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Dr Larry B Levit Scientific services
provides consulting for high technology (cleanroom) manufacturing.  Industries served have been semiconductor front end and back end, disk drive, flat panel displays, pharmaceutical and healthcare manufacturers.


Recent projects have included
  • Alpha particle based air ionizer for static charge control.
  • A detector capable of identifying EMI transients from electrostatic discharge and the characteristics of each discharge.
  • Characterization of X-Ray ionizers for process tools.
  • .Characterization of a ceiling ionizer system in a modern FOUP fab.
Static Charge is one of the least understood obstacles to profitable manufacturing
Issues related to electrostatic charge include increased micro contamination, damage caused by electrostatic discharge and robotic lockup caused by radiated or conducted EMI  from an electrostatic discharge.

There are many static control steps specified by several organizations, principally, the Electrostatic Discharge Association (ESDA). Levit is well aware of these and the successes they generate.  He is also aware that standard rules sometimes fail. His background in experimental physics allows him to create a program that  woks even when standard solutions fail. One such example is given was presented at the ESDA  and can be downloaded here.
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Because Levit has no allegiance to any manufacturing companies, his solutions offer the best product and the best price from the right vendor for each job. 
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Larry Levit

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Larry Levit, founder of LBL Scientific has worked in the static charge control industry for over 15 years and in High Energy Physics for 25 years.  His work at LeCroy as Chief Scientist led to electronic products that enabled physicists to win 6 Nobel Prizes..  He can guide you to a more profitable factory by elliminating the sources of ESD damage, mitigating microcontamination issues and identifying EMI from ESD that is effecting your robotics and automated test systems.
Levit's Biography 

 Publication List

​  Articles by Levit delivered at the 2015 ESDA Symposium, Reno NV, September 27-October 2, 2015 
  • Analysis of Pulsed DC Ionizer Measurement Procedures with a CPM Using ESDA RP 3.1-2006 Lawrence Levit,  William Vosteen,) Geoffrey Weil.    ​Click for document:
  • A Novel New Concept in Hybrid Alpha Ionization Systems  Lawrence Levit,  Geoffrey Weil .  Click for document:

New! Work done by Levit and will be submitted for ESDA publication:

​Ceiling Emitter Ionizer Effectiveness in Electrostatically Controlled 300 mm Semiconductor Manufacturing

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