PHTN 12.7
Photon Dynamics, Inc. provides yield management solutions to the flat panel display industry. It operates in two segments, Flat Panel Display and High-Performance Digital Imaging. The Flat Panel Display segment offers test, repair, and inspection systems that enable manufacturers to collect data, analyze product quality, and identify and repair product defects at critical steps in the active matrix liquid crystal display manufacturing process. The company's flat panel display yield management products include test and repair equipment that are used in the array phase of production, such as ArrayChecker test systems that detect, locate, quantify, and characterize electrical, contamination, and other defects in active matrix liquid crystal displays after array fabrication; and ArraySaver repair systems, which utilize wavelength laser technology to repair defects in flat panel displays during and after array fabrication. This segment also provides design, development, and integration services associated with yield management, as well as training, project management, process and applications consulting, product maintenance, and life cycle optimization services. Its flat panel displays are used in various products, including notebook and desktop computers, televisions, and advanced mobile electronic devices, such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants, and portable video games. The High-Performance Digital Imaging segment supplies digital cameras, which include charge-coupled device, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor, and electron multiplying charge-coupled device cameras for defense, industrial, and scientific/medical industries for various applications. Photon Dynamics sells its products in the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
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