Lucent Technologies Selects ArF Scanner From Nikon Precision Inc.
March 15, 1999
BELMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge Corporation -- Nikon Precision Inc. announced today that Lucent Technologies has ordered Nikon's newest ArF scanner for development of advanced communications semiconductors in its new Bell Laboratories development facility at Cirent Semiconductor in Orlando, Fla. The scanner will be delivered in Nikon's 1999 fiscal year.
To meet the small feature sizes of 150 nm and below planned for Lucent's new pilot line, Nikon's high N.A. (0.60) scanning system was selected from a field of competitors, both domestic and foreign. David Huchital, President of Nikon Precision Inc., stated, "We are pleased that Lucent chose the Nikon ArF scanner from all the competitor's scanners considered. Lucent's recent order is further affirmation that our next generation tools meet the demanding requirements of future product development. We've worked very hard to ensure that Nikon has the best DUV systems, service, and support available."
Nikon Precision Inc., Belmont, California, is the North American subsidiary of Nikon Corporation, the world's leading supplier of photolithography step and repeat tools and scanners. In the Americas, Nikon Precision Inc. provides service, applications, training, technical support, sales, and marketing for Nikon's equipment serving the wafer, photomask, flat panel display, and thin film magnetic head industries. Nikon offers the most extensive selection of production-worthy steppers in the industry, including g-line, i-line, and excimer laser deep UV products.
Cirent Semiconductor is a manufacturing joint venture of Lucent Technologies' (NYSE:LU) Microelectronics Group and Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Nasdaq:CRUS). The joint venture, initiated in October 1995, enhances both companies' ability to meet the worldwide demand for advanced integrated circuits, which are used increasingly in products such as computing equipment, cellular phones, pagers, and other electronic devices. The Orlando, Florida facility is the largest manufacturer of semiconductor devices in Florida. Bell Labs' process development laboratories are located at the Cirent Semiconductor facility.
<<Business Wire, 03-12-99, 17:02 Eastern>>
CONTACT: Nikon Precision Inc. | Susan Bernardi, 650/508-3819 | sbernardi@nikon.com
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