Demanding environments, like semiconductor manufacturing, require ultra-clean and high performance processes, equipment and materials. And ultra-clean equipment with high demands on flow and thermal conditioning, plays a major role in a manufacturer’s ability to achieve high yields. TNO explores the methods and materials that create value. We help to develop equipment that lasts longer and performs better. As chips become smaller, less expensive and more powerful, TNO designs the tools that can keep the pace.
Contact us today, and we’ll put our expertise to work for you.
When tech leaders like ASML and Carl Zeiss encounter critical contamination issues, they turn to TNO for support. Our 50 highly qualified Nano Instrumentation technologists develop and assemble experimental set-ups that address the challenge. TNO may fully own and develop the set-ups, develop them together with our clients, or pass full ownership on to them.
TNO aims to prevent, diagnose and remediate critical issues. From analysis to solution, we apply the principles of contamination control to design, build and validate ultra-clean equipment for lithography. We continue to grow our extensive knowledge of molecular and particle contamination, vacuum technology and high-energy radiation, while governing and applying it for our clients.
At TNO, we use our knowledge of particle generation and contamination dynamics to conduct research into EUV lithography-related processes and conditions. In addition we perform consultancy to make suppliers of the EUV lithography industry aware of the specific requirements with respect to clean production. Our expertise in surface physics and physical chemistry are applied in everything we do. That’s why we have been able to accelerate developments in all aspects of EUV, examples of our capabilities:
Semiconductor equipment and many other domains require high performance flow and thermal management solutions.
For flow this can mean keeping gasses and/or fluids apart even when surfaces, that confine the gasses/fluids move fast relative to each other.
Example applications in this field are:
TNO has the domain expertise combined with the thermal and flow expertise to design and validate the above high performance systems using simulation (CFD, FEM) and testing. On the level of MicroFluidic cooling or evaporation, TNO holds a unique world wide exclusive IP position.
From expanding the lifetime of optics and collectors, solving contamination issues, ensuring particle cleanliness, to high performance thermal and fluidic system development, TNO has the experts you need to advance your development and the lifetime of your equipment. That’s why leaders like ASML, Carl Zeiss call on TNO when challenges arise. Interested in learning how TNO can accelerate your lithography ambitions, help you with clean production? Want to get the most out of your EUV/DUV endeavours? Contact us today, and we’ll put our expertise to work for you.
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