Founded 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.
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
KLA CorporationBuilt 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.FAIRPORT, NY
VIEW Micro MetrologyVIEW Micro Metrology, a division of Quality Vision International formed in 2005, develops non-contact optical metrology systems and software for measuring tightly toleranced micro-components in production. Its Rochester-based Center of Excellence includes a climate-controlled lab for application studies and software training, while the company’s heritage reaches back to VIEW Engineering’s 1976 introduction of the first video coordinate measuring machine. VIEW systems are ISO 9001 certified through QVI and support high-throughput inspection in semiconductor, electronics and medical manufacturing.ROCHESTER, NY
AMAG NanometroFrom Schenectady, AMAG Nanometro makes IP-neutral calibration wafers and chips for semiconductor metrology while also developing SimuSEM, software that models scanning electron microscope images and electron interactions with solids. Its AMAG7 wafer program revives and updates the SEMATECH AMAG tradition, with fully characterized artifacts fabricated at NY CREATES and pitch accuracy checked against a national standards organization. The company also provides consulting tied to its wafer and simulation work.SCHENECTADY, NY