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Straatum Launches Imprint MX2, World’s First Truly Scalable
Yield-Enhancing Real-Time FDC System for Chipmakers
DUBLIN, Ireland — March 23, 2005
Following its recent funding from Intel Capital, ACT Venture Capital
and Vision Capital, Straatum Processware Ltd. today introduced
Imprint MX2, the first truly scalable fault detection and
classification (FDC) system for semiconductor manufacturing.
As the world’s most advanced real-time, knowledge-based FDC
system, Imprint MX2 provides fabs and foundries with portable fault
libraries, improved FDC sensitivity across fault types and
data-mining capabilities. Its user-configurable features allow
customers to implement the most appropriate FDC controls for
individual tools and processes. These features allow users to
implement FDC process control with a scalable, multi-user software
platform.
“Until now, the absence of true scalability in FDC systems has
restricted their implementation, and prevented fabs and foundries
from fully capitalizing on the technology’s ability to minimize
errors, maximize productivity and reduce equipment downtime,” said
Brendan Coyle, Straatum’s chief executive officer. “Imprint MX2
changes that. The portability of Straatum’s fault libraries allows
our customers to transfer FDC libraries across entire toolsets, both
within site and site-to-site, with minimum time and effort.”
Imprint MX2 also enables maximum extraction of information from
process-state sensors, such as broadband radio-frequency or
broadband optical sensors, leading to optimum fault sensitivity. The
system’s new data-mining features include a SQL Server® database,
which enables customers to easily archive, retrieve and manage data,
as well as correlate to metrology and other fab data-sets.
FDC, which will become even more crucial as the chip industry
migrates to 300mm production and sub-100nm geometries, is an
advanced process control (APC) technology that is designed to reduce
fab equipment downtime and improve yields by detecting and
classifying manufacturing problems. The need for FDC is growing due
to the many new materials and extremely tight process windows now
moving into general use on semiconductor production lines. Unlike
other FDC systems that compile data for later review, Straatum’s
patented technology provides real-time, knowledge-based data and
analysis that helps fabs intercept problems before they affect
yields.
NOTE: Straatum is a prime sponsor of the European Advanced Equipment
Control/Advanced Process Control Conference in Dublin, April 6-8.
The company will participate in a panel discussion on “Evolution
of Advanced Process Control – the vision of e-Manufacturing” at
5:30pm, April 7 at the show.
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