Semiconductor Insights Inc.
Kanata, ON
Company Overview
Major Achievements
- More than 95 per cent of sales since company inception have
been to export markets.
- SI has provided technical support for the largest
patent-licensing programs in the semiconductor industry.
- SI was recognized by the Financial Post and Arthur
Andersen as one of 'Canadas Fifty Best Managed Private Companies' for two years in a row.
- SI has developed proprietary technology that will perform
automated analysis of future generations of microchips.
Company Background Semiconductor Insights helps leading-edge technology companies and licensing professionals attain their product and intellectual property goals by providing in-depth technical and patent analyses of integrated circuits and structures. Our TECHinsights portfolio reveals the latest design, process, and technology innovations to help ensure companies bring the right product to market, at the right time. Our IPinsights portfolio helps companies and their legal representation build for sustainable business advantage with expert technical support for patent, licensing, and litigation campaigns. Semiconductor Insights international client base spans Fortune 500 Enterprises, Governments, Legal Firms, Start-ups, and Venture Capitalists. Within the semiconductor industry, we have participated in virtually every major licensing campaign over the past 14 years, and count 47 of the top 50 companies among our clients.
Company Information
Physical Address
3000 Solandt Rd.
Kanata, ON K2K 2X2
CA
Mailing Address
3000 Solandt Rd.
Kanata, ON K2K 2X2
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: Semiconductor Insights Inc.
Number of Employees: 120
CA
Our engineers, physicists, technical specialists and support personnel have extensive circuit and process experience with a wide range of microelectronic products. We have expertise with all memory technologies (DRAM, SRAM, flash, etc.);
microprocessors, microcontrollers and DSPs; smart cards; analog, mixed signal and telecommunication circuitry; ASICs, FPGAs, PLDs and logic ICs; and electronic subassemblies and systems. We have in-depth knowledge of all major process technologies, including CMOS, BiCMOS, CCD, bipolar, SOI, SiGe, Copper, GaAs and ferroelectric.
We offer a wide range of laboratory services, both in-house and through our network of parnerships with other processing facilities.
In-house Lab Services: Scanning electron microscopy and field emission scanning electronic microscopy (SEM and FESEM); energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS); package x-ray; device de- encapsulation and delayering, including reactive ion etching (RIE); sub-micron device probing and electrical measurement.
External Lab Services: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM);
scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM);
focused ion beam analysis and microsurgery (FIB); auger analysis; secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS); scanning probe microscopy; spreading resistance probe measurement (SRP);
wavelength dispersive spectrometery (WDX); electron beam induced current (EBIC); Rutherford back scattering (RBS); Raman spectroscopy.
Contacts
Derek Nuhn
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Doug Smeaton
Title: President
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Services
- Consulting Services
- Design Services - Asic
- Design Services - Ic
- Silicon Parts - Continuous Supply, Discontinued
NAICS Categories
Additional Information
541330
R008-Engineering and Technical Services (incl. Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Electronic Engineering)
China, Germany, Japan, Korea, South, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States