Boin has released version 2.3 of its Wafermap software. The updated metrology package is compatible with Windows XP and can import data files from Filmetrics and QC Solutions systems. Wafermap collects, edits, analyzes, and visualizes thickness, ellipsometric, and other physical-parameter measurements from various metrology tools and turns the imported data into line scans, two- and three-dimensional plots, histograms, or contour plots. Information: info@boin-gmbh.com.

Two patents from Entegris's NT International subsidiary have been added to the parent company's intellectual property portfolio. One was awarded for a pressure transducer, featuring the Sapphire sensor, which measures and monitors pressure in corrosive acid and vacuum applications. The other was given for the integrated flow controller, which offers closed-loop liquid flow control through the use of direct liquid flow and pressure measurements. Information: www.
nt-intl.com. (Semicon Japan)

The software capabilities of Micro-Metric's MicroLine 500 and 600 noncontact measurement systems have been upgraded to include Windows 2000. Application programs for both systems are written with the company's measurement control language software, a text-based language that controls tool functions and permits users to modify existing programs or create their own control programs. Information: info@micro-metric.com.

DuPont has augmented its Teflon PFA HP Plus fluoropolymers with several new grades. The polymers are designed for forming fully adhered linings for piping, fittings, vessels, and columns for use in semiconductor chemical processing. Compatible with most chemicals and solvents, the Teflon material is 50% less permeable to HCl. It also resists stress cracking caused by fluorosurfactants and minimizes problems from ozonated ultrapure water. The company says that parts made with the fluoropolymer in the proper equipment should meet SEMI F-57 requirements. Information: www.teflon.com. (Semicon Japan)

Adept Technology's Adept ActiveV⁺ software permits real-time control of the company's robots and motion controllers from native PC languages using Microsoft component object model protocols. Allowing the flexibility and ease of use of an open-architecture environment, the software package enables a PC to issue direct, real-time robot motion and monitor commands over FireWire- or Ethernet-based high-speed bus connections. Information: www.adept.com.

An animated, Flash 6.0-enabled product tour from Membrana describes different fiber types and contactor designs available for the addition and removal of dissolved gases to and from liquid streams. One feature of the tour, found on www.liqui-cel.com, goes inside a membrane contactor and shows how the liquid and gas paths move through it. The company plans to make the interactive tour available in multiple languages.