SiCamore Semi

About SiCamore Semi

SiCamore Semi operates a pure-play semiconductor foundry in Bend, Oregon. The company describes itself as a U.S.-based boutique foundry with three decades of experience in wafer fabrication, though a specific founding year is not disclosed. The foundry specializes in high-power, high-voltage wide-bandgap devices using silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) on 100 mm and 150 mm wafers. Its process flow covers photolithography with ASML 5000 I-line steppers and Karl Suss aligners, thin-film deposition (sputtering, PVD, CVD, PECVD, e-beam evaporation), frontside and backside metallization, thermal oxidation and diffusion, wet and dry etching (RIE), rapid thermal annealing, and ion implantation (cold and hot). SiC-specific steps include high-temperature implant and anneal, gate oxidation with nitric oxide anneal, and a dedicated gold wafer fab for high-reliability, radiation-hardened, and RF devices. Additional partner services encompass device design, wafer thinning, dicing, packaging, and test. SiCamore serves electric-vehicle, medical, industrial, aerospace and defense, and academic customers. It supplies SiC diodes, MOSFETs, JBSFETs, JFETs, IGBTs, and Si SGTOs/SDIODEs for industrial power and switching applications. The company also collaborates with universities on NASA, NSF, DOE, and DOD grants focused on space, grid, weapons, EV, data-center, and communications technologies, and it targets U.S. military, intelligence, and government agencies alongside commercial transportation, telecommunications, and healthcare infrastructure markets. The company states its mission is to deliver innovative power-semiconductor solutions through the development of silicon and wide-bandgap technologies. It aims to become the power-semiconductor facility in the U.S. Northwest for advanced wide-bandgap device fabrication, integration, and testing, emphasizing a stable, ITAR-certified environment for aerospace and defense programs.

Equipment

• ASML 5000 I-line steppers
• Karl Suss aligners
• Thermco oxidation/diffusion furnaces
• MRL oxidation/diffusion furnaces
• Keysight B1505A power device analyzer/curve tracer

Company details

Location

Bend, Oregon

Company type

Manufacturer

Export compliance

ITAR registered

Certifications

ITAR Registered

Listed under

• Semiconductor Packaging in Oregon
• Electronics & Semiconductor Manufacturers in Oregon

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