Orbotech's Emerald™ Laser Via Formation Solution Selected by Huatian for 3D Wafer-Level Packaging Applications

YAVNE, Israel, November 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

ORBOTECH LTD. (NASDAQ: ORBK), a leading provider of process innovation technologies, solutions and equipment enabling the transformation of the global electronics manufacturing industry, today announced that its Emerald^™ Laser Via Formation system has been acquired by Huatian Technology (Kunshan) Electronics Co., Ltd. (Huatian) for its via formation in 3D wafer-level packaging (WLP) applications. Huatian Technology, a subsidiary of the Chinese IC test and packaging services company, TianShui Huatian Technology Co., Ltd (TSHT), will use Orbotech's Emerald system to achieve high-accuracy precision formation of <30µm holes through polyimide (PI) lined vias in 3D wafer-level packaging. Huatian selected Orbotech's Emerald system to be its new process tool of record (PTOR), based on the product's ability to enable Huatian to optimize production capabilities and reduce production costs.

Mr Aimo Xiao, CEO of Huatian stated, "Orbotech's SPTS Technologies is a valued supplier and production partner of Huatian, and their PVD solutions continue to play a key role in the success of our CIS wafer-level packaging business. We believe that the Emerald system will enable us to explore new applications in this growing industry while remaining cost competitive with innovative solutions for our global customers."

"This is a further example of Orbotech's core technologies being leveraged for SPTS' semiconductor customers. The demand for ever-smaller devices with more features and higher performance continues to drive the semiconductor industry to adopt innovative process solutions at a lower total cost of ownership," stated Kevin Crofton, President of SPTS Technologies and Corporate Vice President at Orbotech. "Huatian already employs our Sigma fxP PVD systems in their 300mm CIS (CMOS image sensor) packaging lines. The addition of the Emerald laser drilling system to their CIS packaging lines will enable Huatian to improve their capabilities for small pitch CIS packaging schemes with a more reliable, more accurate and more cost-efficient through-hole via processing."

About Emerald^™ series Laser Via Formation  

Orbotech's Emerald series Laser Via Formation systems simultaneously drill eight areas on a panel through patented Multi-Path Technology. High-power UV laser via formation achieves the best registration accuracy in the market. The Emerald series UV Laser Via Formation supports below 20 μm via drilling through ABF, polyimide, ceramic, resin, mold compounds, metal and solder resist substrates with no residue or damage to the bottom of the via, and no undercut.

About Huatian Technology (Kushan) Electronics Co., Ltd.

Established in June 2008, Huatian Technology (Kunshan) Electronics Co., Ltd. is a corporation specializing in advanced LSI (Large-Scale Integration) assembly and test. The first OSAT in the world to apply TSVs for CIS packaging in mass production, Huatian's services including Image Sensor Chip & Module packaging and test, Fingerprint Sensor Chip  and Module packaging and test, WL-MEMS Sensor Chip packaging and test, Wafer Bumping, WL-CSP, Flip Chip, low cost solution to Fan-out, and 3D multi-chip stacked package development. Huatian Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of a TianShui Huatian Technology Co., Ltd (TSHT). For more information, visit http://www.htkjks.com/index.html.

About Orbotech Ltd.  

Orbotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:ORBK) is a global innovator of enabling technologies used in the manufacture of the world's most sophisticated consumer and industrial products throughout the electronics and adjacent industries. Orbotech is a leading provider of yield enhancement and production solutions for electronics reading, writing and connecting, used by manufacturers of printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, advanced packaging, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), RF devices, power semiconductors, and other electronic components. Orbotech's solutions include automated optical inspection and shaping, direct imaging, laser drilling, Inkjet printing, array test and repair, yield management, and etch and deposition wafer process solutions.

Today, virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using Orbotech systems. For more information, visit http://www.orbotech.com and http://www.spts.com

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