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MICRO: Products
. The integrated system of components enables entire downstream manifolds to be constructed from durable 316L stainless steel. The components can be used in vacuum-system roughing and foreline plumbing manifolds. Manufactured in brass, stainless steel, and aluminum, the components are fully rotatable and suitable
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MICRO: Industry News: 'Round the Circuit (Feb 2000)
of the dual-damascene process is 1.6 times lower than aluminum or tungsten metallization, according to TSMC. Additional benefits include higher electromigration reliability of and via series resistance fives times lower than that of tungsten plug vias, the company says. Because the two-layer capability
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Innovative Technology from Capacitec Improves Gap Measurement with the Use of Capacitive Non-contact Gap Sensors
of the equipment. . Metallurgy – Aluminum sheet fabrication. Capacitec gap sensors are used by Pechiney to control the fabrication of aluminum sheets. A high temperature version capacitive sensor wand (similar to those found in Figure 3) is placed between
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MICRO: Reducing Defects
is planarized and annealed in preparation for the CMOS circuitry.3 While such processing prevents temperature-induced damage to the CMOS circuitry, it can cause topography problems. In MEMS-last processing, the high temperatures of polysilicon deposition can melt aluminum interconnects. To avoid that problem
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How to Save Space and Boost Production With an Infrared Preheat-Gel Oven (.pdf)
. organic coating. components made of different materials, such as a mix. of steel and aluminum, and parts with multiple weight. base materials, such as a heavy frame with light cross. members. The IR oven system must be designed to. safely gel the powder on all surfaces without overheat-. ing the powder
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Rust takes a rest
. eNewsletters. Advertisement. Community. Forums. Blogs. LinkedIN. Facebook. Events. View Upcoming Events. Advertisement. Related Content. Manufacturing is a high note for aluminum guitar maker. Plastic cam followers outperform metal. Martensitic stainless steel makes inroads in the automotive
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MICRO:Product Technology News (Sept '99)
tracks silicon wafers through the production process. The LKx5 can read all commercial marking technologies, including OCR, 2-D code, and bar code 412. The wafer-identification reader's anodized aluminum cameras are 35 * 70 * 110 mm in size. According to the manufacturer, they are the smallest
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On a roll with plastic solar cells
to the lower work function contact, holes to the one with the higher work function. The structure diagramed here is about 3% efficient. Konarka is also working on a modified structure that includes an optical spacer between the conjugated polymer blend and the aluminum contact which boosts conversion