SPIE Advanced Lithography 2008 has concluded.
SPIE Advanced Lithography offers a forum for practitioners of micro- and nano-lithography to hear the latest about state-of-the-art applications and techniques relevant to their work. The numerous short courses offered are taught by people active in the field, recognized for both theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
Advanced Lithography 2008 had record-breaking session attendance, high levels of enthusiasm from participants, and over 700 papers presented.
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Plenary Speakers:
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Mark Durcan, President and COO, Micron Technology
"Ramifications of Lithography Choices on Memory Integration"
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Martin van den Brink, Executive Vice President Marketing and Technology, ASML
"Holistic Lithography Optimization: Wafer Lithography, Computational Lithography and Layout"
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Andrew B Kahng, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
"Lithography and Design in Partnership: A New Roadmap"
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Program Overview:
Conferences from 24-29 February:
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- Emerging Lithography Technologies
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- Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control
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- Resist Materials and Processing Technology
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- Design for Manufacturability through Design-Process Integration
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Courses from 24-29 February:
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- Introduction to Microlithography: Theory, Materials, and Processing
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- Nano-Scale Patterning with Imprint Lithography
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- Practical Photoresist Processing
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- Lithography Integration for Semiconductor Back-End-Of-The-Line (BEOL)
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Exhibition from 26-27 February:
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- Lithography: immersion, double patterning, e-beam, EUV, optical/laser, RET
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- Metrology, inspection, OPC, and process control
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- Electronic imaging components, equipment, and systems
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- Resist materials and processing
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- Design for Manufacturability/DPI
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Roxann L. Engelstad
Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison
2008 Symposium Chair
Christopher J. Progler
Photronics Inc.
2008 Symposium Co-Chair
Executive Committee
Robert D. Allen, IBM Almaden Research Ctr.
John A. Allgair, SEMATECH, Inc. and Freescale Semiconductors
Mircea Dusa, ASML US, Inc.
Roxann L. Engelstad, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison
Clifford L. Henderson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bruno La Fontaine, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Harry J. Levinson, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Christopher J. Progler, Photronics, Inc.
Christopher J. Raymond, Nanometrics, Inc.
Michael L. Rieger, Synopsys, Inc.
Franklin M. Schellenberg, Mentor Graphics Corp.
Vivek K. Singh, Intel Corp.
Advisory Committee
Robert D. Allen, IBM Almaden Research Ctr.
William H. Arnold, ASML Netherlands B.V.
Timothy A. Brunner, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr.
Ralph R. Dammel, AZ Electronic Materials USA Corp.
Roderick R. Kunz, MIT Lincoln Lab.
Harry J. Levinson, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Burn Lin, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
Chris A. Mack, KLA-Tencor Corp.
Victor Pol, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Michael T. Postek, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Luc Van den Hove, IMEC (Belgium)
C. Grant Willson, The Univ. of Texas at Austin
Anthony Yen, Cymer, Inc.
Announcements from Advanced Lithography 2008
Fritz Zernike and the Advances in Optical Microlithography
The 5th Frits Zernike Award for Microlithography is given annually for outstanding accomplishments in microlithographic technology, especially those furthering the development of semiconductor lithographic imaging solutions.
The Microlithography Award is sponsored by ASML and Cymer.
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The Diana Nyyssonen Memorial Award for Best Paper of 2007 for the conference Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control for Microlithography
Awarded to Mathew Sendelbach, Javier Ayala, IBM Microelectronic Div.; Pedro H. Herrera, KLA-Tencor Corp.
For paper:6518-75-Predicting electrical measurements by applying scatterometry to complex spacer structures
Presented byJohn A. Allgair, 2008 Conference Chair
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The 2008 Best Student Paper Award for the Optical Microlithography
The winner will be announced on Friday during the Optical Microlithography Conference 6924.
This award was made possible by the generous sponsorship from
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The 2007 C. Grant Willson Best Paper Award for the Advances in Resist Materials and Processing Technology conference
Awarded toDaniel P. Sanders, Linda K. Sunberg, Phillip J. Brock, Richard A. DiPietro, Hoa D. Troung, Robert D. Allen, IBM Almaden Research Ctr.;
For paper: Fluoro-alcohol materials with tailored interfacial properties for immersion lithography lithography [6519-3]
Presented by:Clifford L. Henderson, 2008 Conference Chair
This award was made possible by the generous sponsorship from
