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Our FPS Series of mask writers delivers stable, high-speed, and cost-efficient manufacturing of advanced photomasks for multi-purpose applications. Depending on your requirements, they can be flexibly configured to handle a wide range of applications, such as advanced electronic packaging, LED touchscreens, MEMS, color filters, fine metal masks, 3D molds, and more.

The FPS series is built on the new state-of-the-art control platform called Evo, designed to support growing trends within automation, connectivity, and big data in mask manufacturing environments in order to achieve higher product yield. The Evo platform is based upon a fully modern software and electronics architecture ready to meet both current and future requirements from the electronics industry. Learn more about the Evo control platform.

Reliable and field-proven, all of our mask writers offer the flexibility to handle diverse mask applications, while still achieving outstanding stability of operation, high writing speeds, large writing areas and the CD uniformity you need to handle demanding requirements.

The latest addition to our family, the FPS 8100 Evo, is specifically designed to meet the growing trend from LCD to AMOLED displays, which requires metal masks for the deposition process of organic materials. With a new platform and added technologies, it offers a 78% increase in writing speed and 87% greater writing area, compared with our well-established FPS 6100 Evo.

The beauty of FPS solutions is that you can continue to manufacture existing products, while also going after lucrative new business opportunities that may require larger panel areas, higher writing speeds, tighter critical dimensions, or even fine metal mask manufacturing.

• Up to six different writing levels and various loading solution offering
• Configurable with two different laser sources to expose on either chrome or emulsion photomasks
• Up to G8 mask size exposure area
• Enhance writing speed up to 76% with XT (eXtreme Throughput) mode
• Keeping over 95% system uptime since first system installed

FPS 8100 Evo

The FPS 8100 Evo is our high-end solution for mask producers who want all the flexibility of the FPS concept but face new challenges relating to the microfabrication of LEDs, advanced electronic packages or fine metal mask applications. Developed in close collaboration with demanding customers, it builds on a new platform and includes several new performance-enhancing technologies to improve stability (productivity yield), extend the writing area and speed for multi-purpose applications, compared to earlier models.

The system is configured with two optical levels and features an 87% increase in the writing area (up to 1,400 mm x 1,620 mm; fine metal mask for up to generation-8 display size), compared to the earlier FPS 6100 series. It is primarily designed to meet the trend from LCD to AMOLED display technology, which enables better image quality and thinner displays with increased energy efficiency. This technology can also be used for manufacturing bendable displays.

However, the new higher requirements of AMOLED also involve more advanced photomasks since each pixel is controlled by 5-6 transistors, compared with 1-2 transistors for LCD. This requires the deposition of smaller, more accurate organic deposits within each pixel – a new challenge that is uniquely met with the FPS 8100 Evo. In parallel to this very specific need, you can also handle many other writing applications.

FPS 6100 Evo and FPS 6100E Evo

Reliable and well proven, the FPS 6100 Evo is used by some of the world’s leading photomask manufacturers to achieve superior image quality and productivity for advanced multi-purpose applications. Configurable with two different laser sources, the writers in this series let you expose on either chrome or emulsion photomasks.

The FPS 6100 Evo offers both higher writing speed and improved image quality compared to the previous FPS 5500. Compared to earlier models, it lets you boost writing speeds by up to 76% thanks to the newly developed XT mode option. You also gain a 40% improvement in CD uniformity to meet today’s challenging requirements.