Lightwind Corp. is dedicated to developing process monitoring and fault detection/classification (FDC) systems powerful enough to deliver a direct, positive impact on integrated circuit manufacturing yields and cost of ownership.

In many new IC processes, more than 10 percent of device failures result directly from undetected and unmonitored chemical variances and faults.

That's why leading IC manufacturers focus on process monitoring and FDC to improve yields and reduce costs.

That's why there's Lightwind Corp.

Since its founding in 2001, Lightwind has been developing technology that provides the rich, tool-centric data necessary for effective process control in critical plasma deposition, etching and strip processes, including otherwise "dark" chemical processes such as atomic layer deposition (ALD).

The company's flagship product, the Lightwind L3, is a breakthrough process monitoring and FDC system that provides extremely accurate monitoring of semiconductor chemical processes in real-time and in-situ. The system is installed on scores of deposition, etch, downstream clean and photoresist strip tools at major chipmakers around the globe.

Led by a seasoned team of executives from the semiconductor equipment industry, Lightwind is headquartered in Petaluma, Calif.