Held over three days, the virtual Collaborative Forum will focus on case studies, key speakers, market updates, and content that you have come to expect. Please plan on joining fellow industry peers at the meeting to network and share insights and best practices on the latest business, and technology trends affecting the electronics manufacturing industry. The FOA community stays connected and continues the good dialogue on keeping our fabs productive with the innovative solutions that members continue to drive even during the pandemic.
About Fab Owners Alliance (FOA)
The Fab Owners Alliance, a SEMI technology community, is an international, group of semiconductors & MEMS fab owners and industry suppliers who meet regularly to discuss and act on common manufacturing issues, combining strengths and resources to maintain and increase their global competitiveness. Established in 2004, the FOA consists of 25+ device companies with over 120 semiconductor manufacturing facilities and 65+ suppliers to the industry. With a network of global offices, the FOA connects fab managers and accelerates manufacturing excellence at semiconductor fabs around the world.
During the workshop recording, you will hear perspectives from the key stakeholder segments and develop a greater understanding of the overall efforts and progress of the task force.
The workshop is focused on diagnosing and improving SEMI F47, Specification for Semiconductor Processing Equipment Voltage Sag Immunity, widely adopted across the industry, the governing standard that defines voltage sag test levels and requirements for semiconductor tools.
Since the implementation of SEMI F47, the vulnerability of semiconductor manufacturing to single-phase and two-phase voltage sags has improved greatly. However, semiconductor manufacturers continue to experience significant product loss and downtime due to voltage sag events.
Given the ongoing issues with semiconductor plant downtime, a new SEMI Voltage Sag Immunity Task Force was formed to take a fresh look at the issue. The workshop and the task force:
Reviews the characteristics of the power quality events that cause downtime.
Takes a new look at the sensitivities in the process equipment.
Determines any potential adjustments to equipment design, facility design, utility systems, or SEMI Standards to further reduce voltage sag induced losses by the semiconductor industry.
Principal Project Manager & Leader, Voltage Sag Immunity Task Force
EPRI
Introduction to the SEMI Voltage Sag Immunity Task Force Effort
A review of the key objectives of the voltage sag task force will be discussed along with the characteristics of the power quality events that are still causing semiconductor plant process downtime. A new look at the sensitivities in the tooling and process equipment is required to determine any potential adjustments to equipment design, facility design, utility systems or standards to further reduce voltage sag induced losses by the semiconductor industry. This important work will help utilities, semiconductor manufacturers, and tool equipment providers to better understand the tolerance and susceptibility of today’s generation of semiconductor processing tools and then to develop effective strategies to improve uptime and lower product losses due not only to single-phase (Type I) and two-phase (Type II) voltage sag events but for three-phase (Type III) events as well.
10:25 am
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10:50 am
Clayton Burns
Principal Engineer
National Grid
Regional Voltage Sags- Importance of Addressing Three-Phase Voltage Sags in SEMI F47
A review of voltage sags at a National Grid substation which were produced by two lightning-caused three-phase transmission faults at locations fairly remote to the substation. This will show the regional effect of transmission level faults on voltage. The voltage sags will be compared to the existing SEMI-F47 standard and the accepted sag definition. Additionally, a proposed regional voltage sag study will be considered in light of the changing make-up of the future electric system and the influx of large inverter-based resources.
10:50 am
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11:15 am
Ed McGann
Manager of Engineering
VELCO
Utility Dynamic VAR device fault response, fault mitigation techniques, and power quality measures addressed with protection design
VELCO recently conducted a refurbishment of its STATCOM facility as part of a planned controls system upgrade. The system planning need for this facility is to provide area voltage support during transmission system contingencies. The refurbishment project team recognized the benefits of the STATCOM’s ability to provide voltage support during system faults and specified fault performance requirements in the vendor specifications. This presentation will discuss those performance requirements, review pre and post project upgrade system fault record’s and review project lessons learned. The second half of the presentation will cover utility fault mitigation design strategies for substation and transmission line assets as well as protective relaying techniques to improve power quality
11:15 am
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11:50 am
Michael Noth
Power System Managing Engineer
Austin Energy
Seeing it from both sides: The importance of Power Quality Metering at the utility and inside the Fab Distribution System.
In this presentation we will discuss the importance of having power quality-based metering on both sides of the point of connection and other parts of the distribution system. Mike will share some examples and stories of how important that can be.
11:50 am
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12:15 pm
Dan Sabin & Tony Hunt
Schneider Electric
Waveform captures of voltage sag events can be automatically analyzed by software to determine their source and impact
This presentation will summarize efforts to categorize events automatically that exceed SEMI F47 limits, and to determine the source of those disturbances. It will also present recent efforts to analyze the impact of voltage sags automatically on electrical loads. This research has resulted in automatic algorithms to determine which voltage sags caused downtime and which ones did not. Combining all of this information together provides a means to more precisely and effectively diagnose, manage, and mitigate voltage sag disturbances.
12:15 pm
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12:25 pm
Christopher "Dale" Moffitt
Electrical Systems Engineering
HP
Power Quality and Monitoring, What Does the Data Tell Us?
Power Quality (PQ) has a long and diverse history dating back to the first power grids in the United States. Impacts and concerns about PQ events have evolved and will continue to evolve as our usage of electricity changes. Recent natural disasters have highlighted the importance of a robust power grid and the changing landscape of power generation presents new PQ challenges. As power consumers, a key element in any PQ strategy is adequate power monitoring. This provides the data that can drive conversation with the utility, discover opportunities in our infrastructure and deliver to our facilities the power quality necessary to sustain our businesses.
12:25 pm
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12:50 pm
Willem Meijs & Giel Croonen
Low Voltage expert in electrical engineering on supply distribution system for machines
ASML
SEMI F47 and Power Quality Perspectives and Considerations from a Tool OEM
This presentation will address power quality perspectives and consideration from the point of a lithographic tools manufacture. Effect of different test methods on the sag immunity, test strategy on systems, sub-systems and components. How to divide a large installation up in to testable units and maintaining performance integrity. 3 phase type III test generator topology and the impact on harmonic emission and immunity in relation to voltage sag immunity.
12:50 pm
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1:15 pm
Josh Pankratz
Director of Engineering
Advanced Energy, Inc.
Power Supply Considerations and Standards for Voltage Sag Ride Through
Disturbances in utility power during semiconductor manufacturing can result in loss of revenue, productivity, production yields, and product quality. Focus on power quality continues to grow as new fabs are built in developing regions, which historically suffer from poor infrastructure. Highly automated fabs have driven a demand for systems that can ride through power glitches without shutting down tools and production lines. This presentation examines how power quality, most typically resulting in voltage sag events, affects semiconductor manufacturing and how industry standards and guidelines for tool immunity to those events affect the design of power supplies.
1:15 pm
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1:40 pm
Steve Lewis
Lam Research
Round Table Discussion & Q&A
1:40 pm
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1:55 pm
Mark Stephens
Principal Project Manager
EPRI
Next Steps for SEMI Voltage Sag Immunity Task Force
Based on the initial findings from utility and fab power quality data, the task force is poised to move forward to re-evaluate semiconductor tools against voltage sag additional characteristics that are indicative of measured events still causing downtime. Utilities, semiconductor fabs and equipment OEMs will be invited to actively participate in this effort to obtain the required test data.
SEMI & EPRI invite you to view a workshop held on April 21, 2021, to hear perspectives from all stakeholders on a persistent and difficult issue in microelectronics manufacturing - uncertain power quality. As work on SEMI Standard F47, the Specification for Semiconductor Processing Voltage Sag Immunity, continues this is the opportunity to hear from distinct parts of the supply chain.
Voltage Sag for Manufacturing Fabs - A Workshop
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Cancellations received on or before August 14, 2026, are fully refunded with a $100 processing fee. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations (including no-shows) made after August 14, 2026, and only substitutions are accepted with a written note from the registered attendee.
Please email your cancellations or substitutions to Jenn Gray at [email protected].
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SCALING INTELLIGENCE: FROM SENSING SOLUTIONS TO VALUE CREATION
As sensing technologies continue to advance, the focus is shifting beyond component performance gains or integration alone—toward how innovation translates into sensing solutions. MSTC 2026 centers on this evolution, highlighting how contributions across the MEMS and sensors ecosystem—from specialized devices to advanced algorithms—enabling scalable intelligence and real-world impactful solutions. There is no physical AI without sensors!
MSTC 2026 brings together leaders from industry, academia, and startups to explore how advances in sensing technologies are being transformed into actionable solutions and business outcomes. The program spans the full value chain—from device-level innovation to deployment and commercialization, from edge AI to robotics to wearables—while enabling organizations to showcase their unique contributions to the broader ecosystem.
You will—
LEARN the latest industry methods for designing, building, and using sensors.
DISCOVER new market opportunities, applications, and drivers.
HEAR insightful presentations from industry leaders, experts, and peers.
Sessions will explore key areas driving the future of intelligent sensing, including—
Engineers and Engineering Management Research & Development | Design | System | Process | Applications | Fabrication | Test | Integration | Hardware | Software
MSTC 2026 will once again spotlight innovation through a dedicated startup pitch session to real VCs, providing a platform for emerging companies to demonstrate how they differentiate and create value across the ecosystem.
By bringing together the latest sensing technologies, MSTC 2026 offers a platform to explore how sensing intelligence is being scaled—transforming sensing innovation into new sensing solutions.
The MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress is designed for technical executives and engineers with a special focus on designers, product engineers, fabrication technologists, and application engineers.
MEMS & Sensors Technical Congress—MSTC 2026
September 16-17, 2026
SEMI HQ | Milpitas, CA
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
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SEMI China Assembly and Test Committee Meeting 2020
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Semiconductor Components, Instruments, and Subsystems (SCIS) is a SEMI technology community chartered to address process-critical components challenges to meet the demands of high-volume manufacturing (HVM) at advanced process nodes. SCIS brings together all stakeholders that are driving yield improvements through the very last frontier of component and hardware defect reduction.
Defect prediction and defect source mitigation is critical to enabling high-volume manufacturing at all semiconductor fabs, but especially at advanced process nodes. This program will provide perspectives on:
Importance of OEM part design, cleaning & refurbishment loops for advanced node high volume manufacturing and designing for zero defects
The standards gap between cleanliness specs, measurement methods & successful predictive maintenance (PdM) in the Fab and how to enable AI based maintenance scheduling
Applicability of cleaning techniques vs OEM part designs and mitigating human variability during parts cleaning
The emerging considerations for parts designed to facilitate cleaning
Who Should Attend
IDMs, fabs, foundries; fab managers, process engineers
Semiconductor processing equipment OEMs
Critical chamber component suppliers
Semiconductor processing equipment parts clean vendors
Parts clean metrology service providers
United States
8:00 am
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8:05 am
Paul Trio
Welcome Remarks & Moderation
Paul Trio, Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives
SEMI
8:05 am
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8:40 am
Patrick Martin
OEM Perspective on Parts Cleaning - Cleanliness and Hardware Connectivity
Patrick Martin, Business Development, New Markets and Alliances
Applied Materials
The SEMI Fab Owners Alliance (FOA) Q4 Meeting will be held via a virtual platform to help the FOA community stay connected and continue the good dialogue on keeping our fabs productive with the innovative solutions that members continue to drive even during the pandemic.
The event will take advantage of a unique platform to ensure smooth 1:1 networking, live Q&A, and speaker presentations on the latest business, and technology trends affecting the electronics manufacturing industry.
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Add to Calendar2020-12-01 08:00:002020-12-03 11:00:00Fab Owners Alliance Q4 meeting The SEMI Fab Owners Alliance (FOA) Q4 Meeting will be held via a virtual platform to help the FOA community stay connected and continue the good dialogue on keeping our fabs productive with the innovative solutions that members continue to drive even during the pandemic.
The event will take advantage of a unique platform to ensure smooth 1:1 networking, live Q&A, and speaker presentations on the latest business, and technology trends affecting the electronics manufacturing industry.
Want to hear more about Fab Owners Alliance activities? Register for the interest list.
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SEMI & MATRADE Webinar: Semiconductor Market Outlook & Virtual Global Trade Shows
Market Outlook
Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending is forecast to hit a record high $70 billion in 2021 while worldwide fab equipment spending is expected to surge 13% next year as the microelectronics industry rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic. What’s in store for the industry in the coming quarters?
Virtual Exhibition
Virtual exhibitions are now indispensable forums for companies around the world to showcase their products and services as evidenced by the success of the virtual SEMICON West 2020 and SEMICON Taiwan 2020, a hybrid event combining an onsite exhibition with an online presence. A chief advantage of virtual exhibits is that participating companies can connect with potential customers around the world from the convenience of their desks.
The webinar will cover:
The New Normal with MATRADE
Semiconductor Market Outlook by SEMI
SEMICON Southeast Asia 2021
SEMICON West – 2020 Virtual Highlights & 2021 Outlook
SEMICON Taiwan – 2020 Hybrid Highlights & 2021 Outlook
Q&A by MATRADE and SEMI Regional Offices’ Representatives
12:00 pm
Closing Remarks & End
10:00am – 12:00pm SGT
Recognizing the power of online events, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) is offering support initiatives for the participation of Malaysia's small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in virtual trade shows to help grow their international business. A panel of SEMI regional representatives will provide an update on their local business dynamics and trade shows models.
Join the SEMI and MATRADE joint webinar for further details.
Admission: Free (Registration closes on 26 October 2020)
SEMI & MATRADE Webinar: Semiconductor Market Outlook & Virtual Global Trade Shows
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Recognizing the power of online events, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) is offering support initiatives for the participation of Malaysia's small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in virtual trade shows to help grow their international business. A panel of SEMI regional representatives will provide an update on their local business dynamics and trade shows models.
Join the SEMI and MATRADE joint webinar for further details.
Admission: Free (Registration closes on 26 October 2020)
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