Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
March Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:00-1:30 PM

Probing the Frontiers of the Nanoscale with Multiple AFMs

Atomic force probes (AFPs) now permit electrical characterization on the nanoscale with multiple probes. A relative of atomic force microscopes (AFMs), the AFP uses tungsten needles to revolutionize the measurement of nanoscale semiconductor device properties. Multiprobe, Inc., located in Santa Barbara, develops and manufactures the world's highest resolution AFPs. Companies use their instruments to characterize the smallest, high performance semiconductor devices on integrated circuits. Multiprobe won the "best in show" award for best solution to a problem and most innovative product at the 2004 Solid State Technology's Semicon West conference in San Jose. Come and learn more about this breakthrough product!

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Andy Erickson
President and Founder, Multiprobe, Inc.

Andy Erickson is president and founder of Multiprobe, Inc. He is an expert in the metrology and electrical characterization of electronic materials. Andy previously headed the electrical applications group at Digital Instruments/Veeco, pioneering techniques such as scanning capacitance microscopy, scanning spreading resistance microscopy and conductive AFM. Erickson has a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah and a BS in Physics from UCSB.

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$12 for SEC members; $15 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com or call 805-684-4927).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road.
Website: http://www.scieng.org

From the President: This month we welcome Amy Yoshida of Goleta, Erwin Basinski and Keith Martin, Esq., of Santa Barbara as individual members. Our members are the backbone of SEC and the focus of our monthly discussions of current scientific and engineering developments. Thanks again to all of you who have renewed your memberships and donated to SEC's scholarship fund. 2005 has become a banner year for the SEC, and we are still accepting contributions. Please join us in March.

Tim Murphy