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Support and training

In-House Applications Laboratory

The Riber's in-house (corporate) applications laboratory is the only MBE equipment supplier-based research and development laboratory. The company invests more than 10% of its revenues in R&D. The laboratory is equipped with a Riber Compact 21 T III-V (arsenic + phosphorus) research system (picture), which is operated and maintained by two Ph.D. scientists. Riber uses it primarily to perform field-tests on new accessories and MBE components, and to conduct research on compound semiconductor material deposition techniques or epitaxial processes. The Riber's applications laboratory is also involved in:

Training of customer personnel on the operation of MBE machines

Growth of demonstration epiwafers

Epiwafer manufacturing assistance.

Personnel from the applications laboratory may also become involved in direct marketing efforts in circumstances where members of the Riber's sales force may lack the technical know-how to address particular client needs.

Training
Riber offers comprehensive equipment and process training courses for all its products. Classes cover a variety of topics ranging from basic system operation to advanced troubleshooting, and allow maximum hands-on system experience. Riber's training classes are designed to help customers operate their systems at the highest utilization level, maximizing uptime and minimizing MTTR (main time to repair).

Demonstration Growth
Riber's applications laboratory engineers can also reproduce specific epi conditions, and with the support of a research lab network throughout the world, to help customers solve process problems and meet critical requirements. Thanks to the company know-how and consultants, Riber's expertise covers the entire spectrum of compound semiconductors, including gallium arsenides, phosphides, II-VI alloys, silicon germanium (carbon), and gallium nitrides.

Customized Solutions
Riber offers turnkey solutions for each customer application and has an extensive onsite applications laboratory exclusively devoted to the development of customized processes.

Riber/CNRS Joint Applications Laboratories
Riber and the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS) have signed a cooperation agreement, resulting in the creation of several technological research joint applications laboratories, called Process Technology Centers (PTC's). These applications laboratories will enable RIBER to benefit from state-of-the-art epitaxy, characterization and back-end experience, to focus on the development and testing of new epitaxy machines and related services. For the CNRS, this agreement aims to expand its areas of knowledge and expertise through industrial application issues defined by RIBER.
A first RIBER applications laboratory, devoted to InP epitaxy, has been established at the "Institut d'Electronique et de Microelectronique du Nord" (CNRS/IEMN Lille, France). The industry standard MBE 49, a multi-4" MBE production machine, is being used for epitaxial growth. Its objectives are :

	Experimental growth of state-of-the-art phosphorus-based heterostructures / applications such as HBTs used in wireless telecoms and fiber optic networks.
	Growth and characterization of sample epiwafers to help prospective customers evaluate critical MBE reactor requirements.
	Develop theoretical and experimental aspects of growth mechanisms, interface formation, atomic exchanges on lattice matched, strained or relaxed P-containing materials.
	Train customer's technical staff in growth, characterization and maintenance on state-of-the-art production MBE machine.
	Consulting on phosphorus process to accompany customers from start-up to full production of P-containing materials
	Field engineering of phosphorus tools: The MBE 49 machine serves as a test-bed for the development of new MBE components and maintenance procedures.

For further details regarding the Riber/IEMN applications laboratory, click here.