Micron Force Instruments Bolsters Board of Directors.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Micron Force Instruments (MFI MFI Microfinance Institution MFI Money Flow Index MFI Melt Flow Index MFI Median Family Income MFI Malaria Foundation International MFI Massachusetts Family Institute MFI Multi-port Fuel Injection (automobile) ) today announced two new members of their Board of Directors. Franz Richter, Managing Director of Karl Suss, and Lynwood Swanson, Chairman of FEI Company, were named to join the Board in September. "We're certainly pleased to add members of this caliber to our Board of Directors. We expect their guidance will help us to exceed both customer and shareholder expectations," commented MFI President David Fisher. MFI is a two-year-old company specializing in the development of precision yield improvement tools that utilize atomic force microscopy (AFM (Atomic Force Microscope) A device used to image materials at the atomic level. AFMs are used to solve processing and materials problems in electronics, telecom, biology and other high-tech industries. ) for the semiconductor and electronic industries. In July, Karl Suss (www.suss.com) and MFI (www.micronforce.com) introduced a new failure analysis tool for probing integrated circuits below .25 microns. The system utilizes the unique advantages of AFM to enable probe visualization and placement during either front or backside probing at deep sub micron geometries. The two companies had earlier signed a cooperative agreement to provide next generation probing technologies to the design and failure markets worldwide. Karl Suss (Neuer Markt symbol: SMH) is a global supplier of manufacturing equipment and process technology for the MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. , advanced packaging and microelectronics markets. With over 6,000 systems installed, Suss products include coating and developing systems, proximity lithography systems, substrate bonders, flip chip bonders and probe systems. The company was recently named the No. 1 supplier of test and material handling equipment by VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. Research in its annual survey. FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC FEIC Financial Executives International Canada ) is a world leader in the design, manufacture, sale and support of charged particle beam A charged particle beam is a spatially localized group of electrically charged particles that have approximately the same velocity (speed and direction). The kinetic energies of the particles are typically measured in keV or MeV, much larger than the energies of particles at systems and components including scanning and transmission electron microscopes (SEMs and TEMs) and focused ion beam Focused ion beam, also known as FIB, is a technique used particularly in the semiconductor and materials science fields for site-specific analysis, deposition, and ablation of materials. The FIB is a scientific instrument that resembles a scanning electron microscope. (FIB) and DualBeam(tm) (FIB/SEM) systems. FEI FEI Fédération Équestre Internationale. products serve customers in the semiconductor, data storage, life science and material science markets. The unique combination of FEI technologies enables customers to employ new diagnostic, analytical, device modification and process management functions to improve performance and reduce project time and costs. FEI is headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore., and maintains product develop and manufacturing centers in the United States, The Netherlands and Czech Republic. More information about FEI Company is available on FEI's web site at www.feic.com. |
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