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. Sentris system configurations include:

  1. Sentris FA-MW
  2. Sentris FA-LW
  3. Sentris FA-SW
  4. Sentris RD-MW
  5. Sentris PCB-LW

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 Manager

Julianne Barton

Bookkeeper
(& Lexi)