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News Release from: Thermo Fisher Scientific | Subject: Semiconductor measurement and metrology
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2006
Semiconductor measurement and metrology
described
Brochure describes measurement products fincluding plasma mass spectroscopy, FT-IR metrology, Raman microspectroscopy and numerous X-ray spectroscopies and EDS for electron microscopy.
Thermo Electron Corporation, the world leader in analytical instrumentation, announces the publication of a new brochure demonstrating its complete range of high performance solutions for the semiconductor, microelectronics and disk storage industry This eight-page brochure provides process and defect engineers, as well as production managers, with a quick reference to Thermo's capability offerings in the fields of plasma mass spectroscopy, FT-IR metrology, Raman microspectroscopy and numerous X-ray spectroscopies including angle-resolved XPS, microbeam XRF and EDS for electron microscopy and defect review
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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* About Thermo Electron Corporation - Thermo Electron Corporation is the world leader in analytical instruments.
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