Overview

The Centura is Applied’s most versatile platform. Launched in 1992, over 8,000 Centura systems have been shipped to customers around the world. For ≤200mm fabrication the applications supported include CVD, epitaxy, etch, plasma nitridation and RTP. In September 1992, AMAT announced its latest generation single-wafer, multichamber platform, the Centura, to target the high temperature thin films market as well as future process applications with 0.5 micron and below specifications.