KDF Receives Order For 643 GT Batch Sputtering System From Filtronic Compound Semiconductor.Business/Technology Editors ORANGEBURG, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 KDF KDF Kraft Durch Freude (German: Strength Through Joy; Hitler's name for the original models of the Volkwagen Beetle in 1938) KDF Kentucky Derby Festival KDF Key Derivation Function (cryptography) , a leading supplier of new and remanufactured physical vapor deposition  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. (PVD PVD abbr. peripheral vascular disease PVD Peripheral vascular disease, see there ) batch in-line systems, today announced the sale of a 643 GT batch sputtering A popular method for adhering thin films onto a substrate. Sputtering is done by bombarding a target material with a charged gas (typically argon) which releases atoms in the target that coats the nearby substrate. It all takes place inside a magnetron vacuum chamber under low pressure. system to Filtronic Compound Semiconductor. Filtronic will use the 643 GT in the volume production of gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors at the company's new Newton Aycliffe GaAs fab in Northeast England. The 643 GT features a palletized batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. area, allowing instantaneous changing of wafer sizes, which enables both front and back side GaAs wafer processing. The 643 GT is also a cost effective, versatile system with a small footprint -- the machine fits conveniently into an allocated space without the need to redesign Filtronic's existing manufacturing floor. Installation of the product is expected to take place this month, after which Filtronic will begin ramping up to volume production. "The 600 series systems offer the production proven technology that our customers need," said Todd Plaisted, Director of Sales and Marketing for KDF. "We believe the 643 GT will enable Filtronic to reach its aggressive production goals." In September 1999, Filtronic purchased the old Fujitsu DRAM Fabrication plant in County Durham, England. They have now set up a 6" GaAs production line for the volume manufacture of PHEMT See FET. devices, which will be used primarily in the growing mobile handset market. Compound Semiconductors Ltd. is among the world's first and largest GaAs semiconductor facilities for wireless applications. GaAs, one of the emerging materials in the semiconductor industry, has been used in the production of semiconductors since the 1950s. The material is growing in popularity as a replacement for silicon for integrated circuits used in the telecommunications industry. Due to the explosion in demand for cell phones, the market for GaAs is growing rapidly. About KDF Electronic & Vacuum Services, Inc. KDF Electronic & Vacuum Services, Inc., produces original and remanufactured batch inline-sputtering tools for the mainstream silicon, emerging materials and flat-panel display markets. KDF systems are used in the production of semiconductors, photomasks, telecommunications networks, wireless circuits, gallium arsenide (GaAs), high density interconnect, sensors, opto-electronics, 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 and radio frequency power devices. KDF is located in Orangeburg, New York Orangeburgh is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) located in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York. The population was 3,388 at the 2000 census. Geography Orangeburg is located at (41.044796, -73. , and has representatives in Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Korea. www.kdf.com About Filtronic Compound Semiconductors Ltd. Filtronic Compound Semiconductors Ltd. is part of the Filtronic PLC Group which designs and manufactures microwave and millimeterwave products for wireless, telecommunications and reliability applications. www.filtronic.com |
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