Ophir-Spiricon, a member of global precision laser measurement equipment company Ophir Photonics Group, has opened a cleanroom at its new facility in Logan, Utah, US.
The 840ft2 cleanroom is used for manufacturing the solidstate, pyroelectric detector arrays used in the company’s Pyrocam beam profiling cameras.It houses photolithography and thin film deposition processes.
Yellow lighting is used to prevent premature exposure of the photolithography materials used, similar to a “safe light” in a darkroom. The clean room complies with ISO 7 standards for airflow and filtration. Humidity and temperature are tightly controlled. An airlock and protective clothing are also used to decrease contamination.
“Ophir is committed to building precision, stability, reliability, and versatility into all our products,” said GaryWagner, President, Ophir-Spiricon. “The new cleanroom provides a cleaner production environment. This translates into fewer defects and better yield for both the lithography and thin film deposition processes.
“In addition, we can produce larger, more dense arrays with higher pixel fill factors for higher resolution cameras.”