Kyocera has be rewarded for the ultra-precise plasma processing technology it created to produce miniaturised crystal resonators – developed with Professor Kazuya Yamamura of Osaka University. The process, known as chemical vaporisation machining (CVM), involves a chemical reaction between neutral radicals in the plasma and the surface of the workpiece. It produces crystal wafers with ...

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