The Beginning
Nisene Technology Group, Inc. opens its doors as B&G International in beautiful Santa Cruz, California.
My extensive research for the best equipment available to do decapsulation of electronic components led me to the Nisene Technology Group time and again. Nisene’s fully automated JetEtch II system was exactly what SMT’s Quality Control department was looking for in a safe, easy to use and self contained unit. This equipment allows us to quickly and cleanly expose the die for absolute component verification.
At the time of our purchase in 2007, the “Lab in a Box” product offering was not yet available from Nisene. This comprehensive group of accessory items includes all additional required safety and chemical handling products that we ended up researching and buying from 3 additional vendors. SMT is currently considering the purchase of an additional JetEtch II system — this time it will be one-stop-shopping with Nisene’s “Lab in a Box” product — it will save time AND money.
Reliable and cost effective IC package decapsulation is a fundamental requirement for IC FA analysis.
Nisene IC package decapsulators (starting with B&G model 250 through dcap d2i series) have been used in our labs over several years and have been proven to meet this requirement. Nisene Technology is a company that strives to please their customers by offering well-engineered and reliable products. They provide excellent sales, service, and engineering support and are a pleasure to do business with.
A big part of my job is getting integrated circuits open and keeping them functional for failure analysis. The JetEtch (and other models we’ve had) decapsulation system from Nisene Technology Group has been instrumental in accomplishing this goal for over 20 years. More recently, our goal of keeping functionality after the decapsulation process has become difficult due to Intel’s cutting-edge IC technologies. Thanks to Nisene Technology Group’s Applications Support division, the etch recipes they’ve developed makes this goal possible. Nisene Technology Group has a great team of people who are very resourceful, and they’re very easy to work with. To the entire Nisene team, I just want to say thank you. You guys are awesome. This is why you are the vendor of choice here at Intel.
North Shore Components recently purchased the JetEtch automated acid decapsulater, which significantly enhances our counterfeit component detection capabilities. We have found your system and your software to be easy-to-use and highly intuitive, and the service and support behind this product has been outstanding. We highly recommend the Nisene JetEtch automated acid decapsulater to anyone looking to prevent counterfeit components from entering the supply chain.
Right on! Thank you to everyone at Nisene. This is the way service should be. Other companies should take notice.
Nisene Technology Group, Inc. is the world leader in automated decapsulation. We’ve been doing this since the 1970s, back in the days of the original Jet Etch decapsulation system — the very first automated integrated circuit decapsulation system. Much in the same way when you order a “Coke” at a restaurant when you want a cola-flavored soda, you say “Jet Etch” when referring to decapsulating an integrated circuit. The name for the process was coined back in the late 70s because of our famous original product, and it stuck.
Through the years we have developed dozens of models and several versions within each of those model families. All told, Nisene has designed at least 50 different types of decapsulation systems in the 40-plus years of serving the industries.
Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, Nisene supported the integrated circuit failure analysis industry with its automated decap instrumentation as its primary customer base. In the mid-2000s, a need arose in the integrated circuit distributor industry to help spot illegitimate integrated circuits that were being sold to unsuspecting buyers. With these counterfeit ICs inundating the aftermarket and legacy supply chains, the demand for a reliable tool to perform inspection was introduced. Nisene met this challenge and now gladly supports the IC distributor market, where we proudly offer our equipment to all of the major chip distributors — providing them with top-quality counterfeit protection systems.
Nisene continues to enhance its product line with the latest in technology and innovation to address emerging new packages and materials used in the semiconductor industry. The most recent being our microwave-induced plasma etch system, the PlasmaEtch.
It is our goal to meet the demands of each of the industries we support with reliable, accurate, and safe tools. Contact us today to get in touch with a staff member directly.
Nisene Technology Group, Inc. opens its doors as B&G International in beautiful Santa Cruz, California.
Nisene introduces the very first decapsulation tool to the semiconductor FA industry with the legendary Jet Etch.
The 250 series was launched, offering automated dual-acid etches for the very first time.
Nisene undergoes a restructuring and incorporates as Nisene Technology Group, Inc.
The 350 model is introduced to the market, offering an advanced and modern tool with automatic mixing.
Nisene purchases 10,000 square foot state of the art manufacturing facility in South Santa Cruz County.
The patented CuProtect and TotalProtect (circa 2014) systems are launched, offering copper protection for next-generation ICs.
The PlasmaEtch introduces microwave-induced plasma at vacuum to etch ICs without the need for acid.