Canon Japan signs Distribution Agreement with ClassOne
Canon Marketing Japan has signed an exclusive distribution agreement in Japan with ClassOne Technology and it will start receiving orders for its electrochemical deposition (ECD) tool Solstice in 2018.
ClassOne Technology supplies wet process equipment for the 200mm and smaller semiconductor industry. The Solstice platform delivers high quality plating of Au, Ni, and Cu at low cost, as well as variety of wet process functionality, such as metal lift off, resist strip, Au de-plating, UBM etch, and anodisation.
Solstice is available in 2-, 4-, and 8-chamber variants, and provides high uniformity and throughput with a small footprint, automation capability, controllability, and low cost of ownership, according to the company.
Solstice is suited to growing customers who need to move from ≤200mm wet bench processing to high-volume automated single-wafer production.
The agreement with ClassOne Technology will assist CMJ in expanding its business in the high-growth segment of high speed optical communication, 3D sensing including ToF, high frequency power devices, and related device markets.
