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SOCOT

 
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SOCOT is a Consortium, established under the terms of the 6th Framework Program and sponsored by the European Commission (EC). The Consortium comprises four members namely: KLA-TENCOR (Israel), IMEC (Belgium), QWED (Poland) and STMicroelectronics (Italy). Its purpose is to determine a complete solution for overlay measurements for 45nm generation ULSI devices and below, having as a primary benchmark for its major characteristics the requirements reported in the ITRS roadmap tables.

In accordance with the EC contract, all public material related to the SOCOT Partners project should be published in a dedicated non-protected website, to ensure that the project is adequately promoted.

Public material related to the SOCOT project includes:
  • Description of SOCOT Partner Companies (including biographies of Work Package Leaders)
  • SOCOT Project Summary
  • Final Technical Report
The first two above mentioned documents can be downloaded from this webpage while the last document will be available on this site only once the project has been finalized.

According to the EC contract, the project officially started on October, 1st 2005 and it will be finalized on September, 30th 2008.

Welcome to the SOCOT project webpage and enjoy your reading!

SOCOT Project
Description of the participants
SOCOT Project Summary

Dissemination and Use
Dissemination and Usage Plan - Part 1