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scia Systems was awarded a contract by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center of Greenbelt, MD, USA to supply a scia Trim 200 for ion beam figuring.

The NASA GSFC has one of the nation's largest groups of scientists and engineers who build spacecraft, instruments, and develop new technology to study earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe.

The scia Trim 200 will be used for the finishing of mono-crystalline mirror substrates for X-ray telescopes. scia Systems is very much looking forward to working with NASA to enable further astronomical understanding of the universe.

scia Systems has been awarded the contract for a scia Coat 200 with ion beam etching and deposition technology by Sofradir, France. The Sofradir Group is the leading developer and manufacturer of infrared sensors for military, space, commercial, and industrial applications.
scia Systems is looking forward to deliver the scia Coat 200, which will be used for production and development of infrared sensors based on III-V semiconductor compound technology, to Sofradir.

In addition to our super runners, who once again this year gave their best, a creative team was at the start for the first time. With a lot of attention to detail and commitment, one of our enduring tested ion beam sources has been constructed for racing use. Reaching the second place did not only make the source shine, but also the members of the "Raketenigel" team.

We would like to thank the runners for the numerous participation and hope you had a nice sporty evening. We look forward to next year!

Together with the project partners scia Systems is working on the development of thin film and matching technologies for nanoscale acousto-electronics. The objective of the collaboration is to establish the pre-conditions for depositing and trimming of materials needed in the acousto-electronic industry as well as the development of required components. The topic of scia Systems is: trimming technologies and the development of components for manufacturing of nanoscale acousto-electronic devices.

scia Systems takes part in a joint project for the development of coated micro cutting tools based on nano wear-protection layers. The objective of the collaboration between industrial companies and R&D institutes is to provide a scientific-technical base for the reliable industrial use of ALD coatings (ALD - atomic layer deposition) and ion beam coatings (DIBD – dual ion beam deposition), in comparison to PVD coatings, as well as to define their field of application.

The School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds has awarded scia Systems the contract for a new ion beam etching system. We are looking forward to delivering a scia Mill 150 to the university. This tool provides the flexibility needed to meet the diversified requirements of a multi-disciplinary research environment.

scia Systems as a supplier of wafer processing systems for milling, trimming, and deposition of thin films, has received a Supplier Excellence Award from Qorvo in appreciation of scia Systems’ quality, on-time delivery, and support.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP from Dresden works on the development of innovative production technologies for surface processing. With the ordered scia Magna 200 aluminum nitride and silicon oxide should be deposited for piezoelectric and passivation layers on SAW/BAW components.

The scia Magna 200 combines the advanced system design of scia Systems with the unique Double Ring Magnetron sputter source DRM 400 from Fraunhofer FEP. This architecture provides a very high homogeneity of coatings at impressively high deposition rates.

The network SAWLab Saxony is a concentration of expertise in the field of acousto-electronic devices, which was brought to life by IFW Dresden. Besides the know-how of IFW Dresden, several local research institutes, universities, and high-tech companies contribute to the network in order to generate an interdisciplinary research of international attention. scia Systems is glad to support the SAWLab Saxony with its technologies and experience in thin film technology, especially frequency trimming, and is looking forward to a future-oriented cooperation.

scia Systems awarded the contract at a tender for an “ion beam etch and deposition system”. The company is looking forward to deliver a scia Coat 200 to the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle next year. The system will be used as part of the research on magnetic layers.