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Digital version of November 2007
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EDITORIAL OVERVIEW

The publisher's policy is to run a ratio of 70 -75 percent editorial in each issue. This is probably the highest edit/advertising ratio of any major trade magazine in the country. Every issue contains a column on Thin Film Technology by Dr. Peter Martin of Battelle PNL Labs (recently retired), and a monthly vacuum column on by Dr. Robert Langley of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (retired) and Luke Hinkle, a phd physicist with twenty years' of experience in the vacuum industry. Each issue also contains two Educational Guides provided by Dr. Martin and Dr. Hinkle on processing and technology respectively.. Another popular contributor to the magazine is Kimo Welch, a well-known teacher and authority in the vacuum field. "Kimo's Corner" is a column that always contains new ideas and revelations about events and technology in the market. A team of experts from the University of Alaska (Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer and Pramod C. Karulkar) provide an outstanding regular column on nanotechnology. A recent addition to the editorial staff, David Mount, who's been in the industry for more than twenty three years provides a great new column titled "What's New in the Lab" that covers a wide variety of emerging technology subjects. And another well-known author and educator, Abe Belkind, has just added his name to this prestigious group of contributing columnists with a superb series of just about everything there is to know about the world of plasmas.

Our Executive Editor Peter Martin also contributes many fascinating papers on many aspects of thin film coatings and technology, as do all of the team listed above. Peter is considered one of the leading experts in the industry. He's about to launch a complete series of sixteen monthly papers, each covering a specific different method of performing metal deposition.

In addition, several feature articles appear each month, contributed by scientists and professional engineers in many industries. These articles cover physical vapor deposition (sputtering, evaporation, arc coating, etc.), deposition materials, metrology, testing and inspection, vacuum components, and many other areas related to either vacuum processing or technology. New Products, New Literature, Industry News and Product Roundups are also included in virtually most issues.

2008 CALENDAR OF EDITORIAL

Issue

ISSUE

Feature Areas-Not All-Inclusive

PROCESS TECHOLOGY TUTORIAL by

PETER MARTIN

Monthly Features

Monthly

Features

Product Roundups

 

Not All-inclusive

 

 

 

 

JAN

Process Control Methods

Leak Detection

Sputtering

 

 

CYLINDRICAL MAGNETRON SPUTTERING

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

P R – Vacuum- Literature: Systems,

Sources, Vacuum Components

 

Leak Detectors

 

 

FEB

Thin Film Patterning

Flatness/Thickness Testing

Vacuum Training

Plasma Processing

Sputtering

PLASMA -ASSISTED PVD

 

 

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

AVS Northern California

 

P R --Vacuum Literature: Materials,

Gases & Chemicals,

Gas Instrumentation

MAR

Plasma Processing

Gases & Gas Handling

Metrology

Sputtering

Evaporation

UNBALANCED CLOSED FIELD MAGNETRON SPUTTERING

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

SVC 51st Annual TechConference

P R – Catalogs:

All Vacuum Components

 

Deposition Sources

 

APR

Sputtering

Evaporation Processing

E-Beam Technology

Vacuum Gauging

Sputtering Targets

PLASMA -ENHANCED CVD

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkin & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Solar Cells & Panels

 

Nano Technology

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

 

 

 

P R –  Catalogs on Materials, Gases,

Chemicals, & Gas

Instrumentation

 

Deposition Systems

MAY

Plasma Processing

Ion-Beam Processing

Gas Handling

RF Power Sources

Sputtering

HIGH POWER IMPULSE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

AVS New England

Regional Meeting

 

P R – Gas Handling Systems

JUN

Plasma Processing

Evaporation

Sputtering

Vacuum Components

Gas Handling

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

 

SEMICON WEST

Show Coverage

 

P R – Vacuum Valves, Flanges &

Fittings

 

Gas Analytic Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUL

Sputtering

Vacuum Components

Plasma Cleaning

Evaporation

Emerging Technologies

ION – BEAM SPUTTERING

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

 

P R – Power Supplies

P R – Deposition Monitors/Contollers

AUG

Magnetron Sputtering

Plasma Processing

Leak Detectors

Metrology

Evaporation

FILTERED CATHODIC ARC DEPOSITION

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

SPIE Annual Meeting

P R – Vacuum Pumps

P R – Film Thickness and Flatness Testers, Metrology

SEP

In-Process Measurements

New Technologies

New Target Technology

Evaporation Processing

Sputtering

UNFILTERED CATHODIC ARC

DEPOSITION

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

 

P R – Vacuum Gauges

P R – RGAs &

Gas Analyzers

 

OCT

Plasma Deposition

Ion-Beam Processing

Vacuum Pumps

Chemical Vapor Deposition

Sputtering

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

L Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

AVS Annual Meeting

 

P R – Leak Detectors

P R --

Gas Delivery

Components

NOV

Plasma Deposition

Ion-Beam Processing

Vacuum Pumps

Sputtering

Decorative Coating

ION PLATING

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics

Stan Wolf: Emerging Technologies

P Martin: VTC Guides to Processing

Luke Hinkle: VTC Guides to Technology

A. Belkind & K. Becker: Plasma Corner

Nano

Technology

 

Solar Cells & Panels

 

MEMS

 

Plasmas

MRS Fall Meeting

 

P R – Chillers & Cryogenic Systems

DEC

Materials Source Selection

Ion Beam Processing

In-Line Inspection

Innovative Cleaning Processes

Sputtering

VACUUM POLYMER DEPOSITION

Peter Martin – Thin Film

Langley & Hinkle: Vacuum Corner

Kimo Welch: Kimo’s Corner

Biswas, Bayer, Karulkar: Nanometrics