Fil-Tech Distributes INFICON Vacuum Gauges and Thin Film Monitors/Controllers

Fil-Tech adds INFICON vacuum gauges to its measurement gauges product line. Fil-Tech also distributes INFICON monitors and controllers and INFICON and Fil-Tech Quality Crystals. Fil-Tech continues to supply our sensor hardware, electron beam and ion source parts and other vacuum system consumables to the thin film, ophthalmic, and semiconductor industries.

MKS Optical Sensing Products Business Receives Applied Materials 2022 Supplier Excellence Award

MKS Optical Sensing Products business (formerly Photon Control) has earned a 2022 Supplier Excellence Award from Applied Materials, Inc. Applied’s Supplier Excellence Awards recognize the company’s top-performing suppliers for outstanding technical and operational achievements in several areas including quality, service, lead time, delivery, cost, and responsiveness. This year, the MKS Optical Sensing Products business received the award for Best-In-Class Performance.

Custom Engineered Vacuum Systems  

Pfeiffer Vacuum has expanded our Indianapolis facility to offer turnkey custom engineered vacuum systems that utilize Pfeiffer Vacuum’s extensive range of vacuum components and vacuum expertise.

The Explosion Welding Process for Ultra-High Vacuum Applications

Explosion welding is a solid-state, or solid-phase, process relying on metal proximity and pressure to achieve a metallic weld. The welding method successfully joins dissimilar metals allowing users of bimetallic components the ability to harness multiple material benefits such as weight and magnetic permeability across UHV and XHV systems.

Precise, High-Volume Industrial Coating Processes Demand Advanced Plasma Power

To maximize return on investment, the complex, high-volume sputtering processes used to manufacture optical, decorative, and other thin-film coatings must deliver the highest-possible yield and availability. Today’s thin-film deposition processes commonly deploy single- or dual-magnetron reactive sputtering techniques that require pulsed-DC power. Precise plasma control and optimized arc management are key elements of obtaining the best system performance.

Angstrom Engineering Turns 30!

For our 30^th Anniversary we look back at the beginning of our quantum journey and celebrate the strides our partners are making in the field. We are proud to be a part of the future that they are creating not only in the field of quantum computing, but also in semiconductors, display, and renewable energy.

Semicore Expands its Process Development and Application Support Capability 

Driven by amazing technical developments that continue to carve new paths in PVD based processing, Semicore committed to a greater focus in this area at our Livermore, CA, manufacturing facility in 2022. This advancement provides further support of our customers’ needs for their own process development and proof of concept requirements when designing completely new solutions. To expand process development capabilities, the company has also established strategic alliances with some of our customers to support this development on our larger platforms to demonstrate scalability. By demonstrating the latest advancements in sputtering and evaporation technology combined with many years of process experience, our goal is to help the customer expedite time to market and minimize risk. 

New Agilent Vacuum and Leak Detection Webinar Library 

Agilent Vacuum is dedicated to offering you flexible and informative vacuum and leak testing learnings. Check out our rich webinar collection that covers a wide range of topics, and in both live and on-demand formats. Bookmark the page for your convenience.  

Maxima Sciences Partners with GP Plasma to Produce R&D Benchtop ALD System for 3D Geometries 

Maxima ALD LLC has partnered with GP Plasma to build and supply benchtop R&D atomic layer deposition systems for commercial and university laboratory use suitable for 3D geometry components. Jake Bertrand discusses why he chose GP Plasma …

Fusion Funding More Than Doubles in 12 Months, Reveals Industry Report

Funding into commercial fusion has accelerated in the last 12 months, according to a new report from the Fusion Industry Association. The industry-wide survey has found that more than $4.8bn of investment was declared by private fusion companies since this time last year, a 139% rise since the previous year’s report. The Global Fusion Industry in 2022, launched July 14 at an event in Brussels, is the second annual survey from the FIA, which aims to build a directory of fusion energy businesses and provide a periodic update on the sector. 

Cleanline Foreline Plasma Clean System

The MKS Cleanline® Foreline Plasma Clean System increases tool uptime and productivity by continuously removing process byproducts and deposits from CVD and Etch system pumping lines. The Cleanline system can be installed anywhere in the vacuum line, including at the chamber outlet, where it can improve particle performance.

Expanded Range of OktaLine® ATEX Explosion-Proof Roots Pumps

Roots pumps from Pfeiffer Vacuum’s expanded OktaLine Series from 280 to 8,100 m³/h are ideal for use in processes in potentially explosive environments or for evacuating explosive gases. Designed in accordance with the ATEX Directive (2014/34/EU1 and/or 1999/92/EC) with pressure surge resistance of PN 16, they meet the very highest explosion protection requirements. 

6 High Vacuum Viewport Materials and Their Selection

Vacuum viewports come in various flange materials, connections, and window coatings to provide a versatile product for any high vacuum application. With such an extensive range of options available, we have assembled this guide to assist you in choosing the appropriate viewport for your high or ultra-high vacuum application.

Advanced Energy’s Ascent^® SMS AP Pulsed-DC Power Supplies

Ascent® SMS AP 10 kW power supplies deliver unprecedented plasma control in a compact solution for single-magnetron sputtering. Advanced Energy^®’s patented pulsing technology enables remarkable arc prevention, higher power levels, and increased throughput, while comprehensive control parameters and a wide operational range extend process flexibility and material innovation. 

Product Spotlight: Large Chamber Box Coater

Large area substrates and increased height provide excellent film thickness uniformity, while the larger chambers provide space for sources and advanced fixturing. The Box coater will help you achieve your research goals and production demands.

Semicore SC1500 In-line Sputtering System 

The Semicore SC1500 Inline Sputtering System has been developed an improved over the last two decades. It remains a popular solution for many high throughput, high demand process requirements. Knowing that there are many unique process requirements in the industry the SC1500 platform has a vast range of options to allow a variety of turnkey solutions. It is a scalable configuration accommodating pilot to high-volume production requirements. Load locks with multi-pallet handling, deliver continuous “tip-to-tail” processing for optimal throughput and target utilization. Various size and shape substrate processing saves costly re-tooling and quick change over. Dual sided sputtering can be accomplished in a single process without venting to atmosphere. The SC1500 series can be configured with source isolated chambers to prevent cross contamination of critical materials. Application specific tooling is available in a range of factory options engineered for individual needs. Precision sputtering and evaporation systems are Semicore’s specialty. Our extensive technical know- how and experience help solve the most difficult projects.

Agilent Vacuum TwisTorr 305 FS Turbo Pump

The 305 family of turbo pumps incorporates the latest Agilent FS (Floating Suspension) Technology which delivers a robust pump for the harshest of environments. The pump offers benefits including low base pressure, low noise and vibration level, ease of integration, and a hydrocarbon-free vacuum system. The 305 can also be driven wirelessly via Bluetooth connection using Agilent’s Vacuum Link App.

INFICON’s UL6000 Fab PLUS Makes Leak Testing in Semiconductor Production Even Faster 

Thanks to INFICON’s intelligent rate-of rise feature, I·RISE, the new UL6000 Fab PLUS performs pressure increase measurement all by itself and combines it with the helium spraying method. The patented system enables measurement times to drop drastically, and thus helps minimize both general time for leak testing and fab equipment maintenance. 

New Research Toward Evolutionary Optimization of Complex Layered Materials Systems 

Recent unexpected outcomes of our quantum-gravity material science research has lead to new generalized evolution equations entangled with thermodynamics. This provides options to develop layered materials and structures evolutionarily optimized against non-linear processes, for example against turbulences (applicable to hyper-sonics), impact and thermal creep effects. Further, our project developments in mathematical psychology will enrich future product designs with an end users psychology in the design optimization phase, and interestingly toward the potential applied use of ‘mass formation’ psychological phenomena in developing room temperature stable quantum coherent material structures.