Accent Supplies Caliper Elan Overlay Tool to AMD Inc.BEND, Ore. -- Accent Optical Technologies (www.accentopto.com), a leading supplier of lattice engineering and photolithography A lithographic technique used to transfer the design of circuit paths onto printed circuit boards as well as the circuit paths and electronic elements of a chip onto a wafer's surface. A photomask is created with the design for each layer of the board or wafer (chip). process control tools, today announced the successful deployment of its Caliper caliper Instrument that consists of two adjustable legs or jaws for measuring the dimensions of material parts. Spring calipers have an adjusting screw and nut; firm-joint calipers use friction at the joint to hold the legs unmoving. elan 300mm overlay tool in AMD's new Fab 36 production facility in Dresden, Germany. Caliper elan extends Accent's production-proven 90nm technology Caliper platform to 65nm and beyond, incorporating major advances in measurement technology and throughput. Nanometer level precision and class leading tool-to-tool matching capability satisfy the performance requirements needed for the Athlon 64 and next generation devices' most demanding processes. Caliper elan's industry leading technical performance and favorable economics have been validated by AMD's purchase. "We are impressed by the speed, reliability, ease of use, high performance and upgradeability offered by the Caliper elan," stated Mr. Marc Staples, 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). Module Manager at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Fab 36. Hugh Fink fink Slang n. 1. A contemptible person. 2. An informer. 3. A hired strikebreaker. intr.v. finked, fink·ing, finks 1. To inform against another person. , Overlay Product Manager at Accent added, "We are proud to be partners of AMD in their Fab 36 project. Caliper elan has been a great success for Accent and AMD's decision shows that the combination of performance and cost of ownership advantages are recognized by the industry leaders." Caliper elan is available in a wide range of configurations for automated processing of 200mm and 300mm wafers. Fully compatible with automated material handling and factory automation systems, Caliper elan is available with up to four loadports to enable the wafer delivery system to match the very high throughputs. For sales or product information, please visit our website at www.accentopto.com, call 541-322-2500 (US), +44 1904 715500 (UK) or email sales@accentopto.com. About Accent Accent Optical Technologies (www.accentopto.com) is a leading supplier of process control systems for silicon and compound semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. The company's legacy dates back over 300 years to its optical instrument manufacturing roots in York, England. Accent specializes in photolithography process control tools, providing industry-leading performance of overlay, critical dimension, and profile metrology to top-tier device manufacturers. Accent is also a major provider of lattice metrology tools, supplying process characterization and control tools to advanced semiconductor industries including those using 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. , SOI (Silicon On Insulator) A chip architecture that increases transistor switching speed by reducing capacitance (build-up of electrical charges in the transistor's elements), and thus reducing the discharge time. The power requirement is also reduced in some designs. , or advanced epitaxial layers for high performance logic, wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , optoelectronics, and high brightness LEDs. |
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