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Rudolph Technologies Inc.
Rudolph Technologies Inc.
02/06/2012 | Press release
Rudolph Enters New Market for Metrology in Back-End Packaging
distribué par noodls le 02/06/2012 09:03
MetaPULSE system measurements of UBM and RDL on product wafers displace monitor wafer methodology as pattern-dependent deposition effects become significant
Flanders, New Jersey (February 6, 2012)-Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC), a leading provider of process characterization equipment and software for the semiconductor, LED and solar industries, announced today that it has delivered the first MetaPULSE® metrology system for measurements of under bump metallization (UBM) and redistribution layers (RDL) used in advanced packaging technologies in the back-end of the integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process.
The MetaPULSE system is well-proven, long used for fast, accurate measurements of metal interconnect and other opaque materials in front-end wafer processing applications. Entry into back-end packaging opens a new application space for the MetaPULSE system with significant market potential. The first MetaPULSE tool for use in the back-end was shipped in Q4 2011 and has been installed at the customer's site.
"We are taking a well-established technology into a new market―advanced packaging is a rapidly-growing area of IC manufacturing, and represents a significant market opportunity for advanced metrology systems," stated Tim Kryman, Rudolph's director of product management for metrology.
"This development is the culmination of an evaluation program we began well over a year ago," adds Kryman. "Rudolph collaborated with a major IC manufacturer that anticipated the need for on-product metrology as decreasing feature sizes and increasing pattern densities introduced pattern-dependent deposition effects in their plating process. That collaboration was a success, and we are currently engaged with a number of other logic, memory and foundry customers to expand into additional critical back-end applications."
IC manufacturers use RDL and UBM in advanced packaging processes to route increasingly numerous I/O signals between the circuit and the outside world. Pattern-dependent deposition effects that must be measured on patterned product wafers, rather than the unpatterned monitor wafers used in older process generations. Only the MetaPULSE system offers nondestructive measurements with the small spot size, speed and accuracy required for measurements on patterned wafers. Furthermore, it can measure each layer within the completed multilayer stack or separate layers as they are deposited.
Rudolph Technologies, Inc. is a worldwide leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of defect inspection, process control metrology, and data analysis systems and software used by semiconductor device manufacturers worldwide. Rudolph provides a full-fab solution through its families of proprietary products that provide critical yield-enhancing information, enabling microelectronic device manufacturers to drive down the costs and time to market of their products. The company's yield management solutions are used in both the wafer processing and final manufacturing of ICs, as well as in emerging markets such as LED and Solar. Headquartered in Flanders, New Jersey, Rudolph supports its customers with a worldwide sales and service organization. Additional information can be found on the company's web site at www.rudolphtech.com.
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within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act") which include the benefits
to customers of Rudolph's products, Rudolph's existing
market position and its ability to maintain and advance
such position relative to its competitors and Rudolph's
ability to meet the expectations and needs of our customers
as well as other matters that are not purely historical
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may differ materially from those projected as a result of
various factors, including risks and uncertainties, many of
which are beyond Rudolph's control. Such factors include,
but are not limited to, delays in shipping products for
technical performance, component supply or other reasons,
the company's ability to leverage its resources to improve
its positions in its core markets and fluctuations in
customer capital spending. Additional information and
considerations regarding the risks faced by Rudolph are
available in Rudolph's Form 10-K report for the year ended
December 31, 2010 and other filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. As the forward-looking
statements are based on Rudolph's current expectations, the
company cannot guarantee any related future results, levels
of activity, performance or achievements. Rudolph does not
assume any obligation to update the forward-looking
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For more information, please contact:
Investors
Steven R. Roth
973.448.4302
steven.roth@rudolphtech.com
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Virginia Becker
952.259.1647
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