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We are very pleased to announce that Impedans have achieved 3rd place in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards held in Dublin last Friday with a company growth rate of 881%. Congratulations to all entrants and thanks to Deloitte for hosting this great event.

Click 'Read More' to see an abstract of Shailesh Sharma’s upcoming talk at AVS 61 in Baltimore, Maryland. He will be speaking about Ion Angular Distributions Measured with a Planar Retarding Field Analyser on Wednesday at 4.20pm. This talk will highlight advances in RFA technology, one of the most important fields of plasma diagnostics.

AVS International Symposium and Exhibition is on in Baltimore between November 9 - 14. We will be exhibiting there and our own Shailesh Sharma will be giving a talk on Ion Angular Distributions Measured with a Planar Retarding Field Analyser. We look forward to hearing Shailesh and seeing you at booth 1502.

Click 'Read More' to read Shailesh's Abstract.

GEC 67 is on in Raleigh, North Carolina between November 3 - 7. Impedans are pleased to attend this great event and support this progressive community. We look forward to seeing you there. Visit our blog http://bit.ly/17L1NvK to catch up on Impedans news.

Click here to read our latest application note that focusses on Fraunhofer Institute's research into the characterisation of HiPIMS plasma via a process compatible measurement probe

The Tenth Session of the National Assembly of Surface Engineering is on in Wuhan, China, between October 28 - 31, focussing on thin-film, PECVD and coatings. We will be exhibiting at the conference and would be delighted to speak to you there.

Physical processes in the afterglow of pulsed low-pressure discharges in Argon

Uwe Czarnetski | Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Click here to see more from the Pulsed Plasma Diagnostic Workshop.

Pulsed plasma diagnostics using RF biased probes

Mike Hopkins | Impedans Ltd

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Click here to read our new application note about using a Langmuir Probe to gain understanding about electron transport in magnetron sputtering.

Impedans have recently upgraded our Langmuir Probe System to include a number of fantastic new features. These features include interchangeable single and double probe tips, DC and RF compensation, ultra-fast time resolution (12.5ns) and much much more. Click here to read more about this great product.

Visualising plasma dynamics and chemical kinetics by multi-scale simulation aided nanosecond imaging

Timo Gans | University of York

Click here to see more from the Pulsed Plasma Diagnostic Workshop.

Pulsed plasma processing: from controlled pulsed biasing to high power pulsing of plasma sources

Richard van de Sanden | DIFFER

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Time Averaged and Time Resolved Measurements of Ion Energy Distributions in Pulsed Plasmas

David Gahan | Impedans Ltd

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Today Impedans launch the Octiv Suite. This high precision, high resolution in-line RF voltage, current and phase measurement system measures multiple fundamental frequencies and harmonics simultaneously. It reconstructs RF waveforms from complex frequency spectra and can calculate ion flux at the substrate position. Click here to find out more about this groundbreaking product.

This week Impedans are exhibiting at the 41st European Physical Society (EPS) Conference in Berlin, Germany. If you are attending, we look forward to speaking to you there.

Click http://bit.ly/seApp to read our latest Application Note featuring the Impedans Semion system in a Sputtering environment

Time-resolved diagnostics of reactive pulsed plasmas: absorption spectroscopy, modulated beam mass spectrometry, ion flux probe and retarding field energy analyser

Gilles Cunge | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Click the link http://bit.ly/seApp to read our Application Note featuring the Semion System used in an Etching Application

Click here to read our Application note featuring the Impedans Langmuir Probe used in a Space Plasma application.

Click the link http://bit.ly/1jubSAN to read about our Langmuir Probe used in a Dusty Plasma Application

Click the link http://bit.ly/se01pecvd to read our new Application Note featuring the Impedans Semion System used in a PECVD application

Impedans are pleased to announce the launch of the Semion 450mm Wafer Uniformity Plasma Diagnostic, designed primarily with 450mm wafer hardware and process developers in mind. Click here to find out more about this innovative product or click here to find out more about our other world leading plasma diagnostic instruments.

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