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'81 |
RHK Technology founded. |
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'81 |
High resolution electron energy loss spectrometer, model HREELS 200 system, introduced. |
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'83 |
Digital temperature controller, model TM 310, introduced; became industry standard for
temperature programmed desorption (TPD) studies. |
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'87 |
World's first commercial STM control system, SPM 1000, introduced (over 1000 sold). |
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'89 |
One of the first UHV STM systems on the market, UHV 635, delivered. |
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'94 |
“Beetle” UHV STM system, model UHV 300, introduced (over 125 sold). |
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'96 |
Added variable temperature heating and LN2 / LHe cooling capability to UHV 300 STM. |
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'99 |
DSP-based SPM control system, model SPM 1000 rev. 8, introduced. |
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'01 |
Variable temperature beam deflection and AFM introduced. |
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'01 |
“Beetle” AFM system introduced (over 35 sold). |
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'02 |
Built in-house high -precision machine shop. |
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'03 |
XPMPro™ software released, embodying 20 man-years of development. |
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'04 |
Expanded facility and installed class-1000 clean room for UHV system assembly. |
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'04 |
Cryogenic 4-probe SPM/SEM/SAM system introduced |
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'05 |
PLLPro™, industry's highest-performance NC-AFM controller, introduced. |
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'07 |
UHV Variable Magnetic Field AFM/STM Introduced |
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'07 |
afm/stm/SEM System Introduced |
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'08 |
XPMPro™ 2.0 Released, 2nd Quarter 2008 |