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What Makes Our Electronic World Go 'Round?
How Photolithography Enables Microchip Innovations
Wednesday, July 23
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Peabody Marriott
Cost: $25 for NSTC members, $45 for non-members
Because there is a limited capacity for this event, we recommend advanced registration. Register online now and reserve your seat today! Registration, networking and continental breakfast from 7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. with the presentation and Q&A from 7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Program Description
Have you ever stopped to think that while everything else gets more expensive, electronic products continue to defy inflation and decrease in price with more and more capabilities? Did you know that mankind now produces more transistors per year than grains of rice?
What is the technology driver behind these two facts? The answer is photolithography, the enabling process technology of microchip manufacturing that continues to drive the semiconductor industry and allow us to enjoy technologies that were at one time the fruit of only the most aggressive imaginations.
Pat Martin, U.S. and Europe technology director for Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, in Gloucester, will lead a review of how photolithography works and how much longer it might be able to keep the semiconductor industry on it's torrid pace.
Speaker:
Pat Martin has over 20 years of experience in semiconductor technology development. He was responsible for the dry etch equipment strategy for 11 factory expansions worldwide as part of Texas Instruments globalization effort.
In 1999, he joined Photronics to form an applier research team that examined photomask-to-wafer design optimization and mask tuning. He was honored to be selected as president of the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) BACUS organization in 2006 and 2007.
In July of 2007, he joined Varian as a technology director responsible for product positioning and strategic partnerships focused on the North American and European regions. He has several patents and publications covering a wide range of process technology applications and has been an invited speaker at key industry events, including the IEEE's Advanced Lithography Symposium.
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