Company Overview

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Optotherm manufactures affordable, high-performance infrared imaging systems specifically designed for electronics failure analysis, fault isolation, and temperature measurement applications including:

  • Lock-in thermography fault isolation
  • Photon emission testing
  • Junction temperature measurement
  • Active device transient temperature analysis
  • PCB troubleshooting

Sentris is Optotherm's product line of infrared imaging systems, each configured for specific applications. Each system is configured by specific analysis methods and platforms.

Optotherm designs and manufactures the primary Sentris system components including infrared cameras and lenses, optical assemblies, test equipment, and image analysis and testing software.

Optotherm Sentris systems enable engineers to:

  • Detect and localize leakage current and resistive shorts on semiconductor devices and small circuit boards
  • Detect faults on bare semiconductor devices that emit short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) photons.
  • Analyze operating temperatures on active devices including junction temperature measurement and transient analysis. 
  • Detect and locate faults on bare and populated circuit boards using Lock-in Thermography and Model Comparison.
Company Name: Optotherm, Inc.
Headquarters: Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA
Year Founded: 2000
Phone Number: +1 (724) 940-7600

Electronic Devices Tested

  • Semiconductor packages
  • Decapsulated devices
  • Semiconductor wafers
  • SMD components
  • Printed circuit boards
  • Printed circuit board assemblies
  • Flex circuits

Faults Detected

  • Leakage current
  • Resistive shorts
  • Gate/drain shorts
  • Package mold compound shorts
  • Metallization shorts
  • ESD related faults
  • Latch-up sites
  • Oxide layer breakdown

Industries Served

  • Integrated circuit design and manufacturing
  • Printed circuit board manufacturing
  • Printed circuit board assembly manufacturing
  • Electronics failure analysis laboratories
  • Materials science design and manufacturing
  • MEMS research
  • Academic research & design laboratories

Our Team

Rich Barton

President & Technical Director

Ben Barton

Operations Manager

Dan Uthman

Supply Chain Manager

Anna Barton

Product Engineer

(& Nutmeg)

Victor Tonti

Engineering Technician

Greg Steedle

Engineering Technician

Josie Barton

Marketing Specialist

Julianne Barton

Bookkeeper
(& Lexi)