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Press Release NanoFocus AG

NanoFocus develops the new generation of high-speed 3D sensors

HICOS3D project for the development of a confocal 3D sensor system for inline production control

NanoFocus AG, developer and manufacturer of 3D surface metrology located in Oberhausen, Germany, launched its HICOS3D project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). The aim of HICOS3D is to develop the world's fastest high-precision sensor system for integrated 3D quality control of complex microelectronic and micromechanical, mechatronic or optical components. Until the project's conclusion in 2016, the BMBF will fund the project with an overall amount of 800,000 euros.

Due to the rapidly growing integration density required for modern smartphones, tablets or other mobile devices, the dimensions of electronic interconnections, the so-called bumps, will reduce to less than 20 m within the next years., There are currently no inspection systems on the market that able to sufficiently fulfill the precision as well as the speed requirements for these future bump sizes. The goal of the HICOS3D project is to close this gap.

To overcome the challenges of these future industrial requirements, a high precision and high-speed optical sensor for the integrated 3D process and quality control of complex microelectronic, mechatronic or medical products will be developed by the technology company NanoFocus AG with EPCOS as industry partner and user of optical inspection systems. Compared to the currently fastest optical 3D sensor, the new high-speed sensor system will significantly increase the resolution and measurement speed, which will lead to higher performance by a factor of 12.

'With EPCOS, a manufacturer of electronic components, modules and systems, we were able to win an ambitious user and strong industry partner for the HICOS3D project to test the next generation of our established high-speed surface metrology under the conditions of large-scale production', explains Juergen Valentin, CTO of NanoFocus AG. 'The jointly developed high-precision 3D sensor system will make an important contribution to the quality control in production processes as well as to the development of new complex and highly integrated components.'

The HICOS3D project (grant number: 13N12861) was launched September 1, 2013, by NanoFocus AG at its headquarters in Oberhausen, Germany. It is BMBF-funded with an overall of 800,000 euros within the scope of the funding initiative 'KMU-innovativ: Optische Technologien' and as part of the 'Photonik Forschung Deutschland' program until the project's conclusion on August 31, 2016.

More information about the project can be found here: http://www.photonikforschung.de/service/aktuellenachrichten/detailseite/ar chive/2013/09/24/article/optisches-hochleistungs-sensorsystem-fuer-die-hig h-speed-3d-inspektion/

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(DGAP-Media / 23.12.2013 / 09:43) Press Release NanoFocus AG NanoFocus develops the new generation of high-speed 3D sensors HICOS3D project for the development of a confocal 3D sensor system for inline production control NanoFocus AG, developer and manufacturer of 3D surface metrology located in Oberhausen, Germany, launched its HICOS3D project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF). The aim of HICOS3D is to develop the world's fastest high-precision sensor system for integrated 3D quality control of complex microelectronic and micromechanical, mechatronic or optical components. Until the project's conclusion in 2016, the BMBF will fund the project with an overall amount of 800,000 euros. Due to the rapidly growing integration density required for modern smartphones, tablets or other mobile devices, the dimensions of electronic interconnections, the so-called bumps, will reduce to less than 20 m within the next years., There are currently no inspection systems on the market that able to sufficiently fulfill the precision as well as the speed requirements for these future bump sizes. The goal of the HICOS3D project is to close this gap. To overcome the challenges of these future industrial requirements, a high precision and high-speed optical sensor for the integrated 3D process and quality control of complex microelectronic, mechatronic or medical products will be developed by the technology company NanoFocus AG with EPCOS as industry partner and user of optical inspection systems. Compared to the currently fastest optical 3D sensor, the new high-speed sensor system will significantly increase the resolution and measurement speed, which will lead to higher performance by a factor of 12. 'With EPCOS, a manufacturer of electronic components, modules and systems, we were able to win an ambitious user and strong industry partner for the HICOS3D project to test the next generation of our established high-speed surface metrology under the conditions of large-scale production', explains Juergen Valentin, CTO of NanoFocus AG. 'The jointly developed high-precision 3D sensor system will make an important contribution to the quality control in production processes as well as to the development of new complex and highly integrated components.' The HICOS3D project (grant number: 13N12861) was launched September 1, 2013, by NanoFocus AG at its headquarters in Oberhausen, Germany. It is BMBF-funded with an overall of 800,000 euros within the scope of the funding initiative 'KMU-innovativ: Optische Technologien' and as part of the 'Photonik Forschung Deutschland' program until the project's conclusion on August 31, 2016. More information about the project can be found here: http://www.photonikforschung.de/service/aktuellenachrichten/detailseite/ar chive/2013/09/24/article/optisches-hochleistungs-sensorsystem-fuer-die-hig h-speed-3d-inspektion/ About NanoFocus AG NanoFocus AG is a pioneer and technology leader of high-precision optical 3D surface analysis tools for laboratory and production use. With its user-friendly, robust, and economical instruments, the company revolutionizes the surface analysis market and enables users in the scientific and industrial sectors to achieve three-dimensional imaging and inspection of surfaces with structures in the micrometer and nanometer ranges. http://www.nanofocus.com End of Media Release =-------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: NanoFocus AG Key word(s): Research/Technology 23.12.2013 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at http://www.dgap-medientreff.de and http://www.dgap.de =-------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: NanoFocus AG Lindnerstrae 98 46149 Oberhausen Germany Phone: 0208 / 62000 54 Fax: 0208 / 62000 99 E-mail: sorg@nanofocus.de Internet: http://www.nanofocus.de ISIN: DE0005400667 WKN: 540066 Indices: Segment: Entry Standard Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, Dsseldorf, Mnchen (m:access), Stuttgart; Frankfurt in Open Market (Entry Standard) End of News DGAP-Media =-------------------------------------------------------------------- 246107 23.12.2013

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A policeman stands guard outside the office of the outspoken Southern Weekly newspaper after their reporters went on strike over a scraped new year editorial in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in this January 9, 2013 file photo. - Reuters pic, December 19, 2013.Early next year, Chinese journalists will have to pass a new ideology exam to keep their press cards, in what reporters say is another example of the ruling Communist Party's increasing control over the media under President Xi Jinping.

It is the first time reporters have been required to take such a test en masse, state media said.

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Bush and Bono paying their respects to Mandela

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