STMICROELECTRONICS SELECTS OBDUCAT NIL TECHNOLOGY
ST Microelectronics has placed an order for an NIL R&D system to be used in their FTM / Advanced R&D – Post Silicon Technology (PST) unit for development purposes. Obducat has also produced stampers that are being used in this assessment project.
Since 2006, the unit FTM / Advanced R&D – Post Silicon Technology (PST) of STMicroelectronics, headed by Dr. Gianguido Rizzotto, is cooperating with Obducat in the assessment of Nano Imprint Lithography (NIL) technology as a potential scalable patterning method for all-organic and hybrid electronic devices with feature size in the range of 50nm.
As pointed out by Dr. Luigi Occhipinti, Programs Manager and head of the All-Organic Electronics teams in Catania and Portici (Naples), “the assessment of Nano Imprint Lithography is a step forward in the development of a completely new technology platform for All-Organic and Hybrid electronics, that will be manufactured at ultra low-cost by means of non photolithographic processes. The achievement of device structures with nanoscale resolution via simultaneous thermal and UV-based Nano Imprint Lithography on large areas, makes the Obducat system attractive in patterning a wide range of organic materials”.
”We are of course very pleased with the fact that a world leading semiconductor manufacturer such as STMicroelectronics has chosen Obducat as a partner in there assessment project. I also believe that our technology will increase its presence in the R&D departments within semiconductor industry ,” says Patrik Lundström, CEO of Obducat AB.
For further information, please contact:
Patrik Lundström, CEO, +46 40 – 36 21 00 or 703 – 27 37 38
Henri Bergstrand, Chairman of the Board, +46 40-36 21 00 or 708 - 88 72 45
About STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2006, the Company's net revenues were $9.85 billion and net earnings were $782 million. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
About Post Silicon Technology (PST) group
The Post Silicon Technology unit of STMicroelectronics, is an Advanced R&D department of the FTM (Front-End technology, R&D and Manufacturing) group. The group is mainly located in Italy, in the centers of Naples and Catania, with headquarters in Agrate Brianza and a branch office in Singapore. It includes about 50 researchers, with multidisciplinary expertise in the main fields of organic and polymer-based materials for electronics and photonics, in micro and nanodevice manufacturing through unconventional methods and tools, in advanced circuit design and modeling, in organic electronics and carbon nanotubes technologies.
About Obducat AB
Obducat AB is an innovative developer and supplier of technologies, products and processes used for the production and replication of advanced micro and nano structures. Obducat’s products and services are intended to serve the demands of companies within the information storage, semiconductor, printed circuit board, and sensor industries. Obducat’s technologies include electron beam and nano imprint technology. Obducat has offices in Sweden and the UK, with the headquarters located in Malmö, Sweden. The Obducat shares are publicly traded on the Swedish NGM stock exchange.
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