2. Thomas A. Cellucci, Ph.D., MBA President

3. Overview Corporate Overview Strategic Thrust
Overview of Metrology Products and Capabilities
Open Discussion

4. Our Vision
To be the the leading worldwide supplier of tools, products, and services that enable adaptable, affordable, and molecularly precise manufacturing.

5. Corporate Introduction
Privately held company
Founded in 1997
Located in Richardson, Texas
Detailed Five-Year Strategic Business and Marketing plans
Detailed Technology Roadmap
Aggressive IP strategy
Extensive list of scientific and business publications

6. Resources Headcount: 52 and increasing 17 Ph.D.s
Engineers, scientists, technical management
44,000 sq. ft. facility
Class 100 clean room
Several fully equipped laboratories
CNC-equipped machine shop
Equipment: SEM, TEM, AFM, SPM, UHV STM, numerous lasers, MEMS motion analyzer, electrical testing station

7. Nanotechnology vs. Molecular Nanotechnology
Describes anything with characteristic dimensions at the nanometer (one billionth of a meter) scale.
Molecular Nanotechnology (MNT)
Use of a controlled sequence of nanopositioning to perform mechanochemistry at exactly the reaction sites desired, flexibly manufacturing atomically precise products under software control.

9. Technology Platform Approach

10. Solutions Matrix Customers & Alliances Products Licensing Services
Alliances & Grants
Customers & Alliances
CNT Integration Techniques and Composites
MATERIALS
Microassembly Equipment
TOOLS
Nano/Micro Research Equipment
Voxel API Software
High-aspect Ratio Micromolding and Design for Assembly MEMS Processes
Bio MEMS
STRUCTURES
RF MEMS

11. Stages of Growth Stage One Develop technology Stage Two Secure patents
Stage Three
Market-driven product & licensing development
Stage Four
Customer sales and licensing

12. Development Modes Pre-development Development Business Model NPD Cycle
Mfg Model
Novel & Unique
Conception
Or Discovery
IP Asset
Protection
Processes
Revenue
Stream
NPD Cycle
Licensing Model
LVD Cycle
Licensing Model
Note:
NPD = New Product Development
LVD = Licensing Vehicle Development

13. Customers
Partial List
MEMtronics

14. Alliances
Partial List
Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center

15. Press
Partial List

16. Intellectual Property
Zyvex patents
8 patents issued
50 patents pending
4 notification of allowance
Categories
Molecular nanotechnology
Microassembly technology
Nanostructure process techniques
Micro- and nanodevices
Microconnector technology

17. The Zyvex Approach: Tools for Metrology

18. S100 Nanomanipulator System

19. S100 System NanoSharp™ Probe tips Quick-swappable NanoEffector™
Probe and
nanomanipulator
NanoSharp™
Probe tips
Z-stage
Stage
module
Y-stage
Rotational
sample stage
X-stage

20. Product Line Up
Product line up for metrology: S100: scanning electron microscopes F100: focused ion beam systems T100: transmission electron microscopes

21. Applications Electrical Testing IV characteristics
4 point probe resistivity
Field effects
Rectification

22. Applications Mechanical Testing Manipulation and assembly
Cantilever force
Elastic constants
Resonant frequency / modal excitation
Cycles to break
Friction coefficients
Manipulation and assembly
TEM sample preparation

23. NanoSharp™ Probes
NanoSharp™ Probes used in four probe electrical characterization of a carbon nanotube bundle

24. Microgrippers
Microgripper with 36 µm opening for manipulating and assembling micro- and nanoscale components
Patent 6,398,280

25. Killer Application: IC probing
Failure analysis for semiconductor R&D – grand challenge for new technology nodes.

26. Killer Application: TEM sample prep
Leveraging sample preparation techniques - combining focused ion beam systems with nanomanipulation