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An... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/339831-Encoders_Provide_Path_to_High_Resolution_Positioning.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/339831-Encoders_Provide_Path_to_High_Resolution_Positioning.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMT High-resolution interferential encoders, when chosen, calibrated and used appropriately, are... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/326517-ADI_and_NI_Develop_Low_Cost_MEMS_Test.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/326517-ADI_and_NI_Develop_Low_Cost_MEMS_Test.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:43:47 GMT Analog Devices Inc. and National Instruments Inc. have developed a MEMS test system based on PXI... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/326410-OCD_Software_Models_in_3_D.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/326410-OCD_Software_Models_in_3_D.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:57:02 GMT KLA-Tencor and the Timbre Technologies subsidiary of Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL) recently... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/327100-Defect_Detection_Drives_to_Greater_Depths.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/327100-Defect_Detection_Drives_to_Greater_Depths.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:30:00 GMT Equipment suppliers are scrambling to develop new methods to detect particles that are smaller,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/316223-More_on_Sematech_s_TSV_Interconnect_Program.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/316223-More_on_Sematech_s_TSV_Interconnect_Program.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:06:42 GMT Sematech qualified an infrared inspection tool that can verify the alignment of through-silicon... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/19515-A_Feast_for_Vultures.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/19515-A_Feast_for_Vultures.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:01:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/315368-Test_Solutions_Cope_With_Economic_Crisis.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/315368-Test_Solutions_Cope_With_Economic_Crisis.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:04:46 GMT Presentations at the New Test Solutions TechXPOT addressed how to better mine data, and a... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/SI_s_Take_on_Semicon_West/18710-Metrology_Gurus_View_Inspection_Segment_with_Cautious_Optimism.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/SI_s_Take_on_Semicon_West/18710-Metrology_Gurus_View_Inspection_Segment_with_Cautious_Optimism.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:30:28 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/326007-Combinatorial_Method_Enables_Selective_CoWP_Capping.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/326007-Combinatorial_Method_Enables_Selective_CoWP_Capping.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT Intermolecular, GlobalFoundries and Advanced Micro Devices researchers report that a molecular... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/307817-2009_Best_Product_Awards.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/307817-2009_Best_Product_Awards.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT The editors of Semiconductor International have chosen 15 products, materials or services that... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/307152-Sematech_Seeks_EUV_Mask_Tool_Funding.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/307152-Sematech_Seeks_EUV_Mask_Tool_Funding.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:20:52 GMT Few commercial suppliers are stepping up to develop the EUV mask inspection tools that will be... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/17432-Scatterometry_on_Steroids.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/17432-Scatterometry_on_Steroids.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:04:40 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278860-EUV_Reduced_to_an_Engineering_Problem.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278860-EUV_Reduced_to_an_Engineering_Problem.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:15:36 GMT EUV seems to be finally at the stage of "just an engineering problem," though a sufficiently... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/15356-Everybody_Dance_.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/15356-Everybody_Dance_.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:32:55 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278030-How_CD_SEMs_Complement_Scatterometry.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278030-How_CD_SEMs_Complement_Scatterometry.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT Like competing Siamese twins, CD-SEM and scatterometry enable and push each other to higher... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278029-Control_Strategy_for_Wafer_Edge_Defects.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278029-Control_Strategy_for_Wafer_Edge_Defects.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT Identifying and resolving systematic process issues on edge die before they migrate to interior... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278032-Testing_Multi_Functional_Power_Management_ICs.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278032-Testing_Multi_Functional_Power_Management_ICs.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT Cell phone functionality and battery life drive the PMIC market. New test strategies enable... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278023-Focus_on_Solvable_Problems.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/278023-Focus_on_Solvable_Problems.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT While we are currently experiencing a more severe electronics downturn than anyone would have... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/13692-A_Jaunt_Through_Nanotechnopolis.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/13692-A_Jaunt_Through_Nanotechnopolis.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:36:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/232566-Metrologists_Measure_Twice_Process_Once.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/232566-Metrologists_Measure_Twice_Process_Once.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 14 May 2009 23:56:00 GMT IBM’s T.C. Chen, Alain Diebold of CNSE, and J. Alexander Liddle of NIST were among the... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/232188-Emtec_Microscope_Tilts_Light_Source.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/232188-Emtec_Microscope_Tilts_Light_Source.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 12 May 2009 15:03:00 GMT Japan-based Emtec Co. Ltd. has developed an optical microscope that uses a slightly tilted light... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/231398-Helium_Ion_Scope_Aids_Interconnect_Study.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/231398-Helium_Ion_Scope_Aids_Interconnect_Study.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 05 May 2009 13:57:00 GMT Researchers from Carl Zeiss SMT and Selete will go to the International Interconnect Technology... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/210198-VLSI_Research_Foresees_Weak_Probe_Card_Market.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/210198-VLSI_Research_Foresees_Weak_Probe_Card_Market.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:12:00 GMT VLSI Research said the hard-hit probe card market will remain relatively weak over the next five... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209834-Complementary_Techniques_Identify_OPC_Hotspots.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209834-Complementary_Techniques_Identify_OPC_Hotspots.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT Lithography hotspots induced by optical proximity correction (OPC) can be identified using... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204075-EUV_Requires_Enhanced_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204075-EUV_Requires_Enhanced_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT This month's podcast spotlights Kurt Ronse, director of the Advanced Lithography Program at IMEC... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201907-Semilab_Acquires_AMS_QC_Solutions.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201907-Semilab_Acquires_AMS_QC_Solutions.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:45:00 GMT Semilab (Budapest, Hungary) has formed a Massachusetts division made up of newly acquired... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205064-KLA_Tencor_to_Reduce_Staff_by_Another_10_.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205064-KLA_Tencor_to_Reduce_Staff_by_Another_10_.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:58:00 GMT KLA-Tencor, which announced a 15% reduction in staff last November, said it will cut another 10%... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204360-Rinse_Dry_Steps_Get_New_Look_at_SPCC.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204360-Rinse_Dry_Steps_Get_New_Look_at_SPCC.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:26:00 GMT The Sematech Surface Preparation and Cleaning Conference (SPCC) opened with several... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197093-SVTC_Analytical_Moves_Into_New_Markets.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197093-SVTC_Analytical_Moves_Into_New_Markets.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:39:00 GMT The analytical services unit of SVTC Technologies is finding that its analytical and... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12415-EUV_Litho_Needs_Metrology_Support.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12415-EUV_Litho_Needs_Metrology_Support.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:35:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207601-Metrosol_and_Sematech_Partner_on_VUV_SR.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207601-Metrosol_and_Sematech_Partner_on_VUV_SR.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:40:00 GMT Metrosol Inc. will participate in Sematech’s front-end program at the CNSE Albany NanoTech... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199194-NanoPhotonics_to_Ship_450_mm_Wafer_Inspection_Tools_to_ISMI.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199194-NanoPhotonics_to_Ship_450_mm_Wafer_Inspection_Tools_to_ISMI.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:49:00 GMT NanoPhotonics will send two of its 450 mm wafer inspection tools to the ISMI Interoperability... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12428-A_Trillion_Here_a_Trillion_There_A_Study_in_Perspective.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12428-A_Trillion_Here_a_Trillion_There_A_Study_in_Perspective.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:29:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204125-Electroglas_Asks_For_Strategic_Advice.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204125-Electroglas_Asks_For_Strategic_Advice.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:48:00 GMT Electroglas Inc., which has been in the semiconductor equipment business for 40 years, said it... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196643-Demand_Spikes_for_Multi_Site_Testing.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196643-Demand_Spikes_for_Multi_Site_Testing.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:03:00 GMT Multi-site testing of SoC devices is now emerging as a major trend to drive down the cost of... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206192-Samsung_Electronics_Orders_Zeiss_Mask_Metrology_System.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206192-Samsung_Electronics_Orders_Zeiss_Mask_Metrology_System.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:50:00 GMT Samsung Electronics ordered a mask metrology tool from Carl Zeiss SMT, the second company to... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/198598-Foundries_High_k_on_Program_at_International_Reliability_Physics_Symposium.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/198598-Foundries_High_k_on_Program_at_International_Reliability_Physics_Symposium.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:20:00 GMT The International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), planned for April 26-30 in Montreal,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197404-IEDM_Panel_Processing_Costs_Headed_Up.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197404-IEDM_Panel_Processing_Costs_Headed_Up.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:27:00 GMT With more expensive tools and new process modules coming, IC manufacturers will struggle to... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199150-Multitest_to_Merge_with_Everett_Charles_Technologies.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199150-Multitest_to_Merge_with_Everett_Charles_Technologies.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:59:00 GMT Multitest Elektronische Systeme GmbH, which makes test handlers and test sockets, said it will... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203331-Rudolph_NSX_Selected_for_Inspection_of_TSV_Process.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203331-Rudolph_NSX_Selected_for_Inspection_of_TSV_Process.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:38:00 GMT Rudolph Technologies Inc. said that it has installed an NSX 115 Macro Inspection System at a... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202391-NuFlare_Orders_Zeiss_Mask_Metrology_Tool.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202391-NuFlare_Orders_Zeiss_Mask_Metrology_Tool.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:54:00 GMT Carl Zeiss SMT disclosed one of the first orders for its next-generation mask metrology system... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196702-Applied_Announces_TSV_Etcher_In_Fab_Mask_Inspection_Capability.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196702-Applied_Announces_TSV_Etcher_In_Fab_Mask_Inspection_Capability.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:25:00 GMT Applied Materials Inc. announced its Silvia deep silicon etcher for creation of the smooth... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202116-Memory_Test_Platform_Handles_Multiple_Device_Types.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202116-Memory_Test_Platform_Handles_Multiple_Device_Types.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:56:00 GMT Verigy’s newest memory test family handles flash, DRAM and multichip packages (MCPs) — at... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199694-Measuring_Material_Dopant_Loss_From_Post_Implant_Wafer_Cleans.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199694-Measuring_Material_Dopant_Loss_From_Post_Implant_Wafer_Cleans.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT Maintaining the integrity of ultrashallow junctions (USJs) after exposure to an increasingnumber... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197761-ISMI_Outlines_450_mm_Wafer_NGF_Roadmaps.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197761-ISMI_Outlines_450_mm_Wafer_NGF_Roadmaps.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:26:00 GMT ISMI managers described progress at the 450 mm wafer Interoperability Test Bed, and described... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204880-Photomask_Printability_Standards_and_Cleaning_Remain_Concerns.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204880-Photomask_Printability_Standards_and_Cleaning_Remain_Concerns.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:14:00 GMT At the 28th Photomask Technology conference in Monterey, Calif., technologists discussed ways to... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197680-In_House_Manufacturing_Remains_a_Core_Competency_at_Advantest.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197680-In_House_Manufacturing_Remains_a_Core_Competency_at_Advantest.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:52:00 GMT While most of the automated test equipment (ATE) market has shifted to outsourced manufacturing,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197594-SUSS_MicroTec_Removes_Schneidewind_as_CEO.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197594-SUSS_MicroTec_Removes_Schneidewind_as_CEO.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:38:00 GMT The supervisory board of German equipment vendor SUSS MicroTec removed Stefan Schneidewind as... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197213-Ricmar_Group_Buys_Majority_Stake_in_NanoPhotonics.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197213-Ricmar_Group_Buys_Majority_Stake_in_NanoPhotonics.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:45:00 GMT The Ricmar Group (Kramsach, Austria) said it has purchased a majority of NanoPhotonics AG... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201385-Inline_Monitoring_Detects_CMOS_Image_Sensor_Colorization_Problems.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201385-Inline_Monitoring_Detects_CMOS_Image_Sensor_Colorization_Problems.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 GMT An optical non-destructive inspection method has been developed to detect colorization effects... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199420-Mass_Storage_Pins_Progress_Hopes_on_Aggressive_Litho.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199420-Mass_Storage_Pins_Progress_Hopes_on_Aggressive_Litho.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:45:00 GMT Storage requirements in HDDs and SSDs are increasing at a rate that will require fast progress... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197438-SoftJin_Rolls_Out_Mask_Defect_Analysis_Tool.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197438-SoftJin_Rolls_Out_Mask_Defect_Analysis_Tool.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:06:00 GMT SoftJin Technologies said it has developed a mask defect analysis tool that initially supports... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207837-Spin_Transistors_and_OLEDs_Draw_Closer.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207837-Spin_Transistors_and_OLEDs_Draw_Closer.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:22:00 GMT University of Utah physicists have controlled an electrical current using electron spin,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209185-Hard_X_ray_Microscope_Opens_New_Vistas.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209185-Hard_X_ray_Microscope_Opens_New_Vistas.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:55:00 GMT The highest resolution microscope of its type, the hard X-ray Nanoprobe now operational at the... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199441-Mask_Level_Measurements_Predict_Imaging_Performance_for_Flash_Designs.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199441-Mask_Level_Measurements_Predict_Imaging_Performance_for_Flash_Designs.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT Flash memory is accelerating the push for continued scaling, and hyper-NA immersion lithography... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201133-Concentration_Sensors_Curb_Rising_CoO.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201133-Concentration_Sensors_Curb_Rising_CoO.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT In situ, real-time concentration monitoring will be vital to the industry's move to 65 nm CDs... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12419-He_Saw_It_All_First.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12419-He_Saw_It_All_First.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:55:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206087-Teradyne_Talks_Growth_Initiatives_Pursues_Entire_ATE_Market.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206087-Teradyne_Talks_Growth_Initiatives_Pursues_Entire_ATE_Market.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:16:00 GMT In the competitive ATE industry, managing through the semiconductor industry’s changing... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12423-Considering_Beyond_CMOS_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12423-Considering_Beyond_CMOS_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:03:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207800-Test_Socket_Industry_Faces_Issues_Scaling_Below_0_4_mm_Pitch.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207800-Test_Socket_Industry_Faces_Issues_Scaling_Below_0_4_mm_Pitch.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:05:00 GMT Shrinking package pitch sizes and higher pin counts are among the many factors forcing the test... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197437-Design_Information_Improves_SEM_Defect_Review_Sampling_Efficiency.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197437-Design_Information_Improves_SEM_Defect_Review_Sampling_Efficiency.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT Defect Pareto quality is improved using design-based binning, which couples layout information... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196989-Atom_Trap_Grabs_Magnetic_Atoms.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196989-Atom_Trap_Grabs_Magnetic_Atoms.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT A new trapping technique developed at NIST raises the possibility of using erbium and similar... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196947-Reducing_Test_Costs_Throughputs.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196947-Reducing_Test_Costs_Throughputs.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT At yesterday’s Test, Assembly & Packaging TechXPOT’s “Yield Management” session, various... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12431-Standalone_Pushes_Optical_CD_Boundaries.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12431-Standalone_Pushes_Optical_CD_Boundaries.php?rssid=20228 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:15:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209112-Breaking_the_Barriers_to_RF_Multi_DUT_Tests.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209112-Breaking_the_Barriers_to_RF_Multi_DUT_Tests.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMT Because test companies have reduced test time to the bare minimum, and many chipmakers have... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208949-Planes_Test_and_Capacity_Management.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208949-Planes_Test_and_Capacity_Management.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMT Dan Hamling, founder and CEO of Chip Nexus (San Diego), will present on Thursday, July 17, at... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203141-Reduced_CapEx_for_Test.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203141-Reduced_CapEx_for_Test.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMT As a percentage of total spending on semiconductor capital equipment, spending on test equipment... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202215-Distributed_and_Adaptive_Test.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202215-Distributed_and_Adaptive_Test.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMT On Tuesday, July 15, at SEMICON West, there will be a TechXPOT session focused on yield... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12430-SEM_Enables_Rapid_Subnanometer_3_D_Surface_Imaging.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12430-SEM_Enables_Rapid_Subnanometer_3_D_Surface_Imaging.php?rssid=20228 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:07:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199554-Entangled_Images_Point_to_Better_Quantum_Data_Optical_Measurements.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199554-Entangled_Images_Point_to_Better_Quantum_Data_Optical_Measurements.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:25:00 GMT Convenient, versatile technique could provide new tool for quantum information processing,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196600-ATE_Industry_Maneuvers_Around_Perfect_Storm_of_Issues_at_90_nm_and_Below.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196600-ATE_Industry_Maneuvers_Around_Perfect_Storm_of_Issues_at_90_nm_and_Below.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:32:00 GMT The combination of discrete challenges, design sensitivity and integration issues are creating... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196900-VLSI_Research_Ranks_Top_Equipment_Vendors.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196900-VLSI_Research_Ranks_Top_Equipment_Vendors.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:50:00 GMT Keithley Instruments, SEN Corp. and Varian Semiconductor came out on top in their respective... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206462-Letter_to_the_Editor_Probe_Cost_Methodology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206462-Letter_to_the_Editor_Probe_Cost_Methodology.php?rssid=20228 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT I am writing in regard to the article published in the April edition of Semiconductor... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208461-CD_Metrology_Confidently_Looks_Beyond_32_nm.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208461-CD_Metrology_Confidently_Looks_Beyond_32_nm.php?rssid=20228 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT Although traditional tools are showing signs of reaching their limits, workarounds and more... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205151-Assessing_Component_Damage_Failure_Risk.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205151-Assessing_Component_Damage_Failure_Risk.php?rssid=20228 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT Acoustic imaging, combined with electrical testing, provides insight into the cause of... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203863-Yield_Goals_for_22_nm.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203863-Yield_Goals_for_22_nm.php?rssid=20228 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT The industry is on target to deliver necessary defect metrology and film metrology solutions,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199703-SEA_TADPOLE_Promises_Metrology_Improvements.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199703-SEA_TADPOLE_Promises_Metrology_Improvements.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 29 May 2008 13:35:00 GMT A new system that measures different types of aberrations present in laser short-pulse systems... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12429-System_Gives_Accurate_Flicker_Noise_Measurement.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12429-System_Gives_Accurate_Flicker_Noise_Measurement.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:56:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12438-A_Modest_Proposal.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12438-A_Modest_Proposal.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:48:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208992-New_Probe_Preps_AFM_for_Inline_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208992-New_Probe_Preps_AFM_for_Inline_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:25:00 GMT Georgia Tech researchers developed AFM probes that quickly and simultaneously measure properties... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12440-Revisiting_a_Conference_and_Some_Ongoing_Problems.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12440-Revisiting_a_Conference_and_Some_Ongoing_Problems.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 09 May 2008 09:58:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207983-How_to_Detect_Non_Overlay_Misalignment_Errors_.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207983-How_to_Detect_Non_Overlay_Misalignment_Errors_.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 08 May 2008 14:35:00 GMT Engineers at SMIC were confronted with an unusual problem in their DRAM fab — how to detect a... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197046-Light_Matter_Interaction_to_Improve_Semiconductor_Interfaces.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197046-Light_Matter_Interaction_to_Improve_Semiconductor_Interfaces.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:44:00 GMT Research carried out at North Carolina State University on the interaction of light with matter... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206591-FormFactor_Facing_DRAM_Investment_Freeze.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206591-FormFactor_Facing_DRAM_Investment_Freeze.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 01 May 2008 14:12:00 GMT Executives at probe card vendor FormFactor Inc. (Livermore, Calif.) said they are being impacted... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202032-Inline_Optical_Spectroscopy_for_Advanced_Gate_Stacks.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202032-Inline_Optical_Spectroscopy_for_Advanced_Gate_Stacks.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 01 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT Metrology platform complexity and fundamental optical constraints limited the capabilities of... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12435-IP_Theft_Innovation_at_Risk.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12435-IP_Theft_Innovation_at_Risk.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:44:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197415-D2I_Project_Reduces_Mask_Inspection_Time.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197415-D2I_Project_Reduces_Mask_Inspection_Time.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:33:00 GMT Japan's national mask inspection project, Mask D2I, has figured out ways to significantly reduce... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199216-FEI_Imago_to_Collaborate_Hint_at_Possible_Merger.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199216-FEI_Imago_to_Collaborate_Hint_at_Possible_Merger.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:19:00 GMT FEI Co. (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Imago Scientific Instruments (Madison, Wis.) announced a... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12425-Aerial_Imaging_Simplifies_Mask_Inspection.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12425-Aerial_Imaging_Simplifies_Mask_Inspection.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:37:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12424-An_Estimate_of_Metrologists.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12424-An_Estimate_of_Metrologists.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:28:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12439-Photovoltaics_An_Alternative_Opinion.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12439-Photovoltaics_An_Alternative_Opinion.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:38:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206081-Practical_Ways_to_Lower_Probe_Costs.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206081-Practical_Ways_to_Lower_Probe_Costs.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT Using ISMI's probe card CoO model, several real-world scenarios are analyzed to determine the... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207829-Reference_Metrology_Red_Bricks_.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207829-Reference_Metrology_Red_Bricks_.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT Traditionally, the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) has marked future... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201354-_First_Time_Right_Recipe_Optimization_for_Wafer_Inspection.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201354-_First_Time_Right_Recipe_Optimization_for_Wafer_Inspection.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT A methodology for developing a brightfield wafer inspection recipe involving tight coupling with... http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12432-Metrology_Where_s_the_Added_Value_.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/blog/The_Measure_of_All_Things/12432-Metrology_Where_s_the_Added_Value_.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:06:00 GMT http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199670-AFM_Based_Etch_a_Sketch_Draws_Nanoscale_Features.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199670-AFM_Based_Etch_a_Sketch_Draws_Nanoscale_Features.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:00:00 GMT Conducting nanoscale lines and dots can be written, erased and rewritten using an AFM-based... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203390-Litho_a_Major_Metrology_Challenge.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203390-Litho_a_Major_Metrology_Challenge.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT According to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), litho is... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199353-SRC_Nanostructures_Require_Monitoring_at_Molecular_Atomic_Levels.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199353-SRC_Nanostructures_Require_Monitoring_at_Molecular_Atomic_Levels.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:27:00 GMT The development of nanotechnology to its full capabilities requires the ability to cope with... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207222-Reference_Metrology_Standards_The_Looming_Nanotech_Crisis.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207222-Reference_Metrology_Standards_The_Looming_Nanotech_Crisis.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT At the SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference recently held in San Jose, a panel discussion on... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203954-IBM_Brings_Hitachi_Into_Albany_Ecosystem.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203954-IBM_Brings_Hitachi_Into_Albany_Ecosystem.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:29:00 GMT IBM and Hitachi researchers will work together on metrology challenges arising at the 22 nm node... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200923-Applied_Materials_Patterning_Requires_Innovative_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200923-Applied_Materials_Patterning_Requires_Innovative_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:58:00 GMT Applied Materials (Santa Clara, Calif.) concurrently held its 12th Annual Technology Forum with... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208228-SPIE_Metrology_Must_Provide_More_Accuracy.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208228-SPIE_Metrology_Must_Provide_More_Accuracy.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:39:00 GMT At the SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference being held this week in San Jose, several of the... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208190-Sematech_and_Zeiss_Report_Progress_on_Mask_Metrology_Tool.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208190-Sematech_and_Zeiss_Report_Progress_on_Mask_Metrology_Tool.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:14:00 GMT Carl Zeiss and Sematech engineers have completed the design portion of a mask metrology tool... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208013-Single_Atom_Manipulation_Breakthrough_Boosts_Nanotech_Possibilities.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208013-Single_Atom_Manipulation_Breakthrough_Boosts_Nanotech_Possibilities.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:45:00 GMT IBM scientists at the Almaden Research Center (San Jose) have demonstrated, for the first time... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204453-Rudolph_Technologies_Joins_Sematech_Metrology_Program.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204453-Rudolph_Technologies_Joins_Sematech_Metrology_Program.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:59:00 GMT Rudolph Technologies Inc. joined the Sematech metrology program, which is based in Albany, N.Y.... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207941-3_D_Analysis_Progressing_to_Meet_Device_Needs.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207941-3_D_Analysis_Progressing_to_Meet_Device_Needs.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:41:00 GMT Although there are several tools and concepts available, the analysis of ultrashallow junctions... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203212-Nanotech_Progress_Requires_Better_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203212-Nanotech_Progress_Requires_Better_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:02:00 GMT A major hurdle facing the implementation of nanotechnology is how to probe the electrical... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207907-Chipworks_Offers_ICInside_Browser_for_Circuit_Analysis.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207907-Chipworks_Offers_ICInside_Browser_for_Circuit_Analysis.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:58:00 GMT Reverse engineering firm Chipworks (Ottowa, Canada) has developed software called ICInside... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202945-Novel_CD_SEM_Overlay_Method_Improves_Dual_Trench_Patterning_CDU.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202945-Novel_CD_SEM_Overlay_Method_Improves_Dual_Trench_Patterning_CDU.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT Using a trench-within-a-trench overlay mark and automated process control strategy, the CD... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204103-Imago_Scientific_Instruments_Ships_Atom_Probe_Microscopes.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204103-Imago_Scientific_Instruments_Ships_Atom_Probe_Microscopes.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:59:00 GMT Imago Scientific Instruments Corp. (Madison, Wis.) said it has shipped two atom probe... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203831-Rudolph_Adds_3_D_Bump_Inspection_From_RVSI.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203831-Rudolph_Adds_3_D_Bump_Inspection_From_RVSI.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:23:00 GMT Rudolph Technologies announced that it is buying assets from RVSI Inspection (Hauppauge, N.Y.),... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197473-Electroglas_Awarded_Patent_for_Active_Vibration_Control.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197473-Electroglas_Awarded_Patent_for_Active_Vibration_Control.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:11:00 GMT Electroglas Inc. has received a patent for its proprietary vibration cancellation technology,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200613-FIB_Electron_Microscope_Project_Pursues_Single_Atom_Imaging.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200613-FIB_Electron_Microscope_Project_Pursues_Single_Atom_Imaging.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:40:00 GMT FEI Co. (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Netherlands-based Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206535-Sematech_Lack_of_Litho_Reference_Measurements_a_Concern.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206535-Sematech_Lack_of_Litho_Reference_Measurements_a_Concern.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:30:00 GMT With the industry inexorably headed toward the 32 nm node, lithography increasingly faces... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200699-_Nanoflashlights_Spotlight_Strained_Silicon.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200699-_Nanoflashlights_Spotlight_Strained_Silicon.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:15:00 GMT “Engineering the strain across a silicon transistor channel 35 nm across is no mean feat,”... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209377-Does_SEM_Have_a_Future_.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209377-Does_SEM_Have_a_Future_.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:00:00 GMT CD-SEM's importance to metrology cannot be overrated. However, it seems that current tools are... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204415-Damage_During_Cleans_Evaluated_by_AFM.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204415-Damage_During_Cleans_Evaluated_by_AFM.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:00:00 GMT An increasing problem with no known solution is the damage of small structures during wafer... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/198439-Standards_for_Test.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/198439-Standards_for_Test.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:00:00 GMT Having joined the bond, assembly, test area from the 300 mm fab, I was quite surprised to... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197504-Metrology_Drives_Nanotech_Progress.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197504-Metrology_Drives_Nanotech_Progress.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:00:00 GMT All aspects of nanotechnology, whether working with MEMS or carbon nanotubes, require a high... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204335-Applied_Hoping_for_Strong_Holiday_Season.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204335-Applied_Hoping_for_Strong_Holiday_Season.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:07:00 GMT Applied Materials CEO Michael Splinter said the next few months will be "challenging" for the... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205912-Nanotech_Needs_Metrology_to_Achieve_Full_Potential.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205912-Nanotech_Needs_Metrology_to_Achieve_Full_Potential.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:47:00 GMT For nanotech to evolve from the laboratory and R&D arena, new ways must be devised to use... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200350-SV_Probe_Opens_Probe_Card_Factory_in_Vietnam.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200350-SV_Probe_Opens_Probe_Card_Factory_in_Vietnam.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:52:00 GMT SV Probe (Singapore) opened its largest probe card factory in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202181-Lithography_Test_Among_Cost_Challenges.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202181-Lithography_Test_Among_Cost_Challenges.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:26:00 GMT Equipment productivity has skyrocketed over the past five years, as measured by slices per hour,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204207-Damage_During_Cleans_Evaluated_by_AFM.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204207-Damage_During_Cleans_Evaluated_by_AFM.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:02:00 GMT Researchers from Northeastern University, Hanyang University and IMEC have recently conducted... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197286-NanoLab_Technologies_Selects_Semicaps_for_Fault_Localization.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197286-NanoLab_Technologies_Selects_Semicaps_for_Fault_Localization.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:09:00 GMT Semicaps Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) announced at the International Symposium for Testing and Failure... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205166-Chipworks_Doing_Teardown_of_Matsushita_45_nm_UniPhier.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205166-Chipworks_Doing_Teardown_of_Matsushita_45_nm_UniPhier.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:16:00 GMT Chipworks said it has started its teardown analysis of a Matsushita 45 nm SoC, aimed at... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202674-Web_Exclusive_Yield_Loss_It_s_Not_All_Process_Defects.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202674-Web_Exclusive_Yield_Loss_It_s_Not_All_Process_Defects.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT A comprehensive approach to test data management, which ensures the integrity of the data,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202649-Optical_Metrology_Adapts_for_Nanoscale_Measurements.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202649-Optical_Metrology_Adapts_for_Nanoscale_Measurements.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT As we venture into the nanoscale region, it becomes increasingly necessary to characterize not... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202507-Intel_Invests_11M_in_Jordan_Valley_Semiconductors.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202507-Intel_Invests_11M_in_Jordan_Valley_Semiconductors.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:54:00 GMT Intel Capital, Intel's investment arm, will take a significant stake in Jordan Valley... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205897-IBM_Detects_Carbon_Nanotube_Vibrations.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205897-IBM_Detects_Carbon_Nanotube_Vibrations.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:30:00 GMT IBM researchers have used Raman spectroscopy to detect vibrations within carbon nanotubes. The... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204686-Diebold_to_Head_CNSE_Nanoscale_Metrology_Imaging_Center.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204686-Diebold_to_Head_CNSE_Nanoscale_Metrology_Imaging_Center.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:14:00 GMT Alain Diebold, a Sematech Senior Fellow who has spent 18 years with the organization, has joined... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200479-USC_Selects_JEOL_for_New_Nano_Imaging_Center.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/200479-USC_Selects_JEOL_for_New_Nano_Imaging_Center.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:03:00 GMT JEOL USA (Peabody, Mass.) announced today that the University of Southern California (USC) has... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209287-Wentworth_Celebrates_40_Years_of_Test_Solutions.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209287-Wentworth_Celebrates_40_Years_of_Test_Solutions.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:06:00 GMT Wentworth Laboratories Inc. (Brookfield, Conn.) today celebrated its 40th year of incorporation,... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203195-RFID_Improves_Throughput_in_Probe.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203195-RFID_Improves_Throughput_in_Probe.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMT A significant driver of wafer final test throughput is the availability of the right probe card... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205860-Interconnect_Metrology_Confidently_Looks_at_32_nm.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/205860-Interconnect_Metrology_Confidently_Looks_at_32_nm.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMT Although current inspection and measurement technology appears sufficiently capable to continue... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202960-Eliminating_Probe_Interactions_Other_Metrology_Issues.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202960-Eliminating_Probe_Interactions_Other_Metrology_Issues.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMT Michael Garner, manager of the External Materials Research Group, Technology Strategy, at Intel... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207557-Kilogram_Mystery_Raises_Proposal_Based_on_Avogadro_s_Constant.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/207557-Kilogram_Mystery_Raises_Proposal_Based_on_Avogadro_s_Constant.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:45:00 GMT Two Georgia Tech professors suggest that the official weight of a kilogram be based on a precise... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203647-FEI_Achieves_0_5_A_Imaging_Microscopy_Breakthrough.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203647-FEI_Achieves_0_5_A_Imaging_Microscopy_Breakthrough.php?rssid=20228 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:25:00 GMT The highest-resolution images ever attained by S/TEM technology have been produced using a new... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209165-NIST_Measures_Out_NRI_Funding.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209165-NIST_Measures_Out_NRI_Funding.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:05:00 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology will contribute $2.76M annually to the... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209028-In_Die_Phase_Measurement_Tool_Mimics_Scanner.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209028-In_Die_Phase_Measurement_Tool_Mimics_Scanner.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:00:00 GMT The use of phase-shift masks (PSMs) with 193 nm scanners of high- and hyper-numerical apertures... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199636-Photomask_Defectivity_and_Cleaning_A_New_Milieu.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/199636-Photomask_Defectivity_and_Cleaning_A_New_Milieu.php?rssid=20228 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:00:00 GMT Photomasks are conceptually simpler than wafers: fewer levels, fewer process steps, and larger... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203307-Nanometrics_to_Close_Milpitas_Machine_Shop.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203307-Nanometrics_to_Close_Milpitas_Machine_Shop.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:09:00 GMT Metrology vendor Nanometrics Inc. will close its Milpitas, Calif., machine shop and plating... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197262-IBM_Scientists_Use_STM_to_Create_Nanoscale_Images.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197262-IBM_Scientists_Use_STM_to_Create_Nanoscale_Images.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:47:00 GMT Nanoscale images built out of individual atoms by scientists using IBM’s scanning tunneling... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196547-AMTC_Qualifies_Vistec_Metrology_System.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196547-AMTC_Qualifies_Vistec_Metrology_System.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:04:00 GMT The Advanced Mask Technology Center has qualified the Vistec mask metrology system, the LMS... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208102-FEI_Brings_Nova_NanoSEM_30_to_M_M_Conference.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208102-FEI_Brings_Nova_NanoSEM_30_to_M_M_Conference.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:41:00 GMT FEI introduced the Nova NanoSEM 30 Series scanning electron microscope (SEM) today at the... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204855-Nanometrics_Names_Timothy_Stultz_CEO.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204855-Nanometrics_Names_Timothy_Stultz_CEO.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:34:00 GMT Metrology vendor Nanometrics Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.) today named Timothy Stultz as its president... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204040-Tagged_Metrology_Assists_CNT_Self_Assembly.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204040-Tagged_Metrology_Assists_CNT_Self_Assembly.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:00:00 GMT It was obvious to Professor John Hartley of the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204084-SEC_Settles_KLA_Options_Fraud_Still_Pursuing_Ex_CEO.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/204084-SEC_Settles_KLA_Options_Fraud_Still_Pursuing_Ex_CEO.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:08:00 GMT The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that fraud charges against KLA-Tencor... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203882-_Labless_Trend_Continues_as_Presto_Engineering_Buys_Cypress_Test_Facility.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/203882-_Labless_Trend_Continues_as_Presto_Engineering_Buys_Cypress_Test_Facility.php?rssid=20228 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:46:00 GMT Presto Engineering Inc. said it has acquired a test facility in San Jose from Cypress... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208984-Faster_Metrology_APC_Needed_to_Fuel_Rapid_Time_to_Market.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/208984-Faster_Metrology_APC_Needed_to_Fuel_Rapid_Time_to_Market.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT New metrology and novel applications of more mature techniques are increasingly needed for... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206416-Latest_Memory_Activity_in_Japan.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/206416-Latest_Memory_Activity_in_Japan.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT The Japanese semiconductor market depended on the growth of the memory manufacture —... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196850-TechXPOT_Reprises_Test_Workshops.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/196850-TechXPOT_Reprises_Test_Workshops.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT Combining six presentations from the Semiconductor Wafer Test and Burn-in and Test Socket... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202036-Audio_Interview_Design_Driven_Metrology_Becomes_Crucial_to_Fabrication.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/202036-Audio_Interview_Design_Driven_Metrology_Becomes_Crucial_to_Fabrication.php?rssid=20228 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT Anantha Sethruaman, Synopsys’s VP of marketing for DFM, discusses how, to control a... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209359-Audio_Interview_A_Standalone_Startup_Is_Possible_in_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/209359-Audio_Interview_A_Standalone_Startup_Is_Possible_in_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT Dave Ring, CEO of ReVera, discusses positioning of a startup company in the semiconductor... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197550-Transcript_A_Standalone_Startup_Is_Possible_in_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/197550-Transcript_A_Standalone_Startup_Is_Possible_in_Metrology.php?rssid=20228 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT Dave Ring, CEO of ReVera, discusses positioning of a startup company in the semiconductor... http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201688-Dataquest_Forecast_Sees_Lull_in_Equipment_Spending.php?rssid=20228 http://www.semiconductor.net/article/201688-Dataquest_Forecast_Sees_Lull_in_Equipment_Spending.php?rssid=20228 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:42:00 GMT After a strong 2006, the semiconductor equipment industry is in a lull this year and next,...