Chipmetrics

PillarHall® metrology test chips: 3D ultra-high-aspect-ratio test structures for measuring conformality in atomic layer deposition and thin-film processes — how evenly a coating reaches the bottom of a deep, narrow feature. VTT spin-off commercialising a test chip VTT had already piloted internationally; customers in Japan, South Korea, the USA and Germany. Founder and CEO Mikko Utriainen.

The row

Sector

Semiconductors

Stage

In market — Product is being sold

Location

Joensuu

Founded

2019

Research origin

VTT

Business ID

3101031-6 · Finnish trade register

Funding

€2.4M seed (1/2024, HTGF + OCCIDENT lead; Innovestor, REDSTONE, BALD) + pre-seed 2021

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