Silicon Light Machines Corporation
Silicon Light Machines (SLM), a SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. subsidiary, is located in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley. Here, we design and manufacture optical MEMS technology products.
Our facility includes a class-10 clean room for wafer processing and labs for testing devices and modules. Additionally, there are dedicated labs for electronics and optics.
Our name “Silicon Light Machines” reflects the core technologies embodied in the Grating Light Valve: Silicon to highlight the robust material set, Light to describe the field of use and Machines to underscore the mechanical nature of the GLV®
Dedicated to Pioneering Optical MEMS
Our dedicated team has decades of experience in optical MEMS design, manufacturing and test. SLM welcomes visitors to our San Jose facility.
MEMS manufactured in the USA
Facts About SLM
Continents
Products deployed on 4 continents in industrial and research applications.
Patents
Broad patent portfolio, over 100 patents covering optical MEMS technology
Years
Operating since 1994
SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd.
SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. has a deep history in lithography, dating back to the Ishida Kyokuzan Printing Works, founded in Kyoto, Japan in 1868.
Following incorporation in 1943, SCREEN’s business diversified into precision manufacturing equipment for televisions and cameras. Since then, the company has grown to nearly 6,000 employees worldwide and become one of the world’s leading suppliers of semiconductor and electronics manufacturing equipment. With its core expertise in image processing, photolithography, wafer cleaning and mechatronics, SCREEN now serves the graphic arts, semiconductor, flat panel display (FPD) and printed circuit board (PCB) industries. SCREEN is committed to maintaining SLM’s leadership in optical MEMS and strongly supports SLM’s commercial endeavors with new and existing partners.