Technical Insight
Recent orders for processing equipment (Materials and Equipment)
Marconi Optical Components has purchased a 954NT sputtering system from KDF of Rockleigh, NJ. Marconi will use the four-target batch sputtering tool for use in both front- and back-side deposition, to manufacture GaAs devices at its production facility in Caswell in the United Kingdom. Alpha Industries has ordered additional FCE-2700 evaporation systems from Temescal (Fairfield, CA). The machines will be used to process RFICs for broadband and wireless applications at Alpha s facility in Woburn, MA. Temescal says it has sold 40 evaporator systems into the wireless and optoelectronic sectors so far this year.