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News Release from: Grant Instruments (Cambridge) | Subject: Refrigeration for electron beam
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 November 2006
Refrigeration for electron beam
nano-lithography
Vistec Lithography has selected Grant, a designer and manufacturer of custom scientific and industrial solutions, to develop a bespoke refrigeration system.
Vistec Lithography, a developer of electron beam lithography systems for the worldwide semiconductor industry, has selected Grant, a designer and manufacturer of custom scientific and industrial solutions, to develop a bespoke refrigeration system to cool the lens, chamber and handling system within its VB300 electron beam nano-lithography machine Engineers at Vistec Lithography's development facility in Cambridge, England, needed a high-precision refrigeration system for its new VB300 product to provide ultra stable (to +/-0.01C) temperature control within a range of 12 to 22C, flow rate 1 to 2 litres per minute, max pressure 2 to 3 bar and a cooling capacity of 250W
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Maintaining a stable water temperature is critical to controlling the accuracy of the electro-magnetic lens within the state-of-the-art VB300 system therefore we needed a supplier with a proven track record and substantial thermodynamics expertise." Vistec Lithography's VB300 electron beam system is designed for use in advanced production and RandD applications to create the ultra-fine images used in the semiconductor and nanotechnology industries.
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"We were very impressed by Grant's solution and in particular their flexibility and speed of responsiveness," added Amin Javer, senior system design engineer at Vistec Lithography.
"For example, we decided after the first system was delivered to add inline thermal detection capability.
We discussed this with Grant's engineers and within a matter of weeks they proposed and implemented an innovative solution which fully met our brief - it was an incredibly quick turnaround." Grant Technologies designs and manufactures custom scientific and industrial solutions to meet its customers' application-specific requirements.
Leveraging its 50-year heritage in heating and cooling, mixing and shaking, data logging and data acquisition, and extensive manufacturing expertise, the company has delivered successful solutions to hundreds of companies across a diverse range of industry sectors.
These include, among others, life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, automotive, industrial, oil and petrochemicals, scientific, military and environmental testing.
Paul Pergande, head of Grant Technologies, said: "We pride ourselves on providing our customers with fast-turnaround custom-built solutions using our considerable expertise in thermodynamics, data acquisition and equipment design.
We are delighted to see that our temperature control system has now been integrated by Vistec into their market-leading VB300 lithography machine which is being used at the very forefront of semiconductor research.".
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