Tokyo Electron

Tokyo Electron Limited (Japanese: 東京エレクトロン株式会社, Hepburn: Tokyo Erekutoron Kabushiki-gaisha), or TEL, is a Japanese electronics and semiconductor company headquartered in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.[4] The company was founded as Tokyo Electron Laboratories, Inc. in 1963.

Tokyo Electron Limited
Native name
東京エレクトロン株式会社
Tōkyō Erekutoron kabushiki gaisha
FormerlyTokyo Electron Laboratories, Inc. (1963–1978)
TypePublic KK
IndustryElectronics
Semiconductors
PredecessorSakura Yoko KK founded on April 6, 1951
FoundedNovember 11, 1963 (1963-11-11) (as Tokyo Electron Laboratories, Inc.)
Founder
Headquarters
Akasaka Biz Tower
5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6325
,
Japan
Area served
Japan
Taiwan
North America
South Korea
Europe
Southeast Asia
China
Key people
Yoshikazu Nunokawa (Chairman), Toshiki Kawai (President & CEO)[1]
Products
RevenueDecrease ¥1.13 trillion (2020)[2]
Increase ¥1.28 trillion (2019)
Decrease ¥237.29 billion (2020)
Decrease ¥185.21 billion (2020)
Total assetsIncrease ¥1.28 trillion (2020)
Total equityDecrease ¥829.69 billion (2020)
Number of employees
12,742 (2020)[2]
ParentTBS Holdings, Inc. (4.67%)
Subsidiaries26 Group companies, including Tokyo Electron Device (TYO: 2760)
Websitetel.com
Footnotes / references
[3][4][5][6]

TEL is best known as a supplier of equipment to fabricate integrated circuits (IC), flat panel displays (FPD), and photovoltaic cells (PV).[4] Tokyo Electron Device (東京エレクトロンデバイス株式会社, Tokyo Erekutoron Debaisu Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 2760), or TED, is a subsidiary of TEL specializing in semiconductor devices, electronic components, and networking devices.[4] As of 2011, TEL is the largest manufacturer of IC and FPD production equipment.[4]

On September 24, 2013 Tokyo Electron and Applied Materials announced a merger,[7] forming a new company to be called Eteris.[8][9] Eteris would have been the world's largest supplier of semiconductor processing equipment, with a total market value of approximately $29 billion. On 26 April 2015, the merger was cancelled due to antitrust concerns in the United States.[10]

Origins

On November 11, 1963, Tokyo Electron Laboratories Incorporated was founded by Tokuo Kubo and Toshio Kodaka, largely funded by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), with a capital of over five million yen. Later that year, their office opened in the TBS main building and began manufacturing thousands of quality-control and importing diffusion furnaces made by Thermco and selling Japanese-made car radios.[11]

In 1965, the company approached a rapidly growing business in the market, Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation and agreed to serve as a sales agency for them, increasing their capital to twenty million yen and began exporting IC testers, IC sockets, IC connectors, and other similar computer components.[11]

The company opened an office in San Francisco, California and their new branch, Pan Electron in 1968 established themselves as the only stocking distributor of imported electronic components in the region.[11]

One year later, they opened their Yokohama office and established Teltron, a major manufacturer and distributor of car stereos, expanding their headquarters to fill the entire TBS-2 building and raising their capital to 100 million yen.[11]

Products

Semiconductor Production Equipment (SPE)

TEL produces Semiconductor Production Equipment (SPE) for the following purposes:[4]

Thermal processing
Deposition of thin layers of dielectric material between transistors onto the silicon wafer surface in a heated low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) or oxidation process[12]
Photoresist coating/developing
Photoresist coating and developing to project a microscopic circuitry pattern on the wafer in photolithography[13]
Plasma etching[14]
Wet surface preparation
Wafer surface cleaning to remove foreign particles or contaminants such as dust[15]
Single wafer chemical vapor deposition
Deposition of thin layers of various materials, such as tungsten, tungsten silicide, titanium, titanium nitride, and tantalum oxide[16]
Wafer probing
Wafer probers for testing the functionality and performance of each die on the wafer[17]
Material modification/doping
Surface modification and doping using gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) technology[18]
Corrective etching/trimming
Corrective etching and trimming of thin films such as silicon, silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, aluminum nitride, and metals[19]
Integrated metrology (co-developed by TEL and KLA Tencor)[20]
Advanced Packaging[21]

Group companies
TEL headquarters in akasaka Sacas, Tokyo
TEL Europe Ltd headquarters in Crawley, England

The Tokyo Electron Group consists of TEL and the following subsidiaries:[3][22]

  • TEL Epion Inc.
  • TEL FSI, Inc.
  • TEL Solar
  • TEL Technology Center, America, LLC
  • TEL Venture Capital, Inc.
  • Tokyo Electron Device Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Yamanashi Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Tohoku Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Miyagi Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Technology Development Institute, Inc.
  • Tokyo Electron Software Technologies Limited
  • Tokyo Electron FE Limited
  • Tokyo Electron BP Limited
  • Tokyo Electron PV Limited
  • Tokyo Electron TS Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Agency Limited
  • Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc.
  • Tokyo Electron America, Inc.
  • Tokyo Electron Europe Limited — Head Office (Crawley, England)
    German Branch
    Italian Branch
    Netherlands Branch
    Irish Branch
    French Branch
  • Tokyo Electron Israel Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Korea Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Korea Solution Limited
  • Tokyo Electron Taiwan Limited
  • Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Limited
  • Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Logistic Center Limited
  • Tokyo Electron (Kunshan) Limited
  • Timbre Technologies, Inc.

Research and development

TEL's Leading-edge Process Development Center is located in Nirasaki, Yamanashi. TEL also has the Kansai Technology Center in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture and the Sendai Design and Development Center in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. TEL Technology Center, America, LLC in Albany, New York is the R&D center in the United States. TEL is one of the partners of IMEC, a microelectronics and nanoelectronics research center in Leuven, Belgium.[3]

In July 2014, TEL announced the establishment of joint assembly lab with Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore. The lab is focused on the research and development of Wafer Level Packaging and assembly, to address the need of Internet of Things with devices of high performance and low power consumption.[23]

Sponsorships
Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi in downtown Sendai

TEL supports association football in Japan by sponsoring the J. League as a whole and the football club Ventforet Kofu based in Kofu and Nirasaki as well as the rest of Yamanashi Prefecture.

The company has acquired naming rights of two multipurpose halls:

See also

References
  1. "Leadership". tel.com. Tokyo Electron. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  2. "Tokyo Electron". Forbes.
  3. "Annual Report 2011" (PDF). Tokyo Electron Limited. March 31, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 4, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  4. "Fact Book 2011" (PDF). Tokyo Electron Limited. March 31, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  5. "Company Info". Tokyo Electron Limited. April 1, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  6. "Tokyo Electron Ltd: TYO:8035 quotes & news - Google Finance". www.google.com.
  7. Pfanner, Michael J. de la Merced and Eric (24 September 2013). "U.S. Manufacturer of Chip-Making Equipment Buys Japanese Rival".
  8. Clark, Don (8 July 2014). "WSJ". Wall Street Journal – via online.wsj.com.
  9. Editorial, Reuters. "${Instrument_CompanyName} ${Instrument_Ric} Key Developments - Reuters.com". U.S. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  10. "UPDATE 3-Applied Materials scraps Tokyo Electron takeover on U.S. antitrust concerns". Reuters. 27 April 2015.
  11. "Explore Our History". Tokyo Electron Limited. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  12. "Thermal Processing". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  13. "Coater/Developers". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  14. "Etch Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  15. "Surface Preparation Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  16. "Single Wafer Deposition". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  17. "Wafer Probe Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  18. "Material Modification/Doping". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  19. "Corrective Etching/Trimming". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  20. "Integrated Metrology Systems". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  21. "Advanced Packaging | Semiconductor Production Equipment | Tokyo Electron". www.tel.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  22. "Locations | About TEL | Tokyo Electron". www.tel.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  23. "Establishment of Joint Assembly Lab with Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore". Tokyo Electron Limited. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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