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Solar cell manufacturing technologies are advancing and proliferating. To avoid confusion and potential hazards when your fab goes from a handful of people to hundreds, implement an equipment tagging system, says blogger Steve Blaine, CH2M HILL.
Vincent Gu, IHS iSuppli, summarizes the drivers -- domestic demand, quality and technology expectations in consumer devices -- and the challenges -- competing for capacity, low penetration in logic ICs -- for China's fabless IC designers.
The US DOE is giving Moser Baer $2.9 million to reduce the cost of manufacturing high-efficiency OLED lighting panels via improved processing steps.
Cosense launched the SL 900 Series of Ultrasonic Liquid Level Detectors that detect and micro-measure ultrapure chemical fluids for semiconductor chip manufacturing.
Nanotechnology company RMTS relocated from CO to NY to launch an R&D partnership with CNSE at the University at Albany, developing nano-polarization technologies for displays and windows.
Applied Materials debuted 3 systems for next-generation DRAM chip manufacturing: the Applied Centura DPN HDTM system to improve the gate insulator scaling; the Applied Endura HAR Cobalt PVD system for high-aspect-ratio contact structures; and the Applied Endura Versa XLR W PVD system for reduced ...
Suss Microtec and imec are expanding a research collaboration in mask cleaning to develop an in-fab approach to EUV lithography mask integrity, aiming to develop a sophisticated approach to preserving mask integrity prior to exposure.
Dr. Phil Garrou summarizes the significant commercial strides made over the past 12 months in 3D IC integration -- as defined vs. other "3D" technologies -- thanks to the promised combination of low cost and high performance.
TESCAN introduced the LYRA GM focused ion beam and scanning electron microscope (FIB--SEM) workstation, calling the system a multifunctional tool for nanotechnology.
ClassOne Equipment sold its 150th mask aligner, which will be installed in the Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at UAlbany.