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RF systems designed for demanding carrier-based aircraft environments.”
NGJ will replace the ALQ-99 tactical jamming system currently on the Navy’s EA-18G Growler tactical airborne electronic attack aircraft.
Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems business, based in McKinney, Texas, will lead the Technology Development phase of the NGJ program with collaboration from Raytheon facilities in El Segundo, California; Forest, Mississippi; Dallas, Texas; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Largo, Florida.; and Andover, Massachusetts.
New subsidiary expands wet processing division at ClassOne
The firm has expanded the division to enhance its sales and support of Semitool equipment worldwide as well as to design and manufacture new upgrades and platforms that address emerging markets such as LED and RF power devices
ClassOne Equipment has made significant investments in the growth and expansion of its Wet Processing Division in response to increased market demand. A Design and Development Centre has been opened in Kalispell, Montana, staffed with several industry veterans who represent over 200 years of cumulative industry experience, who will focus on new product design and development.
Corporate and refurbishment activities will remain at ClassOne’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. “We are thrilled with the strong customer response to ClassOne’s industry- leading products and support. We have expanded the division to enhance our sales and support of legacy Semitool equipment worldwide as well as to design and manufacture new state-of-the-art upgrades and platforms that address emerging markets such as MEMS, Nanotech, LED and RF Power Devices,” says Byron Exarcos, ClassOne’s President. Hi adds, “Semitool’s acquisition left a void in the market for mature fabs and emerging technologies that use 75 to 200mm substrates.
ClassOne is meeting the growing demand for cost effective, reliable, and long-term support for popular tools such as the Spray Solvent, Spray Acid and Equinox tools. The wide-spread adoption of our lift-and-rotate and robot refurbishment programs gives testimony to that fact.” The new facility in Kalispell will be operated under the name of ClassOne Technology as a wholly owned subsidiary of ClassOne Equipment.
The executive team includes: Win Carpenter, a 33-year veteran in the semiconductor industry, VP Wet Process Division; Tim McGlenn (26 years experience, including leading the software and electronics development of Semitool’s 101, 102, 202, 302, 402 and 502 controllers), VP of Operations; and Kevin Witt (25 years focused on the development and commercialisation of new wet chemical processing platforms), VP Technology; all of whom previously held leadership positions at Semitool.
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Their appointment further strengthens the division, positioning it for enhanced growth and continued market leadership. ClassOne Technology’s first product, the Polaris controller, is an advanced, PLC-based, field-retrofittable control system that replaces the aging 302 control system used in many Semitool legacy tools.
Equipment and Materials
Nanoplus orders Oxford Instruments tool for laser etching
The Ionfab300 Plus will be used for laser bar facet coating with anti-reflective and high-reflection multilayers, and the PlasmaPro System100 RIE system will be used for GaAs and InP compound etching
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has just received an order from Nanoplus in Germany for an ion beam deposition and a plasma etch system for use on novel types of semiconductor laser production.
Nanoplus produces semiconductor lasers over several wavelength ranges (some exclusively) for many different customers with a wide range of applications.
The Ionfab300 Plus ion beam deposition is a multi-batch cassette loading tool allowing many devices to be produced for several applications and various customers in one load. The Ionfab300 Plus will be used for laser bar facet coating with anti-reflective and high-reflection multilayers, and the PlasmaPro System100 RIE system will be used for GaAs and InP compound etching.
David Pearson, OIPT’s Senior Ion Beam Technologist, comments, “Our Ionfab optical coating tools are becoming the tools of choice for many types of precision optical coatings worldwide, in particular in laser applications.”
“Nanoplus is an internationally leading supplier of single mode DFB lasers for sensing, metrology, spectroscopy and telecom applications. We even have one of our sensors on NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover’, say sAlfred Forchel, founder of Nanoplus, “We chose Oxford Instruments systems for their versatility, superior process capabilities and excellent customer support.”
Frazer Anderson, Business Group Director at Oxford Instruments concludes, “Our tools offer the ideal platform for production as well as research & development in many new application areas, and Laser Bar facet coating is just one of these. Our excellent process applications team and global service support ensure that our customers are supported in every respect and can count on their Oxford Instruments
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