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Recently Qualified Airborne Particle Sensor Analyzes Wafer Contamination

The wafer-processing section at this year's SEMICON West will feature engineers from CyberOptics Semiconductor discussing the role of a newly developed particle-sensing technology to monitor airborne particles in process equipment in real-time to validate and analyze wafer contamination.

2 Jul 2009

The Largest Quantum Key Distribution Network Ever Built

Researchers from across Europe have united to build the largest quantum key distribution network ever built. The efforts of 41 research and industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information ...

1 Jul 2009

New Exhibit Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Integrated Circuit

The Computer History Museum (CHM) announced that "The Silicon Engine," a new exhibit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit (IC), opens today. The exhibit presents the history and innovatio...

1 Jul 2009

AIST-NT Presents Magicscan Technology

AIST-NT presents the MagicScan technology which is the set of feedback and scanning process control algorithms. These algorithms allow eliminating different dynamical errors such as overshooting, ringing and phase lag.

1 Jul 2009

University of Cambridge Professor Awarded Prestigious Institute Of Physics Business And Innovation Medal

Professor Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded the prestigious Institute of Physics (IOP)' Business and Innovation Medal today Wednesday 1 July for outstanding contributions to physics in an industrial or commercial context.

1 Jul 2009

ESPRC and National Science Foundation of China Fund Three-Year 'Spintronics' Study

A team of researchers from the University of Surrey and two other institutions have been awarded a grant of around £430,000 to develop ultra-small-scale silicon structures for 'spintronic' semiconductors. J...

1 Jul 2009

Collaboration Agreement to Speed Development of Leading-edge Imprint Masks Using Mask Replication Technology Based on J-FIL

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP), a leading producer of semiconductor photomasks, and Molecular Imprints, Inc., a market and technology leader for nanopatterning systems and solutions, today announced that they have e...

1 Jul 2009

Nanotechnology Extending Longevity of Dental Fillings

Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology technique will extend the fillings' longevity.

1 Jul 2009

Expanding Clean Energy Sector In NY State Will Take Center Stage at Fourth Annual New Energy Symposium

The expanding clean energy sector in New York State - including research supporting renewable energy technologies and the resulting business and economic development opportunities and impact - will take center stage at t...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 1 Jul 2009

Suss Microtec Announces New Structure for Sales in Asia Based in Singapore

SUSS MicroTec, one of the world's leading suppliers of process and test solutions for microstructuring applications in semiconductor and related markets, today announced a new structure for sales in Asia based in Singapore.

From SUSS MicroTec AG 1 Jul 2009

Obducat To Take Part In An Exhibition For Solar Cell Technology

For the first time Obducat will take part in an exhibition for solar cell technology. Obducat exhibits at Intersolar North America, presenting among other things its new lithography system Sindre 400. The efficiency of s...

From Obducat AB 1 Jul 2009

Brookhaven National Laboratory Signs New Agreement with Syracuse University

The tiny, nanoscale materials - quantum dots - Mathew Maye and his research team create in his Syracuse University chemistry laboratory could potentially make an important contribution to the nation's ongoing quest to become energy independent.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 1 Jul 2009

New FE-SEM Combines High Resolution and Analysis for the First Time

Today Carl Zeiss announces a series of launches covering a range of product and application innovations. The start of this series is marked by the next-generation analytical field emission scanning electron microscope - the MERLIN™.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 1 Jul 2009

European Project CORONA Looks Back On A Promising First Year

One year has passed since the kick-off of the European project CORONA, which aims at accelerating the businesses of European companies by enabling faster product engineering. Nine partners from all along the value chain in micro- and nanotechnologies (MNT) are working towards this goal during the three-year run-time of the project.

1 Jul 2009

Peregrine and MagnaChip Completes Final Qualification on UltraCMOS Technology Transfer

Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation, a leading supplier of high-performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, and MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd., a leading Asia-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixe...

1 Jul 2009