The wafer inspection business is heating up as chipmakers encounter new and tiny killer defects in advanced devices. Last month ASML Holding entered into an agreement to acquire Hermes Microvision ...

Optical inspection always has been the workhorse technology for finding defects in chips. It’s fast, cost-efficient, and generally reliable enough for most chips. But as logic scales into the angstrom ...

Defect inspection scientists from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology and The Chinese University of Hong Kong make a thorough review of new perspectives and ...

As anyone who has ever assembled a run of PCBs will tell you, quality inspection of solder joints can be a difficult process. Even under a microscope their appearances can be deceptive, and one silver ...

Optical surface defect inspection and imaging techniques are pivotal to ensuring high-performance outcomes across a myriad of applications including semiconductor manufacturing, precision optics, and ...