Covalent Metrology

Pralav Shetty was rightly giving me a hard time a couple months ago. We hadn’t codified and communicated what we stand for. This was true. And it was my fault. So, I finally did what I should have done long ago.  I put down on paper The Covalent Way. It is a work-in-progress. Attached is rev 2. It is not short, I know. Brevity is not my forte. To a certain degree, these 10 tenets collectively describe Covalent's culture today. We are a service business, and The Covalent Way tenet #1 is “We are here to serve.” The service business is not for everyone. But it is who we are, and it is at the heart of our culture. Our culture is in turn driving growth and market share gains. 7 years into our corporate journey, we are a profitable company with 70 employees, >400 customers. 2024 revenues will be up >50%. It seems as if the great majority of our customers genuinely enjoy working with us.  However, if we are very honest with ourselves, there is little doubt that in some areas, and to varying degrees, The Covalent Way is also aspirational. We are not fully and consistently true to the core beliefs. In that sense, this will be our North Star (credit to Taras Turiv for that one). I presented The Covalent Way rev 1 at our November All Hands. That discussion made it better, I think. One month has passed, and it is Interesting to see how quickly it has become part of our daily lexicon. People are referring to it in striking deals with customers. In hiring and firing decisions. In our year-end HR process. Clearly I should have done this years ago. Live and learn. Hope some of you find it useful. And to those among you who are our customers, I have a favor to ask. If you have an experience with Covalent that feels inconsistent with The Covalent Way please contact me (privately, if you don’t mind). I would like to know how we can keep getting better. Your Truly, Craig Hunter 408-679-1276 craig@covalentmetrology.com

This promises to be a very good YouTube series introducing semiconductor technology and semiconductor manufacturing. ASML builds arguably the most complex machines ever built - tools that are already having an enormous impact on the world, and which will continue helping TSMC, Samsung Semiconductor and Intel Corporation push the boundaries of materials and device engineering to the limits of what is possible. If you are looking for a way to explain chips to your family and friends, we are betting that our friends at ASML will make it pretty accessible.

Nov 20 seminar - Compact Ti:Sapphire Lasers for On-Chip Photonics Registration: https://lnkd.in/gVJFGnGT Research at Stanford has enabled a three-orders-of-magnitude reduction in the cost and footprint of a key laser technology. Greatly simplifying applications such as optical frequency combs, two-photon microscopy, and experimental quantum optics. And enabling new applications, such as massively scalable Ti:sapphire laser-array systems. Please join us for an in-person lunchtime seminar with Joshua Yang, CEO and Co-Founder of Brightlight Photonics. At Covalent Metrology in Sunnyvale. #laser #photonics

Proud to have Covalent Metrology's Austin Barnes and Shivesh Sivakumar as lead authors in this very cool new application note from our friends at Anton Paar TriTec! Check it out!

Thank you to all who stopped by to say hello to our Covalent team at #ISTFA2024 last week! We enjoyed seeing you all and look forward to connecting with you in the future.

👋 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐅𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒! 📍 Several Covalent experts are delighted to attend #ISTFA2024 hosted by ASM International. The show's already off to a great start, with many insightful presentations highlighting exciting testing and failure analysis developments powered by advanced #artificialintelligence (#AI). Swing by Booth 714 at the Expo today to visit Pralav Shetty, Sophie Chichkov, and Aram Sarkissian! We'd love the chance to say hi and catch up with you!

🤝 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗩𝗣 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗠 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 (𝗠𝗖𝗦) 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗗𝗿. 𝗙𝘂𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶! 🙌 We proudly announce that @Fuhe Li has joined Covalent to lead our materials testing, analytical chemistry, and surface analysis teams. Dr. Li brings a unique combination of deep scientific and technical expertise and a proven track record of business growth spanning almost 30 years in the analytical services industry. In that time, he has led teams to scale operations, elevate customer experience, and deliver new and impactful metrology solutions. We’re absolutely thrilled that he has joined your Covalent team! 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: https://bit.ly/4fcHoXA

⚠️ 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 ⚠️ If you work with thin films, coatings, or functionalized surfaces, this webinar will show you how to enhance process controls and tap into deeper insights with our featured non-destructive optical analysis technique: Spectroscopic Ellipsometry! Guest speaker Dr. Jianing Sun from J.A. Woollam will showcase some of the latest R&D applications of #Ellipsometry for #biotech and #biomedical engineering, #semiconductors, #displays, and more! 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟳: https://bit.ly/3YaiaSG

🌎✨ 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀' 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 ✨🌎 Today, we honor the immense contributions of native communities—not only to the cultural fabric of our world but also to breakthroughs in #STEM and #MaterialsScience. As we celebrate Native peoples' legacy as scientific innovators, we wanted to highlight just a few of the many inspiring Native American researchers and engineers throughout the last century: - 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙮 𝘼𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙇𝙚𝙚 (of the Tewa Pueblo) worked on the Manhattan project and pioneered biomedical research into the physical effects of radiation exposure on human chromosomes. - 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙮 (of the Navajo Nation) had a nearly 30-year tenure researching thermonuclear fusion in the Los Alamos National Laboratory's laser program, following his work with NASA's high-energy gamma ray project. - 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙨 (of the Cherokee Nation) helped design early, top-secret spacecraft that would later pave the way for NASA's Apollo missions. - 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝘾. 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙩𝙩 (of the Osage and Cherokee Nations) would serve on those Apollo missions as a Flight Mission Operations Engineer, where he played a critical role in bringing the Apollo 13 crew safely home after the explosion of an oxygen tank famously aborted the mission. These exceptional individuals are only a small sampling of the Native American trailblazers in #STEM fields across history and today. We hope you'll join us to take today to learn, listen, celebrate, and support indigenous voices, science, and innovation now and always. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousInnovation

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗿! 📡 Spectroscopic Ellipsometry is a non-destructive optical technique used for precise characterization of #thin-films and coatings ranging from sub-nanometer up to 10s of microns thick! In Covalent Academy's next webinar event, guest speaker Dr. Jianing Sun from J.A. Woollam will catch you up with some of the latest applications of Ellipsometry across industries including #semiconductors, #biotech, #displays, and more! Come learn the principles of this technique and find out why its popularity in R&D has been growing so rapidly in recent years. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄: https://bit.ly/4gXj6SX