Zephyr Photonics Inc of Zephyr Cove, NV, USA, which manufactures harsh-environment, optical interconnect solutions (based on proprietary, wide-temperature VCSEL-based technology) for mission-critical intelligence, defense, aerospace, energy (oil & gas) and industrial applications, has launched its Semiconductor Fabrication and Foundry Services (SFFS) business unit.
"Our Semiconductor Fabrication and Foundry Services business unit was formed to match the growing demands of fabless semiconductor companies and semiconductor companies with our growth, fabrication, testing and production capabilities," says CEO Tom Steding PhD. "Zephyr Photonics currently provides time-critical device development, testing and production services for a number of key industry customers."
Among Zephyr's resources at its vertically integrated 17,000ft2 development and manufacturing facility is a 10,000ft2 cleanroom, which includes epitaxial growth, device fabrication, testing and production equipment such as packaging and module assembly. The facility is accredited by DMEA as the only US Trusted optoelectronic foundry and IC supplier, and is ITAR compliant and ISO 9001:2008 certified. Zephyr says that its team combines more than 100 years of relevant experience.
Zephyr reckons that the development enables it to play a key fabrication role in enabling customers' innovation and improving their time to market by leveraging its experience, in-depth knowledge, process libraries, IP and facilities.
"Our customers couldn't have been clearer, voicing their enthusiasm with our flexibility, responsiveness, time to market, and breadth of experience, which helps them to improve their own execution and downstream customer satisfaction," says Tim McAllister, VP of business development. "Our new business unit will grow to be a very important part of our overall corporate mission, to be a high-performance, specialized and trusted foundry partner," he believes.
Zephyr's SFFS is fully operational and is now ready to begin customer engagements.
