Onto Innovation

Onto Innovation is a provider of process control for the semiconductor industry, working across the value chain to help customers address problems of yield, device performance, quality and reliability. The company, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, was formed from the merger of Rudolph Technologies, Inc. and Nanometrics Incorporated. Its customers are semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.

The product portfolio covers inspection, metrology, lithography and software. Automated high-speed inspection systems handle both unpatterned and patterned wafers and panels, delivering inspection data alongside analysis. A separate line of metrology products measures optical critical dimensions (OCD) and film properties. Lithography steppers are aimed at advanced packaging manufacturing, and process control and analytics software supports digital transformation in semiconductor plants.

Technical work at the company spans process control, inspection, metrology, lithography, OCD and film metrology, advanced packaging, data analytics, yield management and semiconductor manufacturing software. Industry verticals served include semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor process control, advanced packaging, and wafer and panel manufacturing.

Onto Innovation states that it covers the full semiconductor value chain with comprehensive process solutions and serves semiconductor manufacturers globally. Its stated focus is on making customers smarter, faster and more efficient by solving difficult yield, device performance, quality and reliability issues.