MKS Instruments, Inc,a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, recently announced that its board of directors has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share, payable on September 16, 2011 to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2011.Future dividend declarations, as well as the record and payment dates for such dividends, are subject to the final determination of the company's Board of Directors.