Jan 30, 2014

41 Issue 12, p28 SOURCE TYPE Article ABSTRACT Reports on the acquisition of Active Impulse Systems by Philips Analytical, a division of Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. Purpose of the move; Information on a high-speed system developed by Active Impulse for measuring thickness, density, and concentricity of metal films; Details on the instrument installed at a copper bay at SEMATECH in Austin, Texas. ACCESSION # ITRS wants to see a small world. // Solid State Technology;May2002, Vol. 45 Issue 5, p44  States that one of the requirements by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors include ultra-thin gate oxides (UTGO). Technique of Philips Analytical engineers to use laser ellipsometry with reflectometry to measure UTGO; Sizes of silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor. EUROFOCUS. // Solid State Technology;Jan2003, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p18  Reports developments related to several business transactions of semiconductor companies in Europe as of January 2003. Completion of the construction of JSR Micro NV of JSR Corp.; Acquisition of Philips Analytical company by Spectris PLC; Creation of silicon research foundry by IMEC company. Chip companies get the urge for mergers. Santoni, Andy // InfoWorld;08/04/97, Vol. 19 Issue 31, p10  Highlights the merger trend among semiconductor companies in Silicon Valley, California. Intel's acquisition of notebook-graphics-chip vendor Chips and Technologies; Merger of the product portfolios of National Semiconductor and Cyrix; Zilog's merger with Texas Pacific Group at a cost of about... USA. // Solid State Technology;Aug98, Vol. 41 Issue 8, p22  Presents news briefs on the semiconductor industry in the United States. Acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation's semiconductor business by Intel Corp.; Acquisition of VARS by KLA-Tencor; Merger of Veeco Instruments with Digital Instruments. GS completes Data Switch buy. // Electronic News (10616624);11/20/95, Vol. 41 Issue 2092, p66  Informs that Data General completed is acquisition of Data Switch after approval of the transaction by Data Switch shareholders. When the companies signed a definitive merger agreement; Other information about the transaction. Olin swallows the rest of OCG Micro. // Electronic News;8/28/95, Vol. 41 Issue 2080, p2  Reports that Olin Electronic Materials has completed its planned acquisition of Ciba-Geigy's 50 percent share of OCG Microelectronic Materials. Comments on Olin's role as a total solutions supplier of leading-edge chemicals, materials and services to the global semiconductor industry. Quantum leap made in recording speed. // Environmental Engineering;Jun2001, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p13  Focuses on a fast X-ray detector, the X-Celerator from Philips Analytical that offers a 100-fold increase in recording speed for powder diffractometry with no compromise in resolution. Basis of the detector; Expectations from the product. Philips Analytical opens new facility. Wallace, John // Laser Focus World;Feb2002, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p51  Focuses on the production facility opened by Philips Analytical in Waterloo, Ontario in February 2002. Description; Products to be manufactured at the facility. Off the shelf. Levine, Bernard; Guinther, Fred // Electronic News;1/8/96, Vol. 42 Issue 2098, p46  Offers news briefs on the semiconductor and electronics industry. All American Semiconductor, Inc.'s acquisition of Added Value Electronic Distribution, Inc. and A.V.E.D.-Rocky Mountain, Inc. (known as the `Added Value Companies'); Wyle Electronics' purchase of The Ginsbury Group; Naming of... Share