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8 November 2007

 

Aixtron buys Nanometrics VerteX PL mapping system

Metrology equipment manufacturer Nanometrics Inc of Milpitas, CA, USA says that deposition equipment maker Aixtron AG of Aachen, Germany has bought a VerteX photoluminescence (PL) mapping system, to be installed at its demonstration facility in Aachen, Germany during fourth-quarter 2007. The system will be used to determine material composition, measure layer thickness and improve the wafer uniformity performance of its equipment.

“The VerteX system will be a tremendous asset to our demonstration facility,” says professor Michael Heuken, VP corporate R&D at Aixtron. “Not only will we be able to monitor the performance and accuracy of our equipment, but our customers will get quantifiable data from our tool as well,” he adds. “Our installation of the VerteX system will give our facility the most advanced production PL mapping capability on the market today, which is required to demonstrate the advantages of our recently introduced reactors with larger production capacity.”

The VerteX will replace Aixtron’s current PL mapping tool, a Nanometrics’ RPM2000, in order to obtain greater execution for its deposition systems and processes. “This purchase of our VerteX system marks another milestone in our long-term relationship with Aixtron,” says Tom Ryan, Nanometrics' business unit manager, Materials Characterization. The collaboration with Aixtron will give great insight into future technology, which will help Nanometrics to advance its PL mapping technology, he adds.

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