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IC INDUSTRY AWARDS WINNER 2008
Award: Engineer of the Year
Company : Metryx Ltd
Engineer : Rob Wilby
Website: www.metryx.net
Rob Wilby
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ob Wilby graduated from has worked, striving for expedient and practical
Emmanuel College, Cambridge solutions to complex problems with an air of
University with an honours perfection only he could provide.
degree in Natural Sciences. He has been a
pioneer in the semiconductor industry, working In 2000 he co-founded Metryx, a metrology
with and developing solutions for many of the company offering elegant SPC solutions to
leading edge semiconductor chip many technological volume production
manufacturers. With his unique broad spectrum problems. Taking a simple idea that all process
of skills he has always been able to bridge the changes have a unique mass change, the force
gaps between fundamental process mechanisms, sensor development enabled a 1 in 107
hardware and software, offering expert measurement capability; making many volume
guidance in complete system design from production Fabs to rethink their metrology.
concept through to production and reliability With his leadership, management and technical
engineering. One of the most notable skills, the company has gone from strength to
achievements was working on the first practical strength winning a variety of prestigious
implementation of low k SiOC deposition industry awards including ‘Start-up of the
chamber design. His enabling chamber design year’, ‘Best Product’, and two UK ‘Queen’s
and liquid delivery system provided the first Awards’
production worthy deposition of these low k
films to be integrated in an aluminum BEoL During his career, Rob has published numerous
device. papers on semiconductor processing &
hardware and holds many patents in
During his twenty years-plus experience Rob semiconductor and semiconductor related
has been an inspiration to those with whom he engineering.
www.euroasiasemiconductor.com IC Industry Award Winners 2008
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