SEMI approves EtherCAT Industrial Ethernet

SEMI批准EtherCAT工业以太网标准

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.

奥斯汀12月18日消息——国际半导体设备与材料协会(SEMI)已批准了EtherCAT的SEMI应用，并接受EtherCAT成为一个SEMI标准。 这个领先的半导体工业标准组织已回应了业界越来越大的对目前市场上最快的工业以太网解决方案的关注。

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已经广泛用于半导体和平板显示制造应用。全球最大的半导体制造设备供应商Applied Materials公司早在2003年就成为了EtherCAT技术协会(ETG)的首批成员之一。EtherCAT是在2004年举办的一场SEMI会议上被正式引入业界的。一年之后，三星电子开发出了第一个用于超高分辨率混合阶段控制的EtherCAT设备。来自这个领域的许多其他制造商已经加入EtherCAT技术协会。现在635个EtherCAT技术协会成员公司中大约有100家活跃于半导体工业。

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信息与控制委员会接受了EtherCAT标准，在10月份作为SEMI E54.20出版。这个里程碑式的举措进一步促进了EtherCAT标准在半导体和平面显示制造业的采用。

“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技术协会执行总裁Martin Rostan表示：“EtherCAT优越的性能、带宽和拓扑灵活性使得它可以涵盖单一技术的半导体制造设备整个范围内的通信要求：从通过控制计算机集成的过程控制到高端的运动控制应用。那些可能并不适用于EtherCAT接口的特种设备仍可以借助全集成现场总线网关，无缝而且高性价比地集成。半导体工业赞赏EtherCAT的这个灵活特点，因为它支持简单的替换。我们很自豪EtherCAT在这个重点产业具有如此的影响。”

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技术协会(ETG) 由来各个行业的主要用户公司和领先的自动化供应商组成的机构，他们共同支持、促进和推动EtherCAT技术。EtherCAT技术协会拥有大约500名成员，是全球最大的一个专门关注工业以太网技术的机构。它成立于2003年11月，也是目前发展最快的现场总线机构。EtherCAT为实时绩效和拓扑灵活性设定了新的标准，同时满足和降低了现场总线的成本水平。EtherCAT的特点包括高精确性的设备同步，电缆冗余选项和功能安全协议（SIL3）。

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