Overview
Phenitec Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese specialty semiconductor foundry focused on CMOS and CCD image sensor fabrication, analog CMOS, and bipolar processes. Serves OEM customers in industrial machine vision, medical imaging, and scientific instrumentation. Its main plant in Ibara, Okayama Prefecture (originally established 1968 as THINK-O Electric Co., renamed Phenitec in 1998) began semiconductor diode manufacturing in 1976 and now runs multiple 6-inch (150mm) and 8-inch (200mm) wafer lines (FAB2 completed 1999, FAB3 completed 2003, FAB4 completed 2018) for front-illuminated (FSI) and back-illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensors, as well as specialty processes for low-noise, low-dark-current applications. Part of the ROHM Group. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at 6833 Kinoko, Ibara, Okayama 715-8602, Japan. It focuses on Logic / Foundry on 150mm, 200mm wafers. Production at this facility commenced in 1976.
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About Phenitec Semiconductor
Phenitec Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese specialty semiconductor foundry in Hiroshima prefecture, part of the ROHM Group. Focuses on CMOS and CCD image sensor fabrication, analog CMOS, and bipolar processes on 150mm and 200mm wafers. Serves industrial machine vision, medical imaging, and scientific instrumentation customers.