Microfabrication by Photo Chemical Etching Process is a highly precise, tightly controlled corrosion process used to produce complex metal components with very fine detail.

One-Stop Service- From Material, Design, Tooling, Downset Forming, Singulation to Final Product

Epson drives to diversity into another novel business penetration, Chemical Machining, Selective Metal Coating, Lift-off Coating to create one stop services.

Process Flow and Capabilities

Process Flow and Capabilities
Technology Fabrication Type Method Substrate General Line/Space Precision
1 Chemical Machining Etch Control Depth Etching by Corrosive chemical
  • Copper alloy
  • Nickel alloy
  • All types of Stainless Steel
25 µm
2 Selective Metal Coating (Spot shape / Strip form) Deposition
  • Silicon Belt
  • Silicon Insert
  • Step Belt
  • Photolithography Patterning
  • Ceramic
  • Flexible Circuit
  • Copper alloy
  • Nickel alloy
  • All types of Stainless Steel
50 – 300 µm
3 Lift-off coating Deposition Photolithography dry film resist as sacrificial layer before sputtering
  • Ceramic
  • Copper alloy
  • Nickel alloy
  • All types of Stainless Steel
50 – 300 µm
Item Capabilities
Material Thickness Min 0.050mm, Max 2.50mm
Material Size Min 120mm, Max 500mm
Min Diameter 0.030mm
Min Feature Resolution 0.025mm
Min Feature Tolerance 0.020mm
Pitch Tolerance +/-0.010mm
Undercut or Bevel Degree of Slope depends on half-etch depth
Tabs Min 0.2 width