Rave Lands Rhazer at Chartered's Fab 7
Rave LLC said its Rhazer haze removal technology has been evaluated by Chartered Semiconductor. The Singapore-based foundry has purchased the Rhazer tool to mitigate photomask haze at its 300 mm fab in Singapore.
Staff -- Semiconductor International, 6/9/2009
Rave LLC (Delray Beach, Fla.) said it has sold one of its photomask haze mitigation systems to Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. (Singapore).
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| Rave has sold a Rhazer to Chartered Semiconductor. |
Rave announced the Rhazer haze removal technology nearly a year ago at SEMICON West 2008, saying that its dry, laser-based system could remove haze from masks within the fab environment, rather than sending masks out for wet cleaning at a photomask supplier.
Rave said Chartered has been its production beta partner, evaluating the Rhazer technology since early 2009 at Chartered's Fab 7 in Singapore. The Chartered fab "is particularly well suited for the Rhazer technology," said Rave CEO Barry Hopkins. "We are looking forward to a highly favorable opportunity for both companies."
Chartered said in a statement that its Fab 7 Reticle Management Team has been evaluating the system over the past few months. "Our investigation concluded Rhazer works 'as advertised' and we expect this new haze mitigation technology to bring significant time and cost savings to our photomask clean and control program."
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