Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology is delighted to announce a multiple system order from a major Taiwan-based LED epiwafer and chip maker, for use in the production of High Brightness LEDs (HBLEDs).

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology is delighted to announce a multiple system order from a major Taiwan-based LED epiwafer and chip maker, for use in the production of High Brightness LEDs (HBLEDs).

The X-Max range of large area silicon drift detectors has been leading the market for over 2 years. Now, Oxford Instruments has launched the next generation, offering unrivalled resolution down to 124eV Mn and 48eV C.

A leader in tools for etch, deposition and growth, Oxford Instruments has just launched its PlasmaPro NGP80 system. A compact open-loading tool, PlasmaPro NGP80 offers versatile plasma etch and deposition solutions on one platform with convenient open loading. Its small footprint system is easy to site and easy to use, with no compromise on process quality, and with multiple process technology configurations. The PlasmaPro NGP80 is ideally suited...

Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), part of the Oxford Instruments Group, and Ostendo Technologies are pleased to announce the availability of Semi-Polar (11-22) GaN layer on sapphire substrate wafers using Ostendo’s proprietary design and TDI’s proprietary Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) technology.

Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance, a leading supplier of low-field benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology, announces the sale of 21 of its MQC-5 benchtop NMR analysers to Trakya Birlik, an agricultural co-operative based in Edirne, Turkey. The instruments will be used as part of an initiative to improve sunflower seed oil yield.

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has just won a contract for a five module cluster tool from Robert Bosch, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of solar cells. The System100Pro deposition tool is a ‘Hex Handler’ providing capabilities for several deposition technologies, allowing multiple process steps to be carried out without a vacuum break. The cluster tool has the option of integrating a Kelvin Probe for in-situ measureme...

As a leader in systems and processes for etch, deposition and growth, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) is continuously designing upgrades for its systems, processes and software as new techniques are developed. In this way the company can offer greater efficiencies and cost savings to its customers.

TDI, part of the Oxford Instruments Group, announces the appointment of Neil Wester as General Manager. His key responsibility will be to oversee both product and process developments at TDI’s Silver Spring, Maryland, USA facility. With a Masters degree in Material Science and Engineering, Neil has extensive R&D and product development experience with key players in the Integrated-circuit, Solar, and Optoelectronic material and device industrie...

Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), part of the Oxford Instruments Group, today announced it has been awarded $600,000 by the Maryland Energy Administration to help industry expedite the broad adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting, and better position Maryland to become a national solid-state lighting materials and equipment manufacturing leader.

Oxford Instruments is delighted to announce that sales of its systems for the production of HB LEDs continue to grow considerably, with the company receiving multiple orders from a number of important manufacturers based in Asia. Despite the current economic downturn, the company has more than doubled its HBLED tool sales over the last 12 months supplying nearly all of the major Asian HBLED manufacturers and significantly increasing market share.

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has launched new, flexible and personalised “Oi Service” Flexible Support Agreements to suit its customers’ individual requirements. OIPT Support Agreements offer numerous benefits, including great cost savings on both time and spares, reduced lifetime cost of ownership due to regular maintenance, and reduced downtime. Additional savings can be made when customers purchase a 3 or 5 year contract...

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), leader in producing systems and processes for etch, deposition and growth, has recently received an order from IMB Barcelona for its System100 cluster platform with two ICP-RIE process modules. The systems will be used for Aluminium etching, one of Oxford Instruments areas of expertise.

Oxford Instruments has collaborated with two World-class neutron scattering facilities, the ISIS Neutron Source (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot) and the ILL neutron facility (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble) to deliver the first high field helium recondensing magnets.

The British Chamber of Commerce in Japan (BCCJ) has announced that Oxford Instruments KK has won the prestigious Corporate Excellence category at the 2009 British Business Awards.

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has recently won a contract with French research centre, STnano in Strasbourg, France for the supply of a Plasmalab® System80 Plus ICP system. STnano is the new Strasbourg nanofabrication platform, established jointly by IPCMS (a CNRS lab) and University of Strasbourg (UdS), and has expertise in the design of nanostructures through topdown methods, and the study of their magnetic properties.

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Ultra Low Temperature engineering team achieved highly commended runners up place at the 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Globe Theatre in London on Oct 1st, 2009. The award was made in the New Product of the Year (Mechanical) category for a Cryogen-free integrated dilution refrigerator TritonTM200 with magnet in recognition of the product design enhancements, cost reduction, first tim...

Oxford Instruments has received further orders from the newly built King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, which was inaugurated on 23 September by King Abdullah. These orders are for an Ionfab300 Plus, ion beam etch tool, and a second FlexAL® atomic layer deposition tool, bringing the number of systems ordered from Oxford Instruments to thirteen in total.

Oxford Instruments, the leading supplier of superconducting materials, has been selected to supply an additional 9 tonnes of superconducting wire to ITER at a value of approximately £5 million. ITER is a joint international research and development project seeking alternative energy through fusion power and is one of the largest scientific projects ever undertaken.

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has just received a three system order from the prestigious new Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) in Australia. The systems, two Plasmalab System100 ICP380 tools and a Plasmalab System100 PECVD system, have been bought as part of the Centre’s programme to equip their cleanrooms with state of the art instrumentation for nano and micro scale fabrication.