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The world’s leading fourth-generation high-energy synchrotron is getting ready to reopen. The overhaul of the EBS (Extremely Brilliant Source) synchrotron at ESRF is going smoothly and, most importantly, on schedule. The new storage ring has been installed in the ESRF building. The original ring, which was commissioned in 1994, was dismantled and the more than […] >>

The stage at the Maison MINATEC auditorium ended the year 2019 in style, with new decorative lighting, sofas, and coffee tables–not to mention a new handicap-accessible lectern. And, to start the year 2020, Maison MINATEC’s meeting, congress, and event services were added to the main menu of the MINATEC.org website. Last year, Maison MINATEC hosted […] >>

IMEP-LAHC recently purchased a 300 mm manual prober station with a high-quality Faraday cage. The equipment will be used to characterize the low-frequency noise (a few mHz to 10 kHz) of transistors and microelectronic components like photodiodes. The Faraday cage offers much better electromagnetic isolation (especially from electrical wiring) than the dark boxes widely used […] >>

The majority of MINATEC’s labs were recently evaluated by HCERES* for the 2014–2018 period. A 23-person evaluation committee came to Leti on November 4–7. IMEP-LAHC and FMNT were audited on November 27 and 28; LMGP was audited on December 16 and 17. A lab at IRIG was evaluated in December, with seven others to follow […] >>

Leti will be installing a Solmates pulsed laser deposition machine in the BHT between now and April. The prototype–the only one of its kind worldwide–is compatible with 300 mm processes. Leti and Solmates are engaged in a two-year joint development program to evaluate the machine’s capacity to volume-produce thin-layer materials for 5G telecommunications. This growing […] >>