Microsanj
Microsanj develops and sells high-resolution transient thermal imaging systems combining thermoreflectance and infrared imaging for advanced semiconductor devices, serving chip manufacturers, RF/wireless developers, power-electronics companies, government labs, and universities globally.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2007
- HeadquartersFremont, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Microsanj does
Microsanj, founded in 2007 in Santa Clara, California, develops and commercializes high-resolution transient thermal imaging systems and related materials characterization instruments for the semiconductor industry. The company sells a hardware-and-software platform built on thermoreflectance (TR) technology combined with infrared (IR) imaging, delivering sub-micron spatial resolution (under 250 nm) and nanosecond-to-picosecond temporal resolution (down to 500 ps) for thermal analysis of operating devices. Core product lines include the SanjSCOPE NT220 series (50 ns / 500 ps transient resolution), the SanjSCOPE EZ-THERM EZ530 (dual-mode TR + IR with up to three imaging sensors), and the irSCOPE EZ100A infrared system, supplemented by a configurable suite of add-on modules (POSH-TDTR for picosecond pump-probe, OPP-3DIC for 3D integrated circuit analysis, PicoSCOPE for ultrafast imaging, irFLASH for flash thermography, IR+TR Hybrid, and emVIEW for near-field EM mapping) and supporting software (SanjVIEW for system control and SanjANALYZER-PLUS for post-processing).
The platform targets semiconductor manufacturers, RF and wireless component developers (5G/6G/mmWave), power electronics companies working with wide-bandgap materials such as GaN and SiC, silicon photonics developers, failure analysis and reliability labs, government and defense customers (including Sandia National Laboratories and Raytheon), and research institutions (including MIT, Stanford, Purdue, the University of Maryland, NIST, and several European universities). Disclosed end customers include Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Qorvo, Analog Devices, Coherent, Western Digital, Infinera, onsemi, and Power Integrations.
Microsanj operates a hybrid direct-sales and channel-partner model. Pricing is quote-based on configurable system architectures, with customers able to start with a base configuration and add modules or upgrade performance over time. The company sells direct to enterprise accounts in North America and increasingly in Europe (supported by a Brussels-based EU headquarters and laboratory opened in 2025), while relying on a network of more than a dozen regional distributors across India, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Israel, and key European countries. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware system sales and module upgrades, with secondary revenue from measurement services, sample demonstrations for prospective customers, and integration services that connect Microsanj systems to third-party probe stations (notably MPI Corporation), RF/load-pull test equipment, and pulsed-IV setups.
Microsanj firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Microsanj
- Legal name
- Microsanj LLC
- Website
- https://microsanj.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2007
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Microsanj develops and sells high-resolution transient thermal imaging systems combining thermoreflectance and infrared imaging for advanced semiconductor devices, serving chip manufacturers, RF/wireless developers, power-electronics companies, government labs, and universities globally.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Microsanj is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Fremont
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
Microsanj business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Thermal Imaging Systems: Sale of thermoreflectance and infrared thermal imaging systems including SanjSCOPE NT220, SanjSCOPE EZ530, and specialized enhancements. Configurable architecture allows customers to buy current needs with upgrade paths.
- Specialized Enhancements and Add-ons: Optional modules and enhancements such as OPP-3DIC, PicoSCOPE, POSH-TDTR, irFLASH, and IR+TR Hybrid System for expanding system capabilities
- Professional Services: Measurement services and demonstration offerings including complimentary sample measurements for prospective customers
- Platform Integration: Integration services with existing customer infrastructure including MPI probe stations, RF/load-pull systems, and pulsed-IV setups
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Microsanj product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Microsanj designs, manufactures, and sells high-resolution transient thermal imaging systems based on proprietary thermoreflectance technology for advanced semiconductor device analysis and materials characterization. Its SanjSCOPE and irSCOPE product families deliver sub-micron spatial resolution and nanosecond-to-picosecond temporal resolution for applications spanning semiconductor R&D, RF/5G/6G devices, photonics, power electronics, and failure analysis. The configurable platform supports add-on modules for 3D IC analysis, picosecond pump-probe, flash thermography, and near-field EM mapping, accompanied by SanjVIEW and SanjANALYZER-PLUS software, plus professional measurement and integration services.
Product overview
Microsanj is a platform-plus-modules company offering thermal imaging and materials characterization solutions for advanced semiconductor devices. The core SanjSCOPE™ platform family includes the NT220-Series (50 ns/500 ps transient resolution) and the EZ-THERM EZ530 (dual-mode Thermoreflectance + IR with up to 3 sensors). The irSCOPE™ EZ100A provides standalone infrared imaging. Specialized add-on modules include POSH-TDTR™ (picosecond pump-probe for material thermal properties), OPP-3DIC™ (3D IC analysis), PicoSCOPE™ (ultrafast enhancement), irFLASH™ (flash thermography), IR+TR Hybrid System, and emVIEW™ (near-field EM mapping). Software offerings include SanjVIEW™ (core data acquisition and system management) and SanjANALYZER-PLUS™ (advanced post-data processing). The platform delivers <250 nm spatial resolution, 500 ps temporal resolution, ±0.1°C temperature resolution, and covers 0.1–1000 W/m·K thermal conductivity range.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- SanjSCOPE™ NT220-Series Thermoreflectance thermal imaging system with 50 ns / 500 ps transient resolution for high-speed thermal analysis of operating semiconductor devices.
- SanjSCOPE™ EZ-THERM EZ530 Active device R&D and production thermal imaging platform featuring dual-mode Thermoreflectance + IR capability with support for up to three sensors; includes NOSH-TDTR add-on option with 50 µs / 5 µs transient resolution.
- irSCOPE™ EZ100A Infrared thermal imaging system for non-contact temperature measurement and thermal analysis.
- irSCOPE™ EZ100A OpenTest™ Open platform version of the EZ100A infrared thermal imager with enhanced flexibility for various testing applications.
- POSH-TDTR™ Picosecond optical sampling thermoreflectance system providing nanosecond and picosecond pump-probe capability for anisotropic material thermal properties; commercialized gold-standard TDTR technique with 5 ps temporal resolution and 0.1–1000 W/m·K thermal conductivity range.
- OPP-3DIC™ Specialized enhancement for 3D integrated circuit thermal analysis and characterization.
- PicoSCOPE™ Ultrafast thermal imaging enhancement for picosecond-resolution transient analysis.
- irFLASH™ Flash thermography enhancement for thermal imaging applications.
- IR+TR Hybrid System Combined infrared and thermoreflectance hybrid imaging system for enhanced thermal analysis combining macro hotspot location with sub-micron zoom.
- SanjVIEW™ Software Core software platform for system management and thermal imaging data acquisition with user-friendly interface.
- SanjANALYZER-PLUS™ Software Standalone post-data processing package supporting advanced analysis features and enhanced flexibility for thermal data analysis.
- Professional Measurement & Integration Services Measurement services, complimentary sample measurements for prospective customers, and integration services with existing customer infrastructure including MPI probe stations, RF/load-pull systems, and pulsed-IV setups.
Quantifiable outcome
- Spatial resolution: <250nm (10-50x better than IR)
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Microsanj
Customer profileNamed customers24 records
Segments7 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Microsanj technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration3 records
Feature10 records
Microsanj partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Seven partnerships are on record, tiered regional, minor and core.
- VVDN TechnologiesregionalVVDN Technologies appointed as official distributor in India via VVDN Tools, expanding distribution network to improve customer access to thermal analysis tools and local support for advanced electronic applications.
- UCLouvainminorEuropean partnership with Université Catholique de Louvain supporting the Brussels headquarters and collaborative research in thermal metrology.
- University of BordeauxminorAcademic partnership with University of Bordeaux for optical sampling techniques research and development.
- CN RoodregionalEuropean distribution partnership with CNROOD covering Benelux and Nordic countries, with co-exhibition at major European conferences.
- MPI CorporationcoreMicrosanj collaborated with MPI Corporation to develop thermal analysis solutions for semiconductor devices. The partnership resulted in the EZ-THERM EZ510-MPI Controller designed to interface with MPI probe stations, enabling high-resolution wafer-level thermal testing with thermoreflectance and infrared imaging capabilities.
- eV-TechnologiescoreStrategic alliance with eV-Technologies utilizing Spin-Crossover materials for near and far-field over-the-air imaging of embedded microwave and millimeter-wave antennas, extending capabilities for EM field visualization.
- Thermal Engineering Associates (TEA) and Packaging Science Services (PSS)minorCollaborative relationship forming the Microelectronic Design and Measurement Group (MDaM) providing microelectronic design services and measurement expertise.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Microsanj competitors and assessment
Company assessmentOthers
- MPI Corporation: MPI is Microsanj's automated probe station integration partner (EZ-THERM EZ510-MPI Controller); it competes in adjacent wafer-level test and probing but is also an enabling ecosystem partner for Microsanj's automated thermal test workflow.
Broad incumbents
- Bruker Corporation: Bruker's Nano Surfaces division offers AFM-based thermal characterization (nano-TA), and its broader materials characterization portfolio overlaps with Microsanj's POSH-TDTR workflows for thin-film thermal property measurement in semiconductor R&D labs.
- Oxford Instruments: Oxford Instruments' NanoAnalysis division produces AFM, electron microscopy, and materials characterization tools that overlap with Microsanj's thin-film thermal property characterization customers in academic and industrial research settings.
- KLA Corporation: KLA is a dominant semiconductor process control and inspection metrology vendor, serving the same fab and packaging customers that Microsanj targets for advanced thermal characterization of nodes and 3DHI.
- FLIR Systems (Teledyne FLIR): Teledyne FLIR is the dominant infrared thermal imaging camera vendor with broad industrial and R&D reach; while FLIR lacks sub-micron thermoreflectance, it competes in adjacent thermal-imaging budgets and could expand into the advanced semiconductor niche.
- Keysight Technologies: Keysight dominates electronic test & measurement and RF instrumentation; its semiconductor test offerings (Pulse IV, RF) pair with Microsanj systems in joint demos (Focus Microwave) and Keysight could expand into thermal-integrated solutions.
- Onto Innovation: Onto Innovation offers semiconductor process and packaging metrology solutions across macro defect inspection and 3DIC; comparable in serving back-end packaging customers who also need Microsanj's sub-surface thermal characterization.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher supplies a wide portfolio of laboratory analytical instruments (electron microscopy, materials characterization) that compete for the same characterization capex pool as Microsanj's POSH-TDTR platform in academic and industrial labs.
- NETZSCH Group: NETZSCH is a leading thermal analysis instruments maker (laser flash, DSC, TGA), with comparable materials characterization customers and overlapping thermal conductivity/boundary resistance use cases albeit using different methodologies than Microsanj.
Direct peers
- PicoTherm Corporation: PicoTherm makes commercial Time-Domain Thermoreflectance (TDTR) systems for thin-film thermal conductivity and thermal boundary resistance measurements, directly comparable to Microsanj's POSH-TDTR/NOSH-TDTR materials characterization offerings targeting similar semiconductor and academic customers.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Microsanj leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Microsanj funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Microsanj M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Microsanj
What does Microsanj do?
Microsanj designs, manufactures, and sells high-resolution transient thermal imaging systems based on proprietary thermoreflectance technology for advanced semiconductor device analysis and materials characterization. Its SanjSCOPE and irSCOPE product families deliver sub-micron spatial resolution and nanosecond-to-picosecond temporal resolution for applications spanning semiconductor R&D, RF/5G/6G devices, photonics, power electronics, and failure analysis. The configurable platform supports add-on modules for 3D IC analysis, picosecond pump-probe, flash thermography, and near-field EM mapping, accompanied by SanjVIEW and SanjANALYZER-PLUS software, plus professional measurement and integration services.
Is Microsanj a public or private company?
Microsanj is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Microsanj founded?
Microsanj was founded in 2007. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Microsanj based?
Microsanj is headquartered in Fremont, United States, in the North America region.
How does Microsanj make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Thermal Imaging Systems are the primary driver. The others are specialized Enhancements and Add-ons, professional Services and platform Integration.
Who are Microsanj's main competitors?
MPI Corporation is listed as an others. Broad incumbents are Bruker Corporation, Oxford Instruments, KLA Corporation, FLIR Systems (Teledyne FLIR), Keysight Technologies, Onto Innovation, Thermo Fisher Scientific and NETZSCH Group. PicoTherm Corporation is listed as a direct peer.
Does Microsanj have an API?
No public API is recorded for Microsanj.