Press Release

ZEISS Microscopy Opens Semiconductor Applications Laboratory in Dresden

State-of-the-art innovation lab pushes the limits of advanced semiconductor applications.

2 October 2024

Dresden, Germany | 02 October 2024 | ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions

ZEISS has announced it recently opened the ZEISS Microscopy semiconductor applications lab in Dresden, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to addressing physical analysis challenges and pushing the limits of nanoscale analysis with the ZEISS Crossbeam focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM).

The semiconductor microscopy applications lab is located within the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden
ZEISS Crossbeam 550L at the ZEISS Microscopy Semiconductor Applications Lab in Dresden

The new facility is strategically located in Dresden, the heart of semiconductor innovation within Europe, allowing for close collaboration with semiconductor industry customers and partners on physical failure analysis, materials development and process yield improvement for advanced logic and memory, power semiconductors, MEMS, advanced packaging, and more. ZEISS will address increased automation of microscopy workflows and advanced techniques to help the semiconductor industry accelerate root cause analysis and pathfinding for the most challenging issues in microelectronics.

This laboratory in Dresden is the third major investment of ZEISS into semiconductor microscopy applications and strengthens the company’s global support capabilities. The Dresden team collaborates closely with its counterparts in Taiwan and Korea to share knowledge and best practices to best address customer needs across these three global hotspots of semiconductor excellence. Importantly, the advanced applications developed by these three teams will steer the innovation roadmap of ZEISS to meet the greatest challenges facing lab professionals in the semiconductor industry.

The semiconductor microscopy applications lab is located within the ZEISS Innovation Hub Dresden that opened last May. The site complements ZEISS’ Innovation Center in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, which opened in June 2024 and features a comprehensive portfolio to meet the productivity needs of semiconductor research & development, production and failure analysis. The third Innovation Center is in Dongtan, Korea, where the company develops applications across a complete portfolio of optical and electronic equipment, X-ray microscopy and high-resolution CT, and 3D metrology instruments.

Further information

Press Contact Vybhav Sinha ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions

About ZEISS

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling 10 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets (status: 30 September 2023).

For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses and binoculars.

With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 15 percent of its revenue in research and development – this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future.

With over 44,000 employees, ZEISS is active globally in around 50 countries with more than 60 sales and service locations, 35 research and development facilities, and 35 production facilities worldwide (status: 31 March 2024). Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The Carl Zeiss Foundation, one of the largest foundations in Germany committed to the promotion of science, is the sole owner of the holding company, Carl Zeiss AG.

Further information at www.zeiss.com

ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions

ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions is the leading provider of light, electron, X-ray microscope systems, correlative microscopy and software solutions leveraging AI technologies. The portfolio comprises of products and services for life sciences, materials and industrial research, as well as education and clinical routine applications. The unit is headquartered in Jena. Additional production and development sites are located in Germany, UK, USA and China. ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions is part of the Industrial Quality & Research segment.

Further information at www.zeiss.com/microscopy