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EDWARDS
December 2007 |
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| Semiconductor Industry News |
Designing Safe, Low-cost Vacuum and Exhaust Gas Management Systems for Semiconductor Processes
as printed in the October issue of Semiconductor Manufacturing China
by Peter Holland, Mike Percy, Jerome Boegner, Edwards
Vacuum and exhaust management are critical components of semiconductor manufacturing. While these systems are usually hidden away out of sight in the process tool or the sub-fab, they are vital to efficient and safe manufacturing. To achieve maximum productivity and minimize risk, the entire vacuum and exhaust management system must act as an integrated whole that is customized for each specific process and for each fab’s needs. |
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Fifty Years of Vacuum Technology in the Semiconductor Industry
as printed in the November issue of SST magazine
by Stephen Ormrod, Chief Technology Officer, Edwards
Vacuum technology is not often considered a leading force in semiconductor manufacturing; however a look back at the last fifty years reveals that it has played an essential supporting role. Moreover, that look back also reveals something about the complex developmental interactions between vacuum and manufacturing technologies. This retrospective offers several examples that demonstrate the indispensable role vacuum has played. |
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| Product News |
| Spectra-Z: Abatement for Solar Cell Processes |
The Spectra-Z is a high capacity combustion system that provides reliable, high performance and cost effective abatement of hazardous gases from solar cell processes that use large flows of silane (SiH4). The Spectra-Z employs 4-stage combustion, and can be configured with up to six process gas inlets. The Spectra-Z has low CoO and requires no water or oxygen facilities.
- Applications include: PECVD a-Si/µ-Si deposition, LPCVD
- Gases abated: SiH4, PH3, NH3, TMB, NF3
- Capacity: 800 slm and 3,000 slm
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XDS35i: Completely Dry Scroll Pump for Semiconductor Applications
For those clean duty semiconductor applications, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the XDS35i would be ideal. The bearings are isolated from the vacuum environment by a patented XDS bearing shield. Uniquely, there are no bearings, grease or oil under vacuum. Controllable gas ballast is standard and makes the XDS35i ideal for pumping vapors. The pump is driven from single-phase power with an inverter to control the motor speed. This provides the user remote control and constant pumping speed (35 m /hr or 21 cfm) on either 50 or 60Hz frequencies. Power consumption is very low and typically no other utilities are required. The XDS is truly user serviceable - with no oil to change, annual maintenance can be completed in about 20 minutes without special tools.
- Totally dry – no oil or grease in the pump mechanism
- Easy to maintain – no major service for 3 years
- Compact footprint, clean pumping, quiet operation (57 db(A))
- High ultimate vacuum
- Environmentally friendly
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iTCU Temperature Control Unit
The iTCU is Edwards next generation temperature control unit for etch, ash and other semiconductor applications. It offers improvements in dynamic temperature control, cost of ownership and ease of use over previous product generations. |
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Edwards is attending several industry events. Click here to view the upcoming dates and locations.
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Edwards also offers a bimonthly e-newsletter for the scientific instruments, R&D, laboratory, industrial and process vacuum markets called Vacuum pArticles.
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Our instruction manuals are now available on the Internet… |
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As part of our continued website improvement we are able to make our manuals available for customers to download. Consequently work has just been completed to make all English and translated instruction manuals available through our website
To download a manual simply navigate to the desired product using either the product finder or the quick search and click on the documentation tab to find the list of available documents for that product. |
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