KLA Corporation

Employee Size

10,001+

Organization Type

Public Company

Headquarters

Fairport, NY

Founded

1995

Built on more than 50 years of innovation, KLA Corporation develops and manufactures the inspection, metrology, process-control and analytics systems that semiconductor makers use to produce advanced chips. Its work spans the chip’s journey from wafer to finished device, with specialized measurement tools also serving fields such as biomedical manufacturing and materials research. KLA operates across 18 regions with approximately 16,000 employees and has traced its semiconductor process-control work to a pioneering mask-inspection tool introduced in 1975.

• KLA CorporationKLA Corporation makes the inspection, metrology and process-control systems that semiconductor manufacturers use to find defects, manage production and improve chip yield. Founded in 1976, the company has built more than 50 years of innovation around the electronics industry and now employs about 16,000 people across 18 regions. Its broadband plasma wafer-inspection line, introduced in 1984, has helped move defect discovery from manual checks to inline monitoring in chip fabs.ALLENTOWN, PA
• Microtronic, IncFounded in 1994 by former Zeiss Semiconductor engineer Reiner Fenske, Microtronic designs and manufactures automated equipment for semiconductor wafer defect inspection, sorting, and metrology. Its U.S.-made EAGLEview platform grew from the company’s early inspection microscopes into high-throughput systems that create a full-color image of every wafer, with integrated software for analysis and process control. Based in New York, Microtronic serves semiconductor manufacturers and fabs worldwide and has received supplier awards from Lucent Technologies and Texas Instruments.HAWTHORNE, NY
• XCALIPR CorporationXCALIPR Corporation develops advanced metrology equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, using photo-modulated reflectance to measure carrier activation and electronic transport directly on product wafers. Its non-contact Fab Tool evaluates properties such as carrier lifetime, diffusion length, and mobility for in-line process development and control.NEW ALBANY, OH
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  Solid State MeasurementsSolid State Measurements, Inc. (SSM) is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of equipment for semiconductor materials characterization and process control. SSM produces a powerful array of CV and IV systems, microwave non-contact electrical metrology, and the automatic Spreading Resistance Probe (SRP).PITTSBURGH, PA