Bruce Technologies introduces new lower cost horizontal furnace; Leading equipment supplier to semiconductor manufacturers targets new markets with a "best of breed" alternative at an economic price point.NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1996-- Bruce Technologies International, a leading supplier of advanced furnaces and process control software to semiconductor manufacturers, today announced the addition of the BDF-40 to its horizontal furnace furnace, enclosed space for the burning of fuel. There are many kinds of furnaces, the type depending upon the fuel and the use to which the heat produced within it is put. Most familiar are the furnaces used in the heating of buildings. product line. Based on Bruce's top-of-the-line BDF-41, the BDF-40 was designed specifically for small-to-medium size semiconductor manufacturers and R&D labs who have relied on used, re-built or lower quality furnaces to meet budgetary requirements. "In the past, smaller companies and R&D labs sometimes had to compromise quality for price. BDF-40 provides them with an alternative: a furnace with the Bruce name at a lower price point," said Bob McAuliffe, President of Bruce. "Customer interest in this area is high." "Competition is increasing in the low-cost furnace market where sub-micron technology is not always a gating factor, and price is increasingly influential in the decision process," remarked Gary Frankfort, Director of Marketing at Bruce Technologies. "We're pleased to be expanding Bruce's market capabilities in this way." The BDF-40 horizontal furnace is capable of performing atmospheric and LPCVD LPCVD Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition films on 125mm and 150mm silicon wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. in batches as large as 200 wafers per load at a temperature range from 400 to 1350 degrees Centigrade centigrade /cen·ti·grade/ (sen´ti-grad) having 100 gradations (steps or degrees); see under scale. cen·ti·grade adj. Celsius. . The BDF-40 contains four separate process chambers that are packaged in a small system footprint. The three zone elements are controlled by Bruce's new Model 7353H controller. The BDF-40 has provisions to accommodate a cantilever boatloader design for reduced particle generation, a source cabinet that includes easy quartz removal, and a vertical gas system layout for easy component accessibility. The BDF-40 is compatible with Bruce's APEX software supervisory system. Recognized as the industry's model for diffusion diffusion, in chemistry, the spontaneous migration of substances from regions where their concentration is high to regions where their concentration is low. Diffusion is important in many life processes. cell management, APEX is specifically designed to manage the diffusion manufacturing process by providing up-to-date reports of data, and creating or modifying recipes containing variables and parameters for processing. Bruce Technologies International is a leading supplier of furnace technology and process control software to semiconductor manufacturers. The Company manufactures state-of-the-art horizontal and vertical diffusion/LPCVD furnaces which layer films for circuitry onto the surface of a silicon wafer (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications. (2) The base unit of chip making. It is a slice taken from a salami-like silicon crystal ingot up to 12" (300mm) in diameter. during chip making, and also offers the most advanced process control software available. Founded in 1992, Bruce Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kokusai Electric, Ltd. of Japan. An engineering-driven company known for its technological achievements, Bruce pioneered the first integrated software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. systems for chip furnaces and was the first furnace maker to utilize CAD software in designing its equipment. -0- APEX, BDF-40, BDF-41 and Bruce Technologies are trademarks of Bruce Technologies International, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Tim McCarthy Timothy J. McCarthy (born c. 1949) is the police chief of Orland Park, Illinois but is most famous for leaping in front of US President Ronald Reagan to stop one of John Hinckley, Jr.'s .22 caliber bullets on March 30, 1981 (see Reagan assassination attempt for details). Kerry Bard bard, in Wales, term originally used to refer to the order of minstrel-poets who composed and recited the poems that celebrated the feats of Celtic chieftains and warriors. or Sean Kegelman Bruce Technologies Schwartz Communications, Inc. International 617/431-0770 508/670-5501 |
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