Accent Announces FTIR Tool Sale to AmberWave; Tool Used For Strained Silicon Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003 Accent Optical Technologies (www.accentopto.com), a leading supplier of optoelectronics and silicon semiconductor process control systems, today announced the sale of an FTIR FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared (spectroscopy) FTIR Frustrated Total Internal Reflection FTIR Fourier Transfer Ir system to AmberWave Systems, the semiconductor industry's leading supplier of strained silicon A technique that deposits silicon (Si) on top of silicon germanium (SiGe) for making transistors on a chip. In so doing, the silicon atoms are stretched ("strained") to line up with the silicon germanium atoms, which are wider apart. technology. As strained silicon technology is implemented in commercial applications, AmberWave is making it faster, easier and more cost-effective for semiconductor companies worldwide to reap the performance and power consumption benefits of strained silicon. Accent's FTIR tool will be used for the rapid characterization of critical epilayer properties. Hani Badawi, Vice President of Engineering at AmberWave said, "Accent's state-of-the-art FTIR system plays an important role in controlling the manufacturing processes for our advanced substrates which are essential for superior chip performance." "Accent is thrilled to work with AmberWave and their innovative substrates. The industry-leading energy throughput of our tools make it possible to achieve rock-solid stability and precision which is very important for high volume production," stated K. Krishnan, Business Unit Manager, FTIR, Accent. Accent has expanded aggressively into new areas of metrology, which are important to keep pace with the technology roadmaps The context of product management The existence of product managers in the product software industry indicates that software is becoming more and more commercialized as a standard product. for advanced semiconductors. About AmberWave Systems AmberWave Systems is the semiconductor industry's leading supplier of strained silicon technology building on more than 10 years of advanced research and development at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and AT&T Bell Laboratories. AmberWave helps its customers accelerate their development, reduce R&D costs, and minimize their risk by offering licenses and engineering services to wafer and device manufacturers. AmberWave's headquarters and state of the art research and development facility is located in Salem, N.H. The company has additional sales and support offices in Silicon Valley, France, Japan and Singapore. For more information visit AmberWave online at www.amberwave.com. Accent Optical Technologies (www.accentopto.com) is a leading supplier of optoelectronic and silicon process control systems. The company's legacy dates backs over 300 years to its optical instrument manufacturing roots in York, England. It serves leading manufacturers of laser diodes, VCSELs, HBTs and high electron mobility Electron Mobility In physics, electron mobility (or simply, mobility), is a quantity relating the drift velocity of electrons to the applied electric field across a material, according to the formula: transistors and supplies optical CD measurement, thin film characterization and optical lithography lithography (lĭthŏg`rəfē), type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). feedback control systems to leading silicon device manufacturers. Accent Optical Technologies a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. The name Bend was derived from "Farewell Bend," the designation used by early pioneers to refer to the location along the Deschutes River where the town eventually was platted, one of the few fordable points along the , operates in 19 countries with more than 250 employees, including over 70 technologists. |
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