Latest Headlines

1. Saelig Introduces Siglent SNA5000A Vector Network Analyzer Range Expanded To 26.5GHz 2/28/2023

   Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced two new models in the Siglent SNA5000A Vector Network Analyzers range – 13.5GHz and 26.5GHz. The extended SNA5000A network analyzer range is offered as 2- or 4-port devices with frequency ranges from 9 kHz to 4.5GHz or 8.5GHz and from 100kHz to 13.5GHz or 26.5GHz, with a resolution of 1Hz, a dynamic range of 125dB, and a level resolution of 0.05dB.

2. Applied Materials’ New eBeam Metrology System Paves The Way To High-NA EUV Lithography 2/28/2023

   Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced a new eBeam metrology system specifically designed to precisely measure the critical dimensions of semiconductor device features patterned with EUV and emerging High-NA EUV lithography.

3. Kanbrick Announces Acquisition Of Calibration And Testing Company JM Test Systems In Partnership With Family Owners, The Morrisons 2/28/2023

   Kanbrick, the long-term investment partnership focused on investing in and building founder- and family-owned businesses, today announced its partnership with JM Test Systems, which calibrates, repairs and tests a wide variety of equipment.

4. Infinitesima Announce First Metron3D Customer Shipment 2/28/2023

   Infinitesima announce first customer shipment of their ground-breaking Metron3D in-line probe metrology system, providing improved process control for next generation Semiconductor manufacturing.

5. Hexagon’s Digital Reality Platform, Nexus, Is Now Available To Manufacturers – Putting An End To Silos And Enabling Faster Innovation 2/23/2023

   Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has launched its digital reality platform, Nexus. Announced earlier today, the new platform applies the latest cloud technologies to unblock innovation bottlenecks, enabling global teams to collaborate in real-time across the product lifecycle – from design and engineering to production and quality – to solve design and manufacturing problems together and accelerate time to market.

6. Geometry And Stress Calculation Of Hirth Couplings 2/23/2023

   KISSsoft offers the calculation of geometry and contact stresses of Hirth couplings. Hirth couplings allow for the transmission of high torque between shafts. In KISSsoft, users can select a standard Hirth coupling offered by Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA or enter their own custom geometry for the calculation.

7. Fractilia Brings Stochastics Metrology To HVM Fabs To Improve EUV Patterning Control And Yields 2/21/2023

   Fractilia, the leader in stochastics metrology and control solutions for advanced semiconductor manufacturing, today announced the latest addition to its Fractilia Automated Measurement Environment (FAME™) portfolio, the FAME 300. Designed specifically for use in high-volume manufacturing (HVM) fab environments, the FAME 300 provides real-time measurement, detection and monitoring of stochastic effects, which are the single largest source of patterning errors at advanced nodes.

8. New Canon Wafer Measurement Equipment Improves Productivity Of Lithography Systems, Enabling High-Precision Alignment For Increasingly Complex Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes 2/21/2023

   Canon Inc. announced today the launch in Japan of the MS-001, a high-precision wafer alignment¹ measurement device for semiconductor lithography systems.

9. Realtime Robotics Now Supplier For BMW Group 2/15/2023

   Realtime Robotics, the leader in collision-free autonomous motion planning for industrial robots, today announced that it has been named an official supplier for the BMW Group

10. Vaisala Launches A Pioneering Optical Inline Process Refractometer Series For Industrial Liquid Measurements 2/15/2023

    The new robust platform of inline process refractometers adds to Vaisala’s leading-edge innovations by introducing the first fully inhouse developed refractometer series to product platform that combines both liquid and gas measurement capabilities.