Europe

03/01/1999

Europe

Philips Analytical, Almelo, The Netherlands, has won an order from Semiconductor 300 for the PW 2830 wafer analyzer for in-line analysis of planarization layers on silicon. Semiconductor 300 will use the system for its new 300-mm line. In addition, Philips has installed its Impulse 300 noncontact metal film thickness, density, and uniformity instrument in SEMATECH`s copper development program.

AIXTRON AG, Aachen, Germany, has sold AIX 2600G3 Planetary Reactor MOCVD systems to Epistar Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan, and Hewlett Packard Ltd. (HP), Ipswich, UK. Epistar is ramping up its mass production for high brightness LEDs. HP will use its systems for a range of opto-electronic devices for optical communication.