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George P. Eppeldauer, Howard W. Yoon, Dean G. Jarrett, Thomas C. Larason
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been developing methods and standards to enable the traceable calibration of critical dimension
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Angela L. Goodman, Grant Bromhal, Brian Strazisar, Traci Rodosta, William F. Guthrie, George Guthrie
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