AJA International, Inc. (est. 1989) began as a supplier of innovative thin film, vacuum and microwave products. In 1991 the company introduced the first commercial, con-focal, sputter tool with a rotating substrate and magnetron heads which could be tilted without breaking vacuum. This innovation yielded extremely uniform depositions of single layers, multi-layers and alloys and has become the benchmark by which other R&D sputtering systems are measured - the ATC Series Sputtering System.

AJA International, Inc. has continued to develop many highly successful physical vapor deposition (PVD) tools including the compact ATC ORION Series Sputtering Systems, ATC-E and ATC ORION-E Evaporation Systems, the popular Stiletto Series HV sputter sources, SHQ Series substrate holders with heating, RF biasing, LN2 cooling, indexing, rotation and planetary motion, PHASE II Labview based, "plug and play" computer control systems, the STXL Series of large circular and rectangular magnetrons with modular magnet arrays, the Nautilus Series rotating “modular” magnetrons, automated combinatorial deposition systems, various ATC-B batch coating systems, a UHV downstream microwave oxygen plasma source, and a patented conical target magnetron which is ideal for three dimensional coatings and OLED applications.

AJA International, Inc. continues to discover innovative design solutions which are often copied but never equaled as the company truly remains THE CUTTING EDGE IN THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY.

AJA International, Inc. has delivered numerous dual chamber sputtering tools with load locks and cassettes for substrates up to 200 mm diameter. Chambers feature heated or cooled substrate holders with RF biasing and working distance adjustment. These chambers can accommodate multiple UHV magnetrons with in-situ tilt and modular magnet arrays. The dual chamber configuration is ideal for incompatible processes. These dual chamber systems are

frequently used for photovoltaic R&D using 156 mm² substrates and can feature a combination of sputter, thermal, e-beam and ion beam deposition techniques.

• 10mm - 200mm substrates
• Various Deposition Processes
• PV / R&D

AJA International, Inc. has delivered numerous of ATC 2200-HY UHV, Hybrid, Thin Film Deposition Tools. The most common version shown at the left features (6) UHV magnetron sputter sources, (1) 5 pocket linear UHV e-beam source, load-lock, computer control, cryo-pump, dry mechanical pump and 850C substrate heating or LN2 cooling. Typical deposition techniques include:

SPUTTER SOURCES / SPUTTERING SYSTEMS / PVD EQUIPMENT:

AJA manufactures ATC SERIES and ATC ORION SERIES magnetron sputtering systems; PVDX e-beam / thermal / sputter multi-technique physical vapor deposition (PVD) systems; A300-XP, A3CV, Stiletto and Nautilus magnetron sputtering sources; peripheral equipment for substrate heating, cooling, RF biasing and motion. Sputtering systems are configured primarily for R&D and pilot production with either UHV or HV construction. AJA International, Inc. also manufactures a wide range of magnetron sputtering sources for R&D and production applications ranging in target size from 1” to 40” and up to 12” ID cylindrical. Nautilus Series rotating magnetron sputtering sources are designed for production coating tools. AJA also offers sputtering targets, PVD materials, as well as RF / DC power supplies and switchboxes for sputter deposition.

MICROWAVE:

AJA International, Inc. is the exclusive US distributor for Sairem microwave generators, power supplies, tuners, circulators, dummy loads, waveguide components, power splitters and microwave detectors. With extensive experience, the AJA / Sairem combination will find a cost effective solution to your microwave application requirement.

Company Headquarters, North Scituate, MA, USA
Located one mile from the Atlantic Coast

It has always been the primary philosophy of AJA to expand conservatively, manufacturing and representing products of exceptional value, while relying on customer satisfaction and technical excellence as our primary promotional vehicles. The company chooses its projects carefully in order to maintain its reputation and financial stability.

Our first responsibility will always be to our customers, since without our customers we are nothing. The interaction between AJA personnel and their customers must be a positive, professional and efficient experience. Anyone calling AJA International, Inc. will always speak to a person and will never be routed through the impersonal frustration of an automated answering system. At AJA, we consider your time as valuable as our own.

To all of our customers, thank you for your continued support.

William Hale
President