| Vistec's Fully Automated Infrared Inspection And Review System IRIS2000 Delivered To Japan | | Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:04:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | A Japanese sensor manufacturer ordered two fully automated infrared inspection and review systems IRIS2000. Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH (previously Leica Microsystems Semiconductor GmbH) already delivered the first tool in December 2006. The brandnew IRIS2000 will be used to control glued wafers in the customers production. Inspection with infrared light enables to see through Silicon wafers. Therefore, infrared inspection can detect defects which are not visible by any other illumination method. Our reliable inspection system offers process engineers a tool to identify defects located in the glueing layer between the wafers, explains Product Manager Andreas Machura. The IRIS2000 will be used in a production line where each sensor must be inspected. Therefore, the high throughput of up to 12,000 dies per hour was a decisive factor for the Japanese customer to choose the infrared inspection and review system.... | |
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| | | Infrared Booster speeds up Manufacture | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:18:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | (openPR) - An infrared system from Heraeus Noblelight has helped to improve an existing process and has allowed the production of metal housings to be significantly speeded up. Short wave infrared emitters heat up powder lacquer quickly and uniformly, medium wave emitters then cure the lacquer. Because of the compact design of infrared modules, they could be easily retrofitted into the existing dryer of a Belgian compressor manufacturer. Bottlenecks often ensue when drying lacquered components and this is a situation no-one can afford. To increase the production speed of lacquered components, it is sometimes possible to extend the existing drying oven so that the parts can travel through more quickly. However, this option is often not possible because of limited space considerations. Another option is to increase the power of the existing oven.... | |
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| | | Fast and easy Infrared heat | | Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:10:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | (openPR) - Some industrial processes need heat only for a short time, focussed on a limited area. It is not always necessary to install a complete oven for one heating stage in a manufacturing process. A typical example relates to tiles for wall and ceiling cladding, where the edges must be varnished and dried. Envelopes for publicity campaigns and direct mail shots have addresses printed on them using inject printers and this print needs to be dried. For other products, heating sources which heat only thin or small areas are required. Thin strips, belts or profiles do not necessarily need a large heating system to pre-heat them or dry them. Heraeus Noblelight has developed a new infrared module, the M110, which makes infrared heat easier and faster to use. M110 modules are compact and ready for use.... | |
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| | | 9 firms get $2 million to develop products | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:05:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nine small businesses will receive a total of more than $2 million in state funding to support development of new products, including a device that tightens car seat belts and catheters embedded with infrared lights to make it easier to see tubes placed in patients. Each will get $100,000 to $300,000 from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, which is funded by Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development. "These nine technology-based companies are poised for growth and have the potential to contribute substantially to the Southeastern Pennsylvania economy," said Terrence H. Hicks, vice president of Ben Franklin Technology's investment group. The industries these businesses operate in range from medical devices and software to pharmaceuticals and Internet-based services.... | |
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| | | Benchtop Photon Counter operates in near-infrared spectrum. | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:25:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | Measuring 19 x 5.25 x 12 in., Model SU-02-SPC provides single-photon counting in near-infrared spectrum from 0.9-1.6 microns. It incorporates circuits for discrimination of avalanche photodiode output pulses at very low current levels, as well as active quenching circuitry with response time under 10 ns. Users can control gate duration, repetition rate, detection probability, and dead time. Applications include semiconductor failure analysis, Raman spectroscopy, PDT dosimetry, and OTDR. .... | |
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| | | Infrared Remote Microcontrollers offer on-chip learning. | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:24:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | Equipped with 1 KB of general-purpose RAM and up to 64 KB of ROM, Crimzon(TM) ZLR64400 8-bit MCU Devices feature on-chip ability to learn codes from other infrared remote controls for consumer products via learning circuit. Units offer fast executing, I/O bit manipulation capabilities, automated pulse generation/reception, and internal key-scan pull-up transistors. Microcontrollers include 3 standby modes, infrared dedicated timers, and 23 priority interrupt sources. .... | |
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| | | Teledyne Awarded Army Contract for Third Generation Infrared ... | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:42:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today that Teledyne Imaging Sensors has been awarded a $3.8 million contract by Alion Science and Technology on behalf of the U.S. Army's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate to deliver prototypes of third generation dual-band infrared imaging sensors. The imagers are being developed to support the Army's goal of providing warfighters with the ability to identify threats on the battlefield before the enemy can detect their presence. "Dual-band cameras provide simultaneous operation in both the long and medium wavelength infrared bands, allowing the Army to detect targets at long range through smoke and dust and then identify them," said Robert Mehrabian, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated.... | |
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| | | Infrared Data Association Crosses the 1 Billion Mark With 297 Million Devices Shipped in 2005 | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:23:11 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Infrared Data Association (IrDA - www.irda.org) made several important announcements during its General Meetings in October, held at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan and sponsored by IrDA Members Avago Technologies, ITX E-Globaledge, Vishay and Waseda University. The association announced its newly published Market Report which shows the unprecedented growth of 297 million IrDA enabled devices shipped in the year 2005. IrDA also held its bi-annual election of Officers and Committee Chairs. The elections featured a large majority of candidates from Asia, reflecting the dramatic implementation levels and increases in products, especially handheld devices, coming out in the Asia marketplace (due to increased popularity in lower cost, higher speed and more secure data transfer capabilities).... | |
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| | | Spitzer and Hubble Create Colorful Masterpiece | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:10:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | A new image from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes looks more like an abstract painting than a cosmic snapshot. The masterpiece shows the Orion nebula in an explosion of infrared, ultraviolet, and visible-light colors. It was "painted" by hundreds of baby stars on a canvas of gas and dust, with intense ultraviolet light and strong stellar winds as brushes. At the heart of the artwork is a set of four monstrously massive stars, collectively called the Trapezium. These behemoths are approximately 100,000 times brighter than our sun. Their community can be identified as the yellow smudge near the center of the composite. The swirls of green were revealed by Hubble's ultraviolet and visible-light detectors. They are hydrogen and sulfur gases heated by intense ultraviolet radiation from the Trapezium's stars.... | |
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| | | NASA Supports UAS Fire Mapping Efforts on California Fire | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:19:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | A team led by NASA and U.S. Forest Service scientists recently collected real-time, visible and infrared data from sensors onboard a remotely piloted aircraft over the Esperanza Fire in Southern California. The Esperanza Fire, an arson-set fire that claimed the lives of five firefighters, ignited on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. Whipped by powerful Santa Ana winds, it spread over 40,200 acres, or roughly 62 square miles, destroying 34 homes and 20 other structures. The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and the Esperanza Fire Incident Command Center requested NASA's imaging and fire mapping assistance. The Altair Unmanned Aircraft System, built and operated by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., San Diego, Calif., was prepared to fly in less than 24 hours.... | |
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