• octobre 2020
    8th High Current ion implanter for H-Cut processes

    IBS is glad to announce that the contract to provide an additional High Current ion implanter upgraded with hydrogen implantation kit for H-cut applications has been signed with a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of SOI and POI substrates. This will be the 8th ion implanter of this configuration to be delivered by the IBS manufacturing center.

  • avril 2020
    IBS Gender Equality Pay Index score for 2020 : 87/100
    Gender Equality Pay Index

    IBS is committed to Gender Equality and committed to provide career support to all employees as part of the standard procedures at IBS.

    People have the freedom to choose and IBS creates a professional supportive environment to attract and support our employees. The Gender Equality Pay Index was created to measure and monitor this commitment.

    The Index (max. of 100 points) is calculated each year using parameters dependent on the size of the company, pay scale, promotions, maternity leave, and top management population.
    The Index score is made public and submitted to the labor authorities. If the result is below 75 points out of 100, the company must take measures to correct the situation within three years.

    IBS is proud to announce the Gender Equality Pay Index score for 2020 obtained by IBS is 87/100

  • mars 2020
    Covid-19 fight contribution

    IBS decided 1 week prior the lockdown measures taken by the French government to replace the use of surgical masks with fabric masks for its clean room gownings. By doing this, IBS has been able to donate this week 750 surgical masks and 15 FFP2 masks as well as several hundreds of hairnets and overshoes to the Edmond Garcin hospital of Aubagne as a support to our local health workers fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • janvier 2020
    Al implantation for SiC components
    Al profile for SiC applications

    IBS confirms  its position as an expert with the successful development of a specific and dedicated source to allow Al implantations up to 600KeV.

    Such challenge offers new perspective to our clients, especially in the SiC applications, to implant their wafers for production volumes or R&d programs.

    This capability is available for 4’’ and 6’’ wafers in automatic mode and can be combined with high temperature implant (up to 600°C).

  • décembre 2019
    Equipment for SOI/POI manufacturing

    IBS is glad to announce the delivery of its 7th fully refurbished and enhanced High Current ion implanter including several major upgrades for the manufacturing of Silicon-On-Insulator and Piezoelectric-On-Insulator substrates.
    This delivery is the latest in a long-term operation consisting in providing major European and Chinese manufacturers with high-end equipment for the production of SOI/POI substrates. POI is the next generation engineered substrate for the realization of RF filters for 5G applications.

  • octobre 2019
    Pilot Integration of 3nm Semiconductor (PIN3S)

    The PIN3S project covers Process Integration, creation of Lithography Equipment, EUV Mask Repair Equipment and Metrology tools capable to deal with 3D structures, defects analysis, overlay and feature size evaluation.
    IBS partners with IMEC to develop new doping and material modification processes using the PULSION HP tool to improve the electrical performance and allow easier process integration of 3nm advanced devices (GAA and Nano-sheet based devices).
    Project website

  • septembre 2019
    Highlite project

    The HighLite project aims to improve the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing industry. by developing manufacturing solutions for high-performance low-cost modules with excellent environmental profiles.

    IBS is in charge of developing new processes using its PULSION-Solar Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation tool for TOPCON, IBC and HJT solar cells as well as for cut cells used in advanced modules.

    Link to project flyer
    Link to Highlite web page

  • juillet 2019
    FLEXion ion implanters for III-V applications
    FLEXion : Beam line ion implanter tool

    The 3rd and 4th FLEXion series ion implanters have been delivered to a major semiconductor manufacturer in Germany and to the Semi-Conductor Laboratory in India.
    These production tools are fitted with the latest hardware and software enhancements to optimize ion implantation of III-V substrates. The III-V configuration is the second type of FLEXion series production ion implanters available in addition to the SiC high temperature/high energy configuration.

  • octobre 2018
    PULSION® Nano in Hsinchu

    The National Nano Device Laboratories selected PULSION® Nano to pursue the development of their next generation green energy semiconductor devices.
    By choosing PULSION® Nano, NDL will also reinforce their foundry offer to both academia partners and major memory and logic devices manufacturers for 3D structures – FinFET, ultra low energy doping and surface modification.

  • septembre 2018
    High temperature foundry services

    6” SiC high temperature implantation service is now available upon request. With this latest upgrade, IBS is now able to perform implants up to 600°C for both 4” and 6” substrates, with annealing up to 1 800°C.
    Automatic chained implants are also possible thanks to the dedicated high temperature handling station fitted on our equipment.