Brief Description
Silicon Genesis Corporation, doing business as SiGen, develops substrate technology, processes, and equipment for semiconductor, solar, display, and optoelectronics markets worldwide. The company provides silicon-on-insulators (SOIs), strained-silicon products, and other engineered multi-layer structures for microelectronic and photonics industries for advanced electronic and optoelectronic device applications. Its products include Stand-Alone Plasma-Activation Tool, a small footprint tool that provides a reactive surface to bond silicon wafers and heterogeneous substrates; Debond and Cleave Tool, a small footprint tool designed for layer transfer applications in high volume manufacturing; and IP licensing.
The company was co-founded by UC Berkeley Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Nathan Cheung to commercialize his layer-transfer inventions, combining PIII implant technology with a novel layer-transfer approach to making SOI wafers with better specifications and lower cost. These technologies are used in semiconductor substrates commonly found in computers, cellphones, tablets, and automotive electronics.
The company was acquired in 2021.
Timeline
- 1997. Company founded
- 2021. The company was acquired by Lake Street Capital and its management
Inventors
Nathan Cheung, Francois Henley, ChenMing Hu, Xiang Lu