photolithography

Advance Reproductions is a provider of photomasking, photoplotting, and photolithography services, delivering precision photomasks and custom imaging solutions for markets including MEMs, semiconductor, chemical etching, university research, medical, microfluidics, automotive, and aerospace. The company emphasizes precision imaging, tight tolerances, and tight turnaround times.

automatic vision inspectionCAD and data editingcustom glass finishingmetallization coatingsmetrologyoptical coatingsphotomaskingphotoplotting

Ambature develops a-axis high-temperature superconductor (HTS) materials, devices, and processes, including Josephson junctions and SQUID sensors. The company states its a-axis epitaxy enables scalable manufacturing of HTS microelectronics in semiconductor fabs, and it holds a large patent portfolio related to high-temperature superconductors.

a-axis epitaxycleanroom device fabricationcryogenic and room-temperature electrical measurementsdry etchingPVD/PLD depositionsimulation of superconducting materials and devicessuperconducting device fabrication

CoolCAD Electronics designs and fabricates wide bandgap silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor transistors and integrated circuits for power electronics, green energy, high-temperature electronics, and deep ultraviolet optical electronics. Founded in 2008 as a spinoff of the University of Maryland's Electronics Modeling & Mixed Signal Group, the company operates SiC devices at temperatures up to and beyond 400°C.

computer aided design and simulationcryogenic and radiation testingdry plasma etchingEnvironmental testinghigh-temperature oxidationIntegrated Circuit Designmetal depositionprototypingsemiconductor device fabrication

CX Thin Films is a privately held company that specializes in providing components to the RF, microwave, telecommunications, fiber-optic, defense and space industries. Its staff has decades of production experience in high reliability thin film products, focused on providing the highest quality and broadest variety of resistors and components, both standard and custom. All design and manufacturing is carried out in its 17,000 ft2 headquarters in Cranston, RI, including 2,000 ft2 of class 10,000 clean room area.

die handlingdry etchingelectrical inspectionfilm frame die handlinggel packlaser trimmingmetalizationsingulationsputteringtape and reeltestingVisual Inspectionwaffle packwet etching

Founded in 2018, Cygnus Photonics develops and commercializes precision UV and VUV photolithographic systems and exposure tools for electronic, photonic, and biomedical device manufacturers and research/educational communities. Its modular exposure tools process wafers up to 8 inch diameter, and its ultrathin deep-UV/VUV lamps enable 172 nm photolithography without vacuum and uniform irradiation over areas up to 1 m2.

3D micromachiningflood exposurephotoablationsub-micron patterningVUV/UV exposure

Thin Metal Parts is a precision metal fabricator in Colorado Springs, Colorado, manufacturing custom thin metal components using chemical etching (chemical milling), electroforming, and laser cutting, with an emphasis on hybrid fabrication. The company serves the medical, aerospace, defense, solar, computer, and electronics industries and was an essential supplier during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

CAD designchemical etchingchemical millingelectroforminghybrid fabricationlaser cuttingMylar imagingpost-processing finishes

idonus is a Swiss microtechnology company specialized in the design and manufacturing of specialty equipment for the microengineering industry, serving the MEMS and watchmaking industries. It offers UV-LED exposure systems for photolithography, an IR microscope for wafer inspection, and a vapor phase chemical etcher for silicon-based devices, plus customized solutions.

design and manufacturing of specialty equipmentEngineering Servicesion implantation surface treatmentmachine visionMEMS microfabrication equipmentoptical solutionsprototypingsmall series manufacturing

Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd. is a world leader in custom optical filter solutions, founded in 1998 and based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The company covers the entire spectrum from prototype development to volume production, with a high degree of automation for high quality and low cost products. It produces both high volume commodity filters and custom thin film optical filters, and is now part of IDEX Corporation.

automated productionClass 1000 clean roomcoating and processing of substratesEnvironmental testingevaporation for LWIR filtershigh volume inspection and testingsputtering depositionthin film optical filter design and manufacturing