August 12, 2014
Qcept Technologies raises $3M
By Atlanta Business Chronicle
Qcept Technologies Inc. has raised $3 million, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing.
The Atlanta-based company plays a critical role in the development of the tiny chips that power smart phones and computers.
Qcept, backed by Imlay Investments, bills itself as the only company in the world that can inspect semiconductor wafers for nonvisual defects.
Wafers get diced into chips that control a multitude of consumer electronics. Microscopic nonvisual defects can damage electronic equipment.
Qcept’s technology, developed at Georgia Tech, uses a patented sensor that can electronically detect different materials with 90 percent accuracy.The company has developed a device — the size of two refrigerators — that scans semiconductor wafers for nonvisual defects as they are being manufactured.
The sensor is designed to detect chemical and electrical non-uniformities. When the sensor passes over a surface that has a different material than it expected, it flags the wafer for defects.
Qcept has raised more than $40 million.
