 5G and other application areas. Xiong Yi pointed out that the energy consumption cost of the temperature control system is a deep pain point in the construction of 5G base stations. The power consumption of a 5G single station is 2.5 to 3.5 times that of a 4G single station. The energy consumption cost (electricity bill) of the communication network accounts for about 20% of the operator's network maintenance cost.

According to statistics from China Mobile, using the existing compressor temperature control system, communication base stations account for 73% of China Mobile's total power consumption, while communication base station air conditioning energy consumption accounts for 46% of the total energy consumption of communication base stations.

To this end, last year, Zhongke Xinyuan co-founded the "Semiconductor Temperature Control Joint Innovation Laboratory" with the Spread Spectrum Laboratory of the Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Science of the University of Science and Technology of China.

Xiong Yi said that Zhongke Xinyuan is creating temperature control solutions for 5G and future wireless communication systems. Considering the cost is spread over three years, the initial goal is to reduce the energy consumption of electricity by about 10%. Next year, the second-generation thermoelectric temperature control system for 5G macro base stations will be launched.

In addition to the 5G field, Zhongke Xinyuan has expanded its product line to medical, new energy vehicles and other fields based on immersion refrigeration technology.

Looking to the future, Xiong Yi said that Zhongke Xinyuan will use the semiconductor field as a moat, continue to explore and research outward, and develop into other fields such as communications, medical care, and electric vehicles.