Archive : 2 October 2015 год

Gigaphoton Inc. has announced that it has successfully achieved 24-hour continuous operation of its EUV light source with average output power of 60W on its prototype laser-produced plasma (LPP) light sources, using operating patterns that simulate usage in a high-volume manufacturing (HVM) environment.

This achievement represents a major step towards the mass production of LPP light sources for EUV lithography systems, albeit at a lower power output than required for high volume production, which is said to be above 200W.

Gigaphoton is planning to start operation of a high-output pilot unit by the end of 2015, and say it remains committed to furthering its R&D efforts with goals of achieving continuous operation at 250W output levels, which is considered as a requirement for manufacturing applications such as memory devices.

“This result demonstrates that we are very close to realising high power, low cost, and stable LPP light sources required by our customers,” said Hitoshi Tomaru, president and CEO of Gigaphoton. “I believe that Gigaphoton’s expertise and efforts to develop the LPP light source will accelerate the development of EUV scanners for HVM. This achievement will also further encourage the industry to employ EUV scanners for their next-generation lithography processes.”

Pic: Hitoshi Tomaru, president and CEO of Gigaphoton

Author
Tom Austin-Morgan

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk

Teledyne LeCroy and Anritsu Corporation have signed an agreement that Anritsu will become an authorised distributor of Teledyne LeCroy products in the UK and Ireland. Anritsu will also provide sales and support, including customer demonstrations and technical support.

“Anritsu’s sales and support operations in the UK will provide Teledyne LeCroy customers with outstanding service, and enable customers to source the complementary product lines of Anritsu and Teledyne LeCroy from a single supplier,” said Michael Spatny, vice president of Anritsu. “There is a clear synergy between our product lines, and we see a strong benefit for the UK market in having these products represented together.”

Jean Laury, area vice-president for Teledyne LeCroy, said: “Partnering with Anritsu will bring a lot of benefits to both parties: optimise and combine our resources, improve our reach to the market, offer a wider product portfolio providing a one-stop shop for high-end equipment to our customers, share our experience with key accounts and expand our communication.”

The Teledyne LeCroy range of test equipment includes Oscilloscopes covering a frequency range from 40MHz to 100GHz, Signal Integrity Analysers, Transmitter /Receiver Testers and Waveform Generators. This will sit alongside the full range of test equipment offered by Anritsu, including Spectrum Analysers, Signal Generators and Bit Error Rate Testers.

Pic: Michael Spatny, vice president of Anritsu

Author
Tom Austin-Morgan

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk

Freescale Semiconductor has announced that its analogue MC33907 and MC33908 system basis chips (SBCs) have received ISO 26262 functional safety assessments up to the ASIL D level from TÜV SÜD.

“We have issued a technical report of functional safety to Freescale that qualifies the MC33907 and MC33908 analogue ICs for design capability and use in the most stringent automotive safety applications,” said Andreas Bärwald, vice president, Global Strategy and Operations Automotive for TÜV SÜD Auto Service.

The SBCs feature 32-bit MCUs to provide scalable power supply solutions for a range of applications requiring high levels of automotive safety integrity such as ADAS, suspension, transmission, engine management, torque control, and battery management systems. The devices support the creation of robust, system-level functional safety systems, while helping reduce overall energy consumption via the integration of high efficiency DC/DC switching regulator technology.

“This assessment underscores Freescale’s commitment to helping automotive customers meet rigorous functional safety requirements, even as they face growing pressure to meet aggressive cost, size and time targets,” said James Bates, general manager and senior vice president of Freescale’s Analogue and Sensors Group.

The MC33907 and MC33908 SBCs are part of the Freescale SafeAssure programme, which is designed to help system manufacturers achieve system compliance with a range of functional safety standards.

Author
Tom Austin-Morgan

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has published the first of a series of European Standards to support the European Regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, or eIDAS. EN 319 403, developed by ETSI’s Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) technical committee, enables conformity assessment of trust service providers.

More and more organisations use digital signatures, stamps or certificates to authenticate their documents. In today’s digital world, digital signatures make document authentication easier, greener and more secure.

EN 319 403 is the first standard of its kind defining requirements specific to the conformity assessment and audit of trust service providers. It specifies requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of conformity assessment bodies auditing and certifying conformity of trust service providers (TSPs) and the trust services they provide.

Riccardo Genghini, ETSI TC ESI chairman said: “The extended and pervasive auditing of Qualified TSPs will create a transparent chain of trust that will trigger several new digital services which will thrive cross border in Europe and beyond.”

Nineteen related European Standards are currently undergoing approval at ETSI. They cover general policy requirements for trust service providers, policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing certificates, policy and security requirements for trust service providers issuing time-stamps, certificate and time-stamping profiles and digital signature formats.

Author
Tom Austin-Morgan

Source:  www.newelectronics.co.uk