September 12, 2006 — /MARKET WIRE/ — MIDDLEFIELD, CT — (Zygo Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIGO), a leading worldwide optical metrology supplier, today announced that it has received a follow-on order from a leading North American semiconductor manufacturer as part of a multi-million-dollar commitment to use ZYGO’s Z3D 7000(tm) metrology tool for high volume manufacturing process control.
The Z3D 7000(tm) optical metrology tool performs high-resolution surface topography measurements on bare and patterned 200mm and 300mm semiconductor wafers. It provides high measurement precision at throughputs that exceed those achievable with existing mechanical profiling techniques, such as atomic force microscopy. The tool has been designed to meet the growing need for in-line etch, deposition, and planarization process metrology 45nm node and beyond. It is equipped with SEMI(r) compliant automation, ISO Class 2 certified clean hardware and meets all ergonomic and safety certifications needed for production line equipment.
Robert Stoner, ZYGO’s Vice President, Metrology, made the following comment, “This commitment is a strong endorsement of our strategic product roadmap by an important customer. It is also a measure of our success in building a world-class team focused on the semiconductor process control market. We believe ZYGO’s technology leadership will allow us to increase our market share of noncontact optical metrology into the semiconductor front end manufacturing process.”
Zygo Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIGO), headquartered in Middlefield, Connecticut, is a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments, precision optics, and electro-optical design and manufacturing services, serving customers in the semiconductor capital equipment and industrial markets. See ZYGO’s web site at www.zygo.com for additional information.
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SOURCE: Zygo Corporation