[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5631]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat. 
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Application may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 99-002. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Purchasing Department, Campus Box 7212, Raleigh, NC 27695. Instrument: 
Lifetime Measurement System, Model JANUS 200-M. Manufacturer: Amecon 
Messtechnik, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
studies of silicon wafer materials used in the production of giga-scale 
integrated circuit manufacturing. Experiments will consist of minority 
carrier lifetime study of defects and impurities which can be mapped 
across a 12 inch diameter wafer. The objective of the study is to 
improve silicon wafer IC manufacturing processes by providing data and 
fundamental understanding of the interaction between chemical, 
structural and electrical behavior of silicon. The instrument will also 
be used in the courses MAT 791, Characterization of Semiconductor 
Materials and MAT 460, Introduction to Science and Technology of 
Electronic Materials to prepare students for an industry like 
environment. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 
18, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-5631 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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