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EuroAsia Semiconductor magazine published a case study on the WaferSense Auto Vibration Sensor’s (AVS) in issue IV 2011
When a manufacturer has yield problems sometimes finding the cause can be as challenging as the solution. Allyn Jackson, Field Application Engineer at CyberOptics Semiconductor discusses how a wireless wafer-like vibration sensor helped a diffusion furnace team identify vibration sources and subsequently increase their yield. To read more click here.
APS Featured in TAP TIMES
The new Airborne Particle Sensor (APS) was featured in the July 2011 addition of Test Assembly & Packaging TIMES. The article covers how the APS can analyze wafer contamination in real time. To view this article please click here.
Award-winning WaferSense® now in 450 mm form factor
As 450 mm fabs increase automation and reduce tolerances, precise controls for wafer vibration, acceleration, leveling and teaching are more vital than ever. To optimize setup and yield and reduce maintenance time for next-generation 450 mm processing equipment, CyberOptics Semiconductor has developed 450 mm versions of its WaferSense precision wireless metrology tools:
Dr. Steven Case - In Memoriam
We at CyberOptics are very saddened by the recent loss of our Founder and Chairman, Dr. Steve Case. Steve was a brilliant engineer, whose many inventions and technological breakthroughs not only established the foundation for CyberOptics' success, but also helped transform the surface mount electronics industry. More importantly, Steve was a wonderful friend and colleague to everyone who worked with him. Steve established a strong and capable management team, and we will do what he would want, and that is to continue aggressively pursuing the ideas and promising opportunities he helped set in motion.
- Kitty Iverson, President/CEO
CyberOptics Corporation
CyberOptics Semiconductor's Production Operations Have Moved
CyberOptics Semiconductor's production operations have moved from Portland, OR to Golden Valley, MN on schedule during 2Q09. All WaferSense models are now being built, repaired and calibrated at our Golden Valley facility. Please revise your RMA "ship to" records accordingly.
Our sales and application people are positioned to support our partners and customers everywhere semiconductors are fabricated. R&D projects continue on schedule and we are excited about the innovative APS being field tests at multiple sites as you read this newsletter.
CyberOptics Corporation has no debt and significant cash. We believe the company is well positioned to supply its customers with high quality products and continue development of our innovative product lines. Our people are organized to provide prompt sales and support.
Please use the shared email boxes CSsales@cyberoptics.com and CSsupport@cyberoptics.com to ensure that you get consistently fast service.
CyberOptics Semiconductor's AVS300CL Auto Vibration System Selected as Finalist for the 19th Annual EDN Innovation Awards
The AVS300CL has been selected by EDN editors as a finalist for the 19th Annual Innovation of the Year Award in the category “Design for Test, Production Test, and Metrology.” The annual EDN Innovation Awards honor outstanding engineering professionals and products. The Innovation of the Year award recognizes unique, state-of-the-art electronics products in several categories. YOU help choose the award recipients via online ballot. Please click here and scroll to the bottom of the page to vote for us now! To learn more about about the finalists in every category, visit EDN's website.
CyberOptics Semiconductor's WaferSense® Auto Teaching System: Increasing Uptime of Endura/Centura Tool Sets and Film-Deposition Uniformity
To read the full article please click here.
CyberOptics Semiconductor to feature new WaferSense™ AVS Auto Vibration System at Semicon Japan (Dec 5-7, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan)
CyberOptics Semiconductor will demonstrate its newest WaferSense products at SEMICON Japan in Hall 7, Booth 7D-915, including the just-introduced WaferSense AVS Auto Vibration System, designed to detect wafer-damaging vibrations. Additional product demonstrations include WaferSense ALS2 Vertical Auto Leveling System, WaferSense AGS 300 Auto Gapping System and WaferSense ATS Auto Teaching System. Please visit www.semiconjapan.org to learn more about SEMICON Japan and to register for the event.
CyberOptics Semiconductor to feature WaferSense™ products at AEC/APC Symposium Asia 2008 (Nov 29-30, Hotel Nikko Kumamoto, Kumamoto City, Japan)
CyberOptics Semiconductor will demonstrate its WaferSense ALS and WaferSense ALS2 Auto Leveling Systems and WaferSense ATS Auto Teaching System at the upcoming Advanced Equipment Control / Advanced Process Control Symposium Asia in booth 1001. Visit http://www.semiconductorportal.com/AECAPC/ for additional information.
CyberOptics Semiconductor CTO/Director of Engineering, Dennis Bonciolini to present at 5th ISMI Symposium on Manufacturing Effectiveness taking place Oct. 22 – 23, 2008 in Austin, Texas. Bonciolini will present a case study for improved robot teaching methodology on 300mm Endura, in addition to serving as a guest speaker during two workshops offered at the event. Event details are listed below. Please visit the ISMI website for complete event information.
• Oct 20, 1:20 PM*, room TBA: Second Source Parts Workshop (WaferSense AGS Automatic Gapping Sensor) - view details
• Oct 21, 3:20 PM*, Bergstrom Ballroom C: Predictive Maintenance Workshop (WaferSense AVS - Automatic Vibration System) - Oct 21, 3:20PM* - view details
*approximate times during full day workshops• Oct 22, 2:25PM, Bergrstrom Ballroom BC: Robot Teaching Methodology on 300mm Endura - view abstract
CyberOptics Semiconductor to feature revolutionary wireless measurement systems for leveling, gapping, teaching and detecting vibration in semiconductor equipment at Semicon West, July 15-17, 2008 in San Francisco, North Hall, booth #6461.
CyberOptics Semiconductor will sponsor the Equipment Productivity Session at ASMC 2008, May 5-7 at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The equipment productivity session will address the challenges of current and future semiconductor process technologies requiring a higher level of equipment reliability, quality, repeatability and productivity. Optimizing equipment performance will help minimize wafer costs and maximize competitiveness. Papers in this session will review ideas and successes to help optimize equipment utilization and performance. Please see page 4 of the online program for additional information.
CyberOptics Semiconductor to feature WaferSense™ products at the 9th European Advanced Equipment Control/Advanced Process Control (AEC/APC) Conference (Mar 31-Apr 2, 2008, Hotel David Intercontinental, Tel-Aviv, Israel)
CyberOptics Semiconductor will demonstrate its WaferSense ALS and WaferSense ALS2 Auto Leveling Systems and WaferSense ATS Auto Teaching System at the upcoming AEC/APC Europe. Visit http://www.aecapc-europe.com for additional information. In addition CyberOptics Semiconductor, Inc. will participate in the AEC/APC Conference poster session with a presentation on "Improving Tool Repeatability, Process Control and Predictive Maintenance Using Precision Wireless Sensing Technology"
CyberOptics Semiconductor to feature revolutionary wireless measurement systems for leveling, gapping, teaching and detecting vibration in semiconductor equipment at SPIE Advanced Lithography, February 26-27, 2008 in San Jose, booth #214.
CyberOptics Semiconductor to feature new WaferSense™ AVS Auto Vibration System at Semicon Japan (Dec 5-7, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan)
CyberOptics Semiconductor will demonstrate its newest WaferSense products at SEMICON Japan in Hall 7, Booth 7D-915, including the just-introduced WaferSense AVS Auto Vibration System, designed to detect wafer-damaging vibrations. Additional product demonstrations include WaferSense ALS2 Vertical Auto Leveling System, WaferSense AGS 300 Auto Gapping System and WaferSense ATS Auto Teaching System. Please visit www.semiconjapan.org to learn more about SEMICON Japan and to register for the event.
CyberOptics Semiconductor announces the release of WaferSense™ Auto Teaching System (ATS) for wirelessly teaching wafer transfer positions
WaferSense ATS is a notable expansion of CyberOptics Semiconductor's lineup of wireless, wafer-like measurement products. ATS employs machine vision to see inside semiconductor equipment and to help avoid costly wafer mishandling, a significant cause of wafer scrap in highly automated semiconductor manufacturing plants. Click here to learn more about WaferSense ATS and other WaferSense products.
EX-QS Wafer Mapping Sensor Available
CyberOptics Semiconductor has released a "small" version of the EX-Q wafer mapping sensor. The EX-QS is the performance equivalent of the EX-Q repackaged to accommodate applications where space is limited or a smaller sensor footprint is desired. The EX-Q and EX-QS sensors detect the dark and thin wafers that can challenge other mappers making them an easy-to-use, high performance replacement. Please contact technical support to determine which sensor is right for your application.
Return on investment: find out how much using WaferSense™ ALS can mean to you in increased uptime and yield.
Think a product should result in positive ROI fast? So do we. Designed to go where wafers go, the wireless, wafer-like WaferSense Auto Leveling Sensor will reduce the time it takes to level semiconductor fabrication equipment. Just how valuable is this timesavings to you? Try our Tool Uptime calculator to find out.
What about yield? WaferSense ALS provides precise pitch and roll measurements that can be logged to relate coplanarity with yield. Try the Yield calculator to find out how much increasing yield can mean to your financials.