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Jordan Valley Wins 2010 “Best of West” Awards
The firm was awarded at the SEMICON West 2010 exhibition on July 14, 2010
Jordan Valley Semiconductors (Migdal Ha’Emek, Israel) and Nikon Corporation, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) were both awarded the prestigious “SEMICON Best of West” award at the SEMICON West 2010 exhibition. The awards were given based on the products’ financial impact on the industry, engineering or scientific achievement, and/or societal impact.
At the award ceremony, Tom Morrow, the vice-president, global exhibitions and marketing of SEMI, said, “Our judging panel was impressed with the products from this year’s finalists. All of these products are worthy of recognition by the industry.”
Jordan Valley Semiconductors’ winning product is the JVX7200 SiGe Metrology Tool, which, according to the company, combines advanced high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) and X-ray reflectivity (XRR) channels to provide composition, thickness, strain, relaxation characterization and metrology for epitaxial layers such as SiGe and SiC, which are required for strained silicon processes. Additionally, the XRR channel can provide valuable information on other thin-films, such as those found in high-k gate stacks. The tool is capable of providing rapid, in-line measurements and analysis on both blanket and product wafers.
Isaac Mazor, the CEO of Jordan Valley, said, “Long ago, we had the vision to see the importance of the strained silicon process. Our engineers were able to bridge the metrology gap for this process by building the most advanced platform for the most advanced technology available today.”
Before the 2010 award presentation, Jacob Mor, the president and co-founder of Nano Green Technology, said, “Receiving this award in 2009 changed our company’s life. We immediately gained respect from the industry, and this award contributed to our success. We mentioned this award in all sales meetings, and we received orders for 70 of our units within the year.”
The selection of finalists was made by a prestigious panel of judges representing a broad spectrum of the microelectronics industry (a list of judges can be found at www.semiconwest.org/bestofwest).
