Failure Analysis Equipment Providers

[chris.henderson]

Folks,

Many times people ask who provides which tools for the failure analysis community. I put together a list of failure analysis equipment providers. Please feel free to comment on the list, suggest additions, or changes.

Christopher L. Henderson
President, Semitracks Inc.
5608 Brockton Court NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-6625
Tel. 505-858-0454
Fax. 505-858-9813
e-mail: henderson@semitracks.com

Failure Analysis Equipment Providers

Agilent Technologies http://www.agilent.com
Semiconductor Parameter Analyzers, meters, oscilloscopes, and pulse generators

Allied High Tech Products, Inc http://www.alliedhightech.com
Sample preparation equipment and suppliers (grinders, polishers, epoxies, sandpapers, polishing cloths and powders)

Barth Electronics http://www.barthelectronics.com
ESD test systems (Human Body Model, Charge Device Model, and Transmission Line Pulse)

Buehler LTD http://www.buehler.com
Sample preparation equipment and suppliers (grinders, polishers, epoxies, sandpapers, polishing cloths and powders)

Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc., Carl Zeiss SMT Inc. http://www.zeiss.de
Optical, Infrared, and Ultraviolet Microscopes, Focused Ion Beam Systems, and Scanning Electron Microscopes

Checkpoint Technologies, LLC http://www.checkpointtechnologies.com
Lasers Scanning Microscopes for TIVA/OBIRCH, LIVA, XIVA, SDL, and LADA

Cirgeon (Potomac Photonics) http://www.cirgeon.com
Laser-Based Package Sectioning and Decapsulation Tools

Control Systemation, Inc. http://www.controlsystemation.com
Laser-Based Package Sectioning and Decapsulation Tools

Controlled Semiconductor, Inc. http://www.consemi.com
Integrated Laser-Based Package Sectioning, X-Ray, Acoustic Microscopy, and Metrology

Credence Systems Corporation http://www.credence.com
Automatic Test Equipment, Focused Ion Beam systems, Light emission, Time-resolved emission, electron beam probing, laser probing, and CAD navigation systems

CSM Instruments http://www.csm-instruments.com
Micro and nano-indentation hardware and tribometers

E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc. http://www.fischione.com
SEM and TEM sample preparation tools, ion milling equipment

Electronic Polymers http://www.electronicpolymers.com
Polymers for ESD Protection

Emitech Products, Inc. http://www.emitech.co.uk
Sputter coaters, evaporators, dryers, RF plasma etchers, freeze dryers, variable pressure stages for SEMs

FEI Company Booth http://www.fei.com
Focused Ion Beam Systems, Scanning Electron Microscopes, and Transmission Electron Microscopes

Gatan, Inc. http://www.gatan.com
SEM and TEM software, accessories, and materials, EELS spectrometers, cameras, stages

Hamamatsu Photonic Systems http://www.hamamatsu.com
Light Emission Systems, detectors, light sources, UV and IR cameras

HILEVEL Technology Inc. http://www.hilevel.com
Automatic Test Equipment

Hitachi High Technologies America http://www.hitachi-hta.com

[chris.henderson]

Folks,

Here is part II

Christopher L. Henderson
President, Semitracks Inc.
5608 Brockton Court NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-6625
Tel. 505-858-0454
Fax. 505-858-9813
e-mail: henderson@semitracks.com

Failure Analysis Equipment Providers

Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation http://www.imago.com
Atom Probe Microscopes

Infrared Laboratories http://www.irlabs.com
Infrared cameras and detectors

IXRF Systems, Inc. http://www.ixrfsystems.com
Energy Dispersive X-ray Systems and X-ray Fluorescence Systems

JD Instruments http://www.jdinstruments.net
Digital and analog test and characterization systems

JEOL USA, Inc. http://www.jeol.com
Scanning, Transmission, and Auger Electron Microscopes, and Scanning Probe Microscopes

Keithley Instruments http://www.keithley.com
A variety of electronic test systems, meters, switches, generators, and characterization systems

Kleindiek Nanotechnik http://www.nanotechnik.com
Microprobes for SEM applications

Knights Technology http://www.knights.com
CAD navigation and Yield management software

Left Coast Instruments http://www.lcinst.com
Package Decapsulation Products

Logitech Product Group http://www.logitech.uk.com
Parallel lapping and polishing systems

McBain Instruments http://www.mcbaininstruments.com
Reseller of Leica Instruments systems, microscopy systems, and digital imaging

Mentor Graphics http://www.mentor.com
Electronic Design Automation software, Automatic Test Pattern Generation Software

The Micromanipulator Company, Inc. http://www.micromanipulator.com
Microprobe stations, probes, and supplies, light emission systems

Mitutoyo America Corporation http://www.mitutoyo.com
Microscope objectives

Multiprobe Inc. http://www.multiprobe.com
Atomic Force Microscopes

[chris.henderson]

Folks,

Here is part III

Christopher L. Henderson
President, Semitracks Inc.
5608 Brockton Court NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-6625
Tel. 505-858-0454
Fax. 505-858-9813
e-mail: henderson@semitracks.com

Failure Analysis Equipment Providers

Neocera, Inc. http://www.neocera.com
Magnetic field detection systems, SQUID and GMR-based microscopy

New Wave Research http://www.new-wave.com
Laser cutters

Nippon Scientific http://www.nscnet.co.jp
IC Decapsulation Systems, Curve Trace Systems, and Reactive Ion Etch Systems

Nisene Technology Group http://www.nisene.com
Decapsulation systems

NTA/NT-MDT http://www.nanotech-america.com
Atomic Force and Scanning Probe Microscopes

Olympus Micro Imaging http://www.olympusmicroimaging.com
Optical Microscopes and Imaging Analysis Software

Omniprobe Inc. http://www.omniprobe.com
Nanomanipulation tools, TEM lift-out tools

Oryx Instruments http://www.oryxinstruments.com
ESD Test Systems

Potomac Photonics http://www.potomac-laser.com
Laser-based decapsulation tools

Quantum Focus Instruments Corp. http://www.quantumfocus.com
Infrared Thermal Imaging Systems, Light Emission Systems

RMC Products/Bal-Tec http://www.baltec-rmc.com
Ion Milling Systems, Sputter coaters, evaporators

[chris.henderson]

Folks,

Here is part IV.

Christopher L. Henderson
President, Semitracks Inc.
5608 Brockton Court NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111-6625
Tel. 505-858-0454
Fax. 505-858-9813
e-mail: henderson@semitracks.com

Failure Analysis Equipment Providers

Seiwa Optical Co. Ltd. http://www.seiwaamerica.com
Microscopes, Image Processing, and Laser Cutters

SELA http://www.sela.com
Automated Sample Preparation Tools

SESA, Inc. http://www.sesa.com
Reseller of Acoustic Microscopes, Curve Trace Systems, Jet Etch Systems

Signatone Probing Divison http://www.signatone.com
Microprobe systems

Silicon Concepts/SEMICAPS http://www.semicaps.com
Laser-Based Probing Systems (TIVA/OBIRCH, LIVA, XIVA, LADA, SDL), Light Emission Systems, Cathodoluminescence detectors

Sonix Inc. http://www.sonix.com
Scanning Acoustic Microscopes

Sonoscan, Inc. http://www.sonoscan.com
Scanning Acoustic Microscopes

South Bay Technology, Inc. http://www.southbaytech.com
Grinding and polishing systems, consumables

Struers Inc. http://www.struers.com
Grinding and polishing materials, consumables, micro-hardness testers

SUI, Goodrich Corporation http://www.sensorsinc.com
InGaAs camera systems and detectors

SUSS MicroTec Inc. http://www.suss.com
Probe Stations, probes, and supplies

Thermo Electron Corporation http://www.thermo.com
X-ray Analysis, GC-MS, Raman Spectroscopy, FTIR systems, software and supplies

Trion Technology http://www.triontech.com
Reactive Ion Etch systems

ULTRA TEC http://www.ultratecusa.com
Parallel polishing and grinding systems

Ultra Test International, Inc. http://www.ultratest.com
Automated curve trace systems, cross sectioning, and lapping equipment

XEI Scientific, Inc. http://www.evactron.com
Plasma cleaning systems

Xradia http://www.xradia.com
Micro and Nano X-ray Tomography systems

Zyvex http://www.zyvex.com
Nanoprobing and manipulation systems