Profile: CyberOptics Corp (CYBE.OQ)

CYBE.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Market

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Cyberoptics Corporation (CyberOptics) is a supplier of optical process control sensors and inspection systems that are used to control the manufacturing process. CyberOptics also manufactures and sells sensors that assist with yield semiconductor and photovoltaic (solar) cell fabrication. The Company operates in two segments: Electronic Assembly segment and Semiconductor segment. Its Electronic Assembly segment designs, manufactures and sells alignment and embedded inspection sensors and inspection systems for the electronic assembly and photovoltaic cell equipment markets. The Company’s Semiconductor segment designs, manufactures and sells optical and other process control sensors and related equipment for the semiconductor capital equipment market.

Most of the Company’s products are developed and sold for use in surface mount technology (SMT) electronic circuit board assembly or with equipment used in SMT electronic circuit board assembly or photovoltaic cell manufacturing as part of its Electronic Assembly segment. It sell products in these markets both as sensor components that are incorporated into products manufactured by other companies for sale to circuit board assembly and photovoltaic cell manufacturing companies, and as stand-alone systems that are sold directly to circuit board assembly companies.

The Company’s alignment sensor products are sold to manufacturers of pick-and-place machines to align electronic surface mount components during placement on the circuit board and to solder paste screen printer companies to align stencils with circuit boards. It also sells alignment sensors to a manufacturer of photovoltaic cell equipment to perform accurate high-speed wafer alignment measurements within the wafer print nest.

The Company’s stand-alone inspection system products are sold to original design manufacturers and other companies with surface mount assembly lines, to control quality as in-line systems. These stand-alone system products are used by manufacturers of circuit boards to measure screen printed solder paste, to inspect circuit boards and components after component placement, to confirm proper placement after full assembly of circuit boards and to inspect solder joints on printed circuit boards. Its embedded inspection sensors are sold to manufacturers of pick-and-place machines and solder paste screen printers for integration into their equipment.

SMT Electronic Assembly Alignment Sensors

The LaserAlign family of products aligns small surface mount components, known as chip capacitors and resistors, during transport on a pick-and-place machine prior to placement on a circuit board. LaserAlign integrates an intelligent sensor, composed of a laser, optics and detectors with a microprocessor and software for making specific measurements. The BoardAlign Camera (BA Camera), which is incorporated directly into the placement head of component placement machines, identifies fiducial markings on a circuit board and aligns the board in the component placement machine prior to component placement.

The InPrinter Inspection Camera, which is mounted directly in screen printers manufactured by DEK International GmbH, identifies fiducial markings on a circuit board to ensure board registration prior to placement of solder paste, as well as to provide a capability for two-dimensional (2D) solder paste and stencil inspection. The Solar Wafer Alignment Camera performs alignment measurements within the wafer print nest.

Embedded and OEM Inspection Solutions

The Company’s Embedded and OEM Inspection Solutions include Embedded Process Verification, 2D Embedded Solder Paste Inspection and 3D Solder Paste InspectionViscom OEM. Its Embedded Process Verification (EPV) technology provides line engineers with a tool for root cause failure analysis during the assembly process to improve circuit board yields and minimize costly rework or scrap. Its EPV technology consist of six ultra small cameras mounted on a placement head for on-the-fly imaging with no cycle time penalty for the inspection process. It is completing integration of its strobe inspection module or (SIM) into DEK’s solder paste screen printer.

SMT Stand-alone Inspection Systems Products

The Company’s SMT inspection systems product line consists of stand-alone measurement and inspection systems used in the SMT electronic assembly industry for process control and inspection. These systems are sold directly to end-user manufacturing customers that use them in a production line or along-side a production line to maintain process and quality control. It also introduced a new dual illumination sensor for the SE500 platform. This sensor offers customers an additional option providing enhanced solder paste measurement performance and repeatability.

The Company’s automated optical inspection AOI) system, the QX500 is designed to inspect the placement of the smallest components on circuit boards and features a cost reduced design that uses its strobe inspection module (SIM) sensor technology and common hardware platform. The QX500 features the automated optical inspection (AOI) inspection times available in the market and also utilizes its SAM software technology which offers an industry level of low false call performance.

Semiconductor Products

The Company’s principal semiconductor products, the WaferSense family of products, are a series of wireless sensors that provide measurements of critical factors in the semiconductor fabrication process. Other semiconductor products include sensors that inspect the presence and orientation of semiconductor wafers in cassettes and FOUPS during the fabrication process, and frame grabber and machine vision subsystems. It sells its semiconductor products to both original equipment manufacturers and to the customers through a network of distributors.

The automatic leveling sensor (ALS) is a wireless, vacuum-compatible sensor that can be placed in cassettes, FOUPS, on end effectors, aligners, in load locks and process chambers used in semiconductor fabrication to ensure that all stations are level and coplanar. The automatic gapping sensor (AGS) is a gapping tool that measures the gap in three places between the shower head and pedestal in semiconductor process equipment. The automatic teaching sensor (ATS) measures X-Y-Z acceleration for shock and vibration, which can generate wafer particles, scratches or wafer breakage, thereby reducing yield.

The Company manufactures and sells laser based reflective sensors. During the fabrication process, semiconductor wafers are stored in slotted cassettes during transport to various fabrication tools. Its wafer mapping sensors inspect for the presence of wafers in the cassettes and determine if the wafer is properly present and located in the cassette. Frame grabber products are a machine vision component that captures, digitizes and stores video images. These products are sold into an array of applications in a number of different industries, with an emphasis on semiconductor customers. It offers both digital and analog versions of frame grabbers under the Imagenation brand.

The Company competes with Cognex Corporation, Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., KohYoung Technology, Parmi , Test Research, Inc., MirTec, Ltd., Viscom, Saki Corporation and Omron, Ltd.

Company Address

CyberOptics Corp

5900 Golden Hills Drive
MINNEAPOLIS   MN   55416
P: +1763.5425000
F: +1763.5425100

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