History

 

 

NANO-MASTER, USA was founded in 1992 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of NANO-MASTER, S.A., France, a leading metrology company in defect inspection and high speed overlay measurement. Subsequent to the closing down of Nano-Master S.A. in 1993, Dr. Birol Kuyel took over the ownership of NANO-MASTER, USA. Later, the name was changed to NANO-MASTER, Inc., which has now become a 100% privately owned US company.

 

NANO-MASTER started design and development of research tools in 2001 and focused on thin film applications. The first tool was a Sputtering System followed by a PECVD System and later a Wafer Cleaner System was delivered.

 

NANO-MASTER products are used in Semiconductor, MEMS, Optoelectronics, Nanotechnology and Photovoltaic applications. Some of the products are PECVD Systems for deposition of SiO2, Si3N4, DLC and CNT; PA-MOCVD Systems for InGaN and AlGaN; Sputtering Systems (reactive, co-sputtering, combinatorial); Thermal and E-Beam Evaporators, Ion Beam Etching and Reactive Etching Systems; Atomic Layer Deposition Tools; Megasonic Cleaning Systems and Photoresist Stripping Equipment.

 

In less than ten years NANO-MASTER has established itself as a thin film equipment supplier around the world and sold over 100 units in 20 countries primarily to universities, research centers and leading national laboratories.

 

Birol Kuyel, Ph.D.  is the president and CEO of NANO-MASTER, Inc. His background expands to broad range of technologies including High Temperature Plasma Physics, Turbulence, Si3N4 Film Deposition and Characterization, X-ray Source Development, DUV Source Development, DUV Step and Scan Lithography Tool Development (SEMATECH) and the Lithography Cost of Ownership Model (SEMATECH). He has been awarded 9 patents and published numerous papers.

 

NANO-MASTER employs highly skilled and educated design and manufacturing engineers, application engineers, service engineers and support personnel.

 

NANO-MASTER’s objective is to provide top quality services while maintaining the highest levels of integrity at all times