SEMI approves EtherCAT Industrial Ethernet

SEMI批準(zhǔn)EtherCAT工業(yè)以太網(wǎng)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

AUSTIN, TX, December 18, 2007 – Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has approved EtherCAT for SEMI applications and has accepted EtherCAT as a SEMI standard. The leading standards organization in the semiconductor industry has responded to the growing industry interest in the fastest Industrial Ethernet solution currently on the market.

奧斯汀12月18日消息——國際半導(dǎo)體設(shè)備與材料協(xié)會(SEMI)已批準(zhǔn)了EtherCAT的SEMI應(yīng)用，并接受EtherCAT成為一個SEMI標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。 這個領(lǐng)先的半導(dǎo)體工業(yè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)組織已回應(yīng)了業(yè)界越來越大的對目前市場上最快的工業(yè)以太網(wǎng)解決方案的關(guān)注。

EtherCAT is already used in a wide variety of semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing applications. The world’s largest supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Applied Materials, was among the first EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) members back in 2003. EtherCAT was officially introduced to the industry at a SEMI congress held in 2004. A year later, Samsung Electronics developed the first EtherCAT device for ultra high resolution hybrid stage control. Many other manufacturers from this field have joined the ETG. About 100 of the now 635 ETG member companies are active in semiconductor.

EtherCAT已經(jīng)廣泛用于半導(dǎo)體和平板顯示制造應(yīng)用。全球最大的半導(dǎo)體制造設(shè)備供應(yīng)商Applied Materials公司早在2003年就成為了EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會(ETG)的首批成員之一。EtherCAT是在2004年舉辦的一場SEMI會議上被正式引入業(yè)界的。一年之后，三星電子開發(fā)出了第一個用于超高分辨率混合階段控制的EtherCAT設(shè)備。來自這個領(lǐng)域的許多其他制造商已經(jīng)加入EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會。現(xiàn)在635個EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會成員公司中大約有100家活躍于半導(dǎo)體工業(yè)。

The North American SEMI Information & Control Committee accepted the EtherCAT standard, which was published as SEMI E54.20 in October. This milestone has further accelerated the acceptance of EtherCAT within the semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturing industries.

北美SEMI信息與控制委員會接受了EtherCAT標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，在10月份作為SEMI E54.20出版。這個里程碑式的舉措進一步促進了EtherCAT標(biāo)準(zhǔn)在半導(dǎo)體和平面顯示制造業(yè)的采用。

“The superior performance, bandwidth and topology flexibility of EtherCAT allows it to cover the entire range of communication requirements in semiconductor manufacturing equipment with a single technology: from process control via control computer integration to high-end Motion Control applications,” remarks Martin Rostan, Executive Director of the EtherCAT Technology Group. “Special devices, which may not yet be available with an EtherCAT interface, can still be integrated seamlessly and cost efficiently thanks to fully integrated fieldbus gateways. The semiconductor industry appreciates this flexible EtherCAT feature, since it supports simple migration. We are proud that EtherCAT has had such an impact on this key industry,” Rostan concluded.

EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會執(zhí)行總裁Martin Rostan表示：“EtherCAT優(yōu)越的性能、帶寬和拓?fù)潇`活性使得它可以涵蓋單一技術(shù)的半導(dǎo)體制造設(shè)備整個范圍內(nèi)的通信要求：從通過控制計算機集成的過程控制到高端的運動控制應(yīng)用。那些可能并不適用于EtherCAT接口的特種設(shè)備仍可以借助全集成現(xiàn)場總線網(wǎng)關(guān)，無縫而且高性價比地集成。半導(dǎo)體工業(yè)贊賞EtherCAT的這個靈活特點，因為它支持簡單的替換。我們很自豪EtherCAT在這個重點產(chǎn)業(yè)具有如此的影響。”

The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is an organization in which key user companies from various industries and leading automation suppliers join forces to support, promote and advance EtherCAT technology. With over 500 members, the EtherCAT Technology Group has become the largest organization in the world that is exclusively focused on Industrial Ethernet technologies. Founded in November 2003, it is also currently the fastest growing fieldbus organization. EtherCAT sets new standards for real-time performance and topology flexibility while meeting or undercutting fieldbus cost levels. EtherCAT features include high precision device synchronization, a cable redundancy option and a functional safety protocol (SIL3).

EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會(ETG) 由來各個行業(yè)的主要用戶公司和領(lǐng)先的自動化供應(yīng)商組成的機構(gòu)，他們共同支持、促進和推動EtherCAT技術(shù)。EtherCAT技術(shù)協(xié)會擁有大約500名成員，是全球最大的一個專門關(guān)注工業(yè)以太網(wǎng)技術(shù)的機構(gòu)。它成立于2003年11月，也是目前發(fā)展最快的現(xiàn)場總線機構(gòu)。EtherCAT為實時績效和拓?fù)潇`活性設(shè)定了新的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，同時滿足和降低了現(xiàn)場總線的成本水平。EtherCAT的特點包括高精確性的設(shè)備同步，電纜冗余選項和功能安全協(xié)議（SIL3）。

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