Nemotek certifies clean room in Morocco

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Nemotek Technologie Inc., a manufacturer of wafer-level cameras for portable applications, said that it has certified its Class 10 clean room facility in Morocco.

This type of facility is said to be the first in Africa. It is located in the Rabat Technopolis Park, a hub for technology development in Morocco. The facility will serve as the center for the design and manufacture of wafer-level cameras (WLC) for camera phones and other portable devices.

Last year, Nemotek took a license for chip-packaging technology unveiled by Tessera Technologies Inc.. The technology makes it possible to manufacture thousands of lenses simultaneously on a semiconductor wafer.
Nemotek licensed this technology, dubbed OptiML Wafer-Level Camera (WLC), as well as Tessera's Shellcase Wafer-Level Chip Scale Packaging (WLCSP). The company will develop a range of camera solutions from wafer-level packaging of image sensors and wafer-level lenses to fully-integrated camera modules.

Nemotek's clean room will reside in a 10,000-square-meter facility. Its clean room was validated and certified by Luseo, an independent certification company based in France.

''To become the first wafer fabrication company to maintain a Class 10 clean room facility in Africa is a major accomplishment for us as well as the industry,'' said Jacky Perdrigeat, CEO of Nemotek Technologie, in a statement.