Fab Operation
Co-packaged optics, optical I/O
Silicon photonics and co-packaged optics: high-precision assembly, wafer-level optical test, and advanced packaging integration.
Lithography
The EVG 101 is an advanced resist processing system for spin or spray coating and developing of wafers up to 300 mm.
The Laurell SU-8 is a spin station dedicated to applying SU-8 photoresist for lithography processes.
The SUSS ACS200 GEN3 is a modular cluster tool for coating and development of i-line photoresists.
Etch
Litho and etch travel together for waveguide definition
The SPTS CET25 is a 25-wafer batch process module for HF vapor release etch for MEMS.
The Oxford NGP80 RIE is a plasma etch system located in room W1-062.
The Applied Materials Centura I P 1 is an oxide etcher for 6-inch wafers.
The Oxford Plasmalab 100 ICP 380 is an etcher, as stated in the product listing.
Deposition
The Denton Vacuum EE-4 is an electron beam deposition tool with a 6-position hearth, a dual chamber design, automated pump-down/venting, and capacity for multiple wafer sizes.
The SPTS MVD100E is a Molecular Vapor Deposition system designated for R&D or pilot manufacturing.
The Oxford 100 Plus Nitride is a nitride deposition system made by Oxford.
The Denton SJ20C is an electron-beam evaporation tool used for physical vapor deposition of a wide range of materials.
The Applied Materials Centura Ultima+ HDP is a chemical vapor deposition system for 6-inch wafers, equipped with an ENI AM200 RF generator.
Assembly / SMT
The DEK 288 is a screen printer for printed circuit boards, supporting board sizes up to 510x510 mm with vision alignment accuracy of 25 µm.
Juki IFS NX Programming Station is a programming station that includes a Juki Feeder Setup Jig.
Panasonic CM 602 Pick and Place Machine Nozzles are nozzles designed for use with the Panasonic CM 602 pick and place machine.
The Mycronic / Mydata MY 12 E is a pick and place machine for SMT assembly.
Packaging & Bonding
Sub-micron placement pairs with active optical alignment
The Disco DFL7340 is a stealth dicing system used for silicon wafer dicing.
The Disco DAD3240 is an automatic dicing saw used for cutting semiconductor wafers into individual chips or dies.
The West Bond 10490 is a convertible bonder that can be configured for wedge or ball bonding.
The EVG 850 LT is an 8-inch bonder with wafer ID reader, prebond, IR inspection, plasma activation, and automated handling features.
Metrology & Inspection
The FEI Nova 600i (also called Nova NanoLab 600i) is a DualBeam system combining a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) with a gallium focused ion beam (Ga FIB) for nanoscale prototyping, machining, characterization, and analysis of structures below 100 nm.
The Leica DM2700 M is an upright materials microscope with universal white light LED illumination designed for routine inspection tasks in metallography, earth science, forensic investigation, and materials quality control and research.
The ZEISS Axioscope 5 is a smart upright microscope designed for biomedical routine and research, featuring automatic digital documentation with a Snap button and support for multiple contrast techniques.
Test & Probe
The Agilent 11729C Carrier Noise Test Set is an integral part of a phase noise measurement system, capable of up-converting, down-converting, and phase/frequency demodulation.
The KLA 1007 is a wafer prober manufactured by KLA.
The Cascade Microtech 103-754 is an x-y-z-θ probe positioner used in the HFTL 50-GHz Small-Signal Probe Station.
The Electroglas 2001 CX Automatic Wafer Prober is an automatic wafer prober designed for wafer test and sort.
Dicing & Grinding
The Disco DAD641 is an automatic dicing saw used for wafer dicing operations.
The Disco DAD3241 is a high-productivity automatic dicing saw that supports large workpieces up to Φ8”.
The Disco 3220 is a dicing saw used for wafer singulation in semiconductor backend processing.
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