NIST offers online metrology resource for electronics manufacturers. (News Briefs).Semiconductor, electronics and data storage device manufacturers can use a new NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. web page to easily find the NIST research, products and services of greatest relevance to their industry. The NIST semiconductor/electronics industry-sector web page (www.nist.gov/public_affairs/semiconductors.htm) is designed to help industrial R&D departments and manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. find the most accurate measurements, standards, calibrations and data available from NIST. Links to NIST cooperative research and funding opportunities also are offered. The semiconductor/electronics web page gives very short descriptions of what NIST does to help build better microchips, from more accurately measuring step heights, dielectric dielectric (dī'ĭlĕk`trĭk), material that does not conduct electricity readily, i.e., an insulator (see insulation). A good dielectric should also have other properties: It must resist breakdown under high voltages; it should not films and interconnects to ways to improve manufacturing processes. Along with the brief project descriptions, the page offers links to more detailed descriptions of each project or program, as well as contact names, e-mail addresses See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address and phone numbers. The page is one of several new industry-sector web pages intended to improve industry awareness of NIST products, services and programs. Go to Information for Industry on the NIST home page (www.nist.gov See .gov and GovNet. (networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. ) to access the index for all of the NIST industry-sector web pages. Media Contact: Linda Joy, (301) 975-4403; Iinda. joy@nist.gov. |
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