Reliable, Precision-engineered Tools to Fit Your Budget & Your Needs

The Micromanipulator Company is proud to be an industry leader with a reputation for designing trailblazing products that provide test labs across the globe the tools they need to produce the products of tomorrow.  From personal preferences, measurement equipment interface requirements, application demands, or budget, our large selection of probe stations lets you find the ideal system for your needs that can be upgraded when necessary.  

Moreover as semiconductor wafers have grown in size over the years, our team has responded by designing probe stations capable of handling larger wafers with the utmost precision.  In fact our inventory includes some of the highest performing manual and semi-automatic probe stations available on the market today, and is designed to optimize system users’ results and budget.

This also includes accessories that enhance your system’s capability such as a probe positioner with the highest stability available on the market and features direct leadscrew lead nut drives and ergonomic designs.  Additionally our thermal chucks lead the industry with the broadest available temperature range and the most advanced, non-operator dependent performance available on the market.  Our probe holders are adeptly designed to address applications ranging from general purpose DC characterization, high speed, wide bandwidth, to low current and high power. 

Another benefit to buying from an industry leader is our products are available globally and we have sales offices and reps on every major continent.  Micromanipulator also helps to protect purchases with extended warranties and preventive maintenance programs as well as full support services.  

Known around the world for design verification; device modeling and characterization; design and market FA; process verification; quality control and more, Micromanipulator has the products you need for your success.  We want you to know our philosophy and success lies in the fact that right from our company’s beginning, we have put customer satisfaction first and make a point to listen and learn from them.  Please visit our website to learn more about our products, our company and our services.   

At Micromanipulator, we not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but are still the top name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on.  A key part of our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  Looking for cutting-edge tools? Buy from one of the world’s top test probe manufacturers.    

Get the Best Value for Your Money with Our Refurbished Tools

If you are looking for the best analytical tools on the market but are afraid the cost may be prohibitive, please consider our refurbished tools that still carry the Micromanipulator name but are more affordable.  These products may be from our active product upgrade and trade-in program, or products we have used for demonstration purposes.  Regardless they offer significant savings over the cost of brand new models as well as the assurance of factory warranties, and support and performance guarantees.    

One current probe station on our website is the Model 6200 series, which is Micromanipulator’s most widely used probe station by any manufacturer.  The compact, reliable prober is compatible with our line of quality accessories including probe positioners, thermal chucks, probe holders and tips, and offers an excellent, economical foundation on which to build a complete probing system.  Features include a permanently planarized stage & vacuum chuck; coarse & fine stage translation controls X & Y; and fine and fast lift platen controls in Z.  The refurbished 6200 also offers an independent microscope lift and compound microscope.  In fact you will find this is an excellent example of the stability, precision and ease of use Micromanipulator has built its reputations on.

Additionally we have a refurbished, exclusive H1000 Hot Chuck available that is suitable for all Micromanipulator probe stations.  For -65° to 400°C temperature ranges, and up to 300mm versions, our H100 thermal chuck has a high planarity, low expansion design.  With configurations ranging from coaxial to triaxial, high power, probe station or stand alone, the host programmable H1000 is a proven platform.  

The Micromanipulator Company constantly acquires demo and refurbished equipment that can save you thousands on probe systems.  However while we try to add current tools to the website; the best way to find out about all available options is to contact us with specifics about your testing needs.  From there we will try to find just what you need.  Our team looks forward to hearing from you.  

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on.  As part of the company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  Contact us to find out more about trusted tools including probe stations, thermal chucks, microscopes, probe positioners, and more. 

Our Manual Probe Stations Offer VALUE and RELIABILITY

The Micromanipulator Company is known throughout the world for designing and manufacturing state-of-the-art analytical tools for the semiconductor industry including the 2210-LS Application Board / Probe Station and the VERSA Modular Probe System.  We are also proud of our excellent line of semiautomatics, motorized and manual probe stations.   

In terms of our manual models, they include the 8060, 4060, and 450PM, and offer customers both the best price-performance as well as cost-of-ownership.  They each start with the precise, dependable mechanics the Micromanipulator brand is built on, and gives users an exceptional value with stable, reliable probing performances and flexible designs.  

For example, the 8060 offers the highest performance available in a 6 – 8” (150 – 200mm) manual analytical probe station on the market today.  Designed for ease of use, the 8060 is suitable for demanding applications such as high and low temperature probing, very low current and voltage probing, and sub-micron target probing to the limits of visible optics.  When needed, the 8060 can be configured with an integrated environment that supports dark, shielded or dry probing.  

Once you settle on a probe station, we make it easy to outfit it with quality accessories and consumables that best meet your personal preference, measurement equipment interface requirements, application demands, and budget.  Our line of probe holders includes active; high frequency; Kelvin; and varying sizes of integrated probe holders along with male coaxial and triaxial connectors to connect to measurement instruments.  Probe positioners / manipulators, vibration isolation tables, camera systems, microscopes, light and noise shields, and DC and RF measurement hardware are some of our other accessories.   

We invite you to visit our website for detailed descriptions of all of our probe stations as well as much more information regarding our accessories.  If you need further guidance, our talented engineers are more than happy to answer questions and can help put together a system to meet your needs.    

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on.  As part of the company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  Visit our website for more info on how to outfit your probe station with a thermal chuck, probe holder, probe positioner and other accessories to enhance performance.       

Accessories Expertly Designed for Both Application Needs & Personal Preferences

At The Micromanipulator Company, our goal is to design, engineer and manufacture the tools our customers need for their success now and in the future.  The result is a wide range of analytical probing equipment for design verification, device modeling and characterization, design and FA, process verification, and quality control.  

To ensure timely deliveries and the utmost convenience for Micromanipulator’s customers, many of our consumables and accessories are available for purchase at our online store.  Products include a selection of probe holders, probe tips, and probe positioners as well as our economy brand, the Mechatronics ACE probe stations and accessories.    

At present, our online store offers a selection of probe holders that address a variety of applications ranging from general purpose DC characterization, high speed, wide bandwidth, to low current and high power. Our probe holders also vary in costs to meet every budget, and feature pin jack, spring load, or set screw tip insertions in single wire models.  We offer a variety of coaxial, triaxial, coplanar, certified triax or Kelvin configurations.  

One popular choice is the 72 Series that works with any of our manipulators as well as our 7-series tips that can be ordered separately.  The holder’s lead wire terminates in a circular eye connector with an approximately 1/16 inch (1.6mm) hole for connection to measurement instruments.  The malleable body allows you to shape the probe holder as needed and comes with a choice of body lengths from 1 – 4 inches.  Please email us if you need another length.   

You can also purchase one of our probe positioners through our online store.  Ranging in features and cost, options include our 425 Model, which is recommended for probing < 1-micron targets.  It has a compact footprint, left/right neutral controls at the rear of the manipulator and a choice of vacuum or magnetic base.  

As you can see, we have made it easy for customers across the globe to safely and securely order the type of products they need to support their success through our online store.  Please visit our website to learn more.    

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we are leaders in the field and reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semi-conductor industry depends on. Our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to our customers’ satisfaction. For one of the most comprehensive selections of probe stations, thermal chucks, probe holders and probe positioners on the market, please see our website.     

Discover a Wide Variety of Tools for Virtually Any Wafer Probe Testing

The Micromanipulator Company specializes in designing and manufacturing efficient system configurations with a selection of probe stations and accessories for basic to cutting-edge applications.  Offering system level probing and high performance, our manual, motorized and semi-automatic probe stations are also available to meet a range of budgets; and regardless of your needs, system users trust the Micromanipulator brand to deliver.  

An example of our ability to address the varying needs of the semiconductor industry, our R&D encompasses a broad range of capabilities including: low current / low noise measurement, failure analysis, and high and low temperature characterization.  You will also find tools to support device reliability analysis such as Interconnect, EM, HCI, Charge Pumping, NBTI, PBTI, and TDDB as well as high speed digital analysis and high frequency testing up to 200GHz.  

Customers trust Micromanipulator’s reliable probers for C-V measurements, sub-micron probing, ESD wafer level testing, laser cutting, and high power device analysis.  In addition to enhance your system’s capabilities, we offer thermal chucks that can handle testing from -65C to 400C.  Also if you need a sub-micron probe positioner, ours are equipped with a high performance probe head.

In other words, Micromanipulator has pretty much whatever you need, and if you don’t see what you need, please contact us to talk to one of our engineers.  In fact, we believe the metric of our success is measured by that of our customers’, and is core to our corporate values and what drives our business.  Thus we help customers to put together the optimal system for their needs and then support them throughout the entire design-to-production continuum from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test.  Please visit our website for more information regarding our probe stations, accessories, consumables and Micromanipulator’s history as an industry leader.  

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we are leaders in the field and reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semi-conductor industry depends on. Our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to our customers’ satisfaction. For a broad selection of probe stations and accessories including thermal chucks, microscopes, probe holders & tips, probe positioners and more, check out our website.        

Micromanipulator’s 3mm Semi-automatic Probers

The Micromanipulator’s high performance 300mm, semi-automatic P300A and P300L probe stations offer the industry’s best low current, sub-micron & temperature performances along with a standard coaxial chuck that is upgradable to a thermal and triaxial chuck.   Features include leadscrew – leadnut stage and platen drives; and a large magnetic stainless steel platen with plenty of room for multiple manipulators and/or a probe card as well as a removable wedge for easy loading and sample access.  The high stability microscope bridge supports all high resolution, long-working distance microscopes.  

In addition programmable axes are also controllable via our netProbe7 software that is included and offers users robust and intuitive navigation along with an easy-to-install setup.  It includes Setup modules, extensive GUI featuring Navigation, Wafer Map, Sub-die and Video applications and Router app for GPIB connectivity to provide users with full functionality and a whole range of high level features.  

The Navigator module gives users complete inter-active navigation control of stage, platen, theta alignment, pattern recognition and microscope.  The Wafer Map module offers programming as well as step and repeat functions.  Also the prober’s motorized controls are conveniently placed at the front of the station to allow simple manual control of the semi-automatic station whenever programmability is not needed. Moreover if your application requirements change, we can move you into a fully automatic probe station if needed.

With the P300A and P300L, you will get drivers for popular testers from companies such as Keysight, Keithley, and LabVIEW.  The probers are configurable for DE, R, Microwave, and high power applications.  They may also be configured with a local dry / shielded / dark environment “Top Hat” for low level or low temperature, frost free probing.  In addition three temperature ranges are supported:

• Ambient (room temperature) to 300C 
• 0C to 300C
• -55C to 300C

Please visit our website for more information on our semi-automatics as well as our manual and motorized models.  We pride ourselves on offering tools for virtually any application or budget and our accessories include probe positioners, thermal chucks, probe holders and more.  We look forward to hearing from you.  

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on.  As part of our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  We invite you to contact us to learn more about our wide range of probe stations as well as thermal chucks, probe holders and tips, probe positioners and more.

Ask About Special Packaged Discounts on Mechatronics

The Micromanipulator Company has always been quick to respond to the varying needs of our customers.  One of those moves was to introduce our Mechatronics brand a few years ago as a way to answer the needs of those who do not require the most cutting-edge tools but rather looking for a reliable, low-cost probe station for basic probing applications.  We think Mechatronics ACE does just that as it not only leverages the extensive expertise of the Micromanipulator brand but ideally meets many of our customers’ research and budget needs.  

The ACE is sold in discounted pre-configured packages that include single wire, coaxial and triaxial configurations.  Its footprint is compact at just 22” wide by 24” in depth and weighs in at a solid 150lbs with vibration dampening feet that ensures the best isolation in its class.  With stage controls on the station exterior to avoid the probes and your test, its stage is vacuum stabilized and platen has space for 10 manipulators.  

Some of the accessories for the Mechatronics ACE prober include a choice of a left or right magnetic based manipulator / probe positioner; and a trinocular scope with a magnification range of 10.5X-67.5X and an LED ring light with intensity control.  We also offer a solid brass probe holder with 4″ malleable center section, and ACE cameras designed for seamless integration.  And don’t forget about our probe tips available with a bendable shank and tip that are ideal for general purpose probing.

ACE probe stations are competitively priced and in stock for fast delivery.  In addition please contact us to learn about Specially-priced Package Discounts on our Mechatronics probe stations.  Please visit our website to learn more; and we look forward to finding you the best products for your needs.

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on.  As part of the company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  Contact us to learn more about our exceptional line of probe stations and accessories such as probe holders, probe tips, chucks and probe positioners.

Take a Look at Our Patented 2210-LS

When you visit The Micromanipulator Company’s LinkedIn page, you will find a video of our state-of-the-art 2210-LS Application Board Probe Station.  As the world’s most versatile probe station, the patented 2210 is a micron level probe station designed for testing application boards, chips or individual die with temperature.  In addition it can be used just as easily to test traditional wafers.  

By marrying the probe station to an application board, benefits include high magnification imaging, high resolution probe placement and temperature capability.  Its flexible design allows you to customize your station for most any analytical probing scenario such as double-sided probing, magnetic stimulation and atmospheric as well as high voltage and high frequency.  

The 2210’s two stainless steel platens glide easily toward your sample and are simply locked into place during testing.  Along with accommodating vacuum or magnetic probe positioners, it offers easy access to cable connectors for ideal data acquisition.  The built-in vibration isolation ensures your data is not wrongly influenced.  

Users will also appreciate the intuitive sample window that lets you change your test area while maintaining the dark and dry environment even while testing below ambient.   The microscope has the same ease of movement as it travels the entire sample area.  Moreover if you need dual sided visualizing and probing, just ask and we can help you.  

The model 2210-LS additionally offers a patented thermal chamber, which envelops your device with precision; and lets you test in its complete operational mode.   While we offer an 18” x 18” thermal chamber with temperature ranges from -40°C to 125°C, if your needs extend beyond these parameters, let us know as we are happy to discuss other solutions.  Please visit our website to learn more about the 2210-LS Model as well our other high-quality probe stations, chucks, probe holders and tips, probe positioners and more.     

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we are leaders in the field and reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semi-conductor industry depends on. Our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to our customers’ satisfaction. We offer a wide selection of probe stations and accessories to outfit your probe station including a probe holder, chuck, and probe positioner to suit your budget and preference.

Looking for Specialized Tools? We have the Expertise to Deliver!

The Micromanipulator Company has a wide assortment of reliable, accurate analytical probing tools available to customers across the globe.  For the most efficient, timely service, our online store offers many of Micromanipulator’s most sought after products including coaxial, triaxial and Kelvin (single point dual wire) probe holders, high frequency probe positioners, probe tips, and more.  If you are looking for basic functionality as well as low cost, check out our Mechatronics ACE probe stations that can also be purchased at our online store.  

Our broad selection of over 90 probe tips means you are sure to find what you need as they are designed for low resistance, high power, low current, high frequency, durability, and high or low temperature contact optimization.  So whether your application demands high volume production support, a high value critical FA return, or somewhere in between, we have what you need. One example is the 7G Series Customizable Probe Tips, which are available online and sold in a box of 10.  Designed for general purpose probing, with a bendable shank and tip, it is just like the 7B but with a shorter overall length.  The 7B Tungsten, also designed for general purpose probing, offers lots of versatility such as gold plating and a choice of larger tip radiuses.  

The Micromanipulator’s 72 Series Probe Holder is another example of the various customized options of our quality tools.  The malleable probe holder has a 1-4 inch shaft and a set screw probe tip holder available at our online store.  Moreover if you need another length, just give us a call or email us.  We also offer a highly versatile probe positioner with our 450 / 550 Series High or Low Profile Manipulators that has left or right hand versions and a choice of vacuum or magnetic base.  

For a complete list of products, please visit our website.  You will find we have an Online Chat service available during business hours and all of our contact information.  We look forward to helping you find the best tools for your needs.  

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we are leaders in the field and reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semi-conductor industry depends on. Our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to our customers’ satisfaction. For one of the most comprehensive selections of probe stations, chucks, probe holders & tips, and probe positioners, please visit our website.           

Tools with Full Support & Upgrade Paths

At The Micromanipulator Company, our comprehensive approach includes providing customers not only the tools they need to succeed but the on-going support to keep them at optimal performance.  As a leading manufacturer of probe stations and accessories, we believe customer satisfaction starts by listening and learning from the industry in order to design state-of-the-art tools that address ever-evolving needs.  

Today, Micromanipulator’s system level analytical probing tools are used by top testing labs across the globe for device modeling and characterization, design verification, design and market FA, process verification, quality control, and more.  Thus our broad range of probe stations allows you to not only meet application needs but to meet budget and personal preferences.  In addition Micromanipulator’s large inventory of high-quality accessories and consumables will also meet your measurement equipment interface requirements as well as budget.

The Micromanipulator team knows it is important for system users to have reliable tools that perform as promised and produce data that can be counted on.  We also know that sometimes your needs change, which is why we offer probe stations that are upgradeable as well as upgrade paths even for obsolete tools to make sure your system keeps up with your needs.  In addition to protect your investment, we offer extended warranties and preventive maintenance programs, and as a global company, we can provide support wherever you are located.

Our areas of expertise include: Low current / low noise measurement; Failure Analysis; High and low temperature characterization; Device reliability analysis – Interconnect, EM, HCI, Charge Pumping, NBTI, PBTI, TDDB; High speed digital analysis; and High frequency up to 200GHz.  We also specialize in C-V measurements, Sub-micron probing, ESD wafer level testing, and Laser cutting.  For more information visit our website and use our Chat Line, give us a call or email us.  Our team looks forward to helping you put together an ideal system for your needs.    

Micromanipulator not only invented analytical probing in 1956 but we remain the leading name in the field.  As such we reliably deliver the tools and life cycle support the semiconductor industry depends on.  Our company’s philosophy and what drives our success is an unfaltering commitment to customers’ satisfaction.  Please contact us to find out more about our exceptional line of probe stations and other accessories including thermal chucks, probe holders and probe positioners.