AKT Ships Milestone 400th PECVD System for Flat Panel Display Manufacturing.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- AKT AKT Auto- ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto (Finnish Transport Workers Union) AKT Automatischer Kassentresor (German: automatic cash desk vault; used in german banks to secure money at counters) AKT Apprentice Knowledge Test , Inc., an Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team ) company and the world's leading supplier of PECVD PECVD Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition * systems to the flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time (FPD (1) (Flat Panel Display) See LCD, plasma display, EL display, FED and flat panel display. (2) (Field Programmable Device) An umbrella term for all chips that can be programmed by the customer including SPLDs, CPLDs and FPGAs. See PLD. ) industry, has shipped its 400th PECVD system. The 400th system, a Generation 5 AKT-15K PECVD, was delivered to a customer in the People's Republic of China where it will be used to manufacture LCD* televisions. Other AKT PECVD systems are installed at virtually every major TFT* LCD manufacturer in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. "The Flat Panel Display industry continues to expand rapidly with the growing popularity of digital and high definition LCD televisions," said Wendell Blonigan, vice president and general manager of Display Business Products, AKT. "Our systems' high-productivity and reliability provide customers with the most cost-efficient, high-quality deposition technologies needed to transition to larger substrates in very short time periods. Display makers are investing heavily in advanced generation fabs using Generation-6* and leading-edge Generation-7* technologies. AKT continues to work closely with customers to ensure they have the latest innovations in PECVD process technology that will enable their fabs to rapidly achieve high yields and enhanced profitability." AKT's PECVD systems utilize the field-proven system architecture and technology that have made it the industry leader in CVD CVD Cardiovascular disease, see there equipment. The systems can deposit a range of single-layer or in situ multi-layer films of doped and undoped amorphous silicon (a-Si), silicon oxide (SiOx), silicon oxynitride (SiON) and silicon nitride (SiNx). AKT's latest CVD system, announced in February, is the AKT-40K PECVD for manufacturing Generation 7 substrates, which are needed to cost-effectively produce large-format high-resolution LCD TVs. These substrates measure approximately 1.8 meters x 2.2 meters and can produce up to eight 40-inch or six 46-inch television panels per substrate. AKT shipped the world's first Generation-7 PECVD production equipment in July, 2004. AKT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT), is the largest supplier of PECVD products and services to the global TFT-LCD TFT-LCD Thin Film Transistor - Liquid Crystal Display industry. AKT has consistently led the industry in bringing technical innovation, reduced cost of ownership and continuous yield improvement with its products. Applied Materials' web site is www.appliedmaterials.com. PECVD: plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition LCD: liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. TFT: Thin Film Transistor Generation-6: 1.5m x 1.85m substrates Generation-7: 1.8m x 2.2m substrates |
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