Zygo Awards Over $2 Million Order From a Major Semiconductor Manufacturer
Zygo Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical metrology instruments and high precision optical systems, today announced that its Optical Systems Division was awarded an order of over $2 million in March by a major semiconductor manufacturer to produce Extreme UltraViolet (EUV) optics used in the development of advanced lithography processes.
This order is associated with the CSNE/SEMATECH consortium Micro Exposure Tool (MET-5) program that will help researchers achieve line widths of less than 16 nanometers in support of semiconductor roadmaps projected out to the year 2025.
Zygo is one of only a few companies in the world capable of producing sub-nanometer surface quality optics and is pleased to have been selected to continue fabrication activities on this highly sophisticated ground-breaking initiative developed under the auspices of the SEMATECH program. Development and production is expected to take place over a 22-month period and will be carried out by Zygo's Extreme Precision Optics (EPO) operation in Richmond, California.
"To be entrusted with this follow-on order for some of the finest EUV optics ever made is testimony to 20 years of accomplishment in this field," said Marc Tricard, Executive Director of Business Development at Zygo.