NF Corporation America

What NF Corporation America does

NF Corporation America, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yokohama-based NF Corporation, founded in 1959, and serves as the North American contact office for sales, equipment repair, and calibration. The entity is incorporated in Ohio and headquartered at 6010 Inishmore Lane, Dublin, OH, with a separate shipping/receiving location in Columbus, OH. NF Corporation America manufactures and supplies electrical measurement instruments, power supply equipment, and function modules built around the parent company's proprietary high-precision negative feedback control technology, which has been refined for over 65 years.

The product portfolio spans five categories: small-signal measurement (LI5600 series digital lock-in amplifiers with 100 dB dynamic reserve, SA-200/SA-400 series preamplifiers achieving 0.25 nV/√Hz noise, SA-600 series current amplifiers, CA5351 programmable current amplifier, LP5393/LP5394 and LP6016 low-noise DC power supplies); impedance measurement (ZA57630 impedance analyzer, FRA51615 frequency response analyzer, ZM2371/ZM2372/ZM2376 LCR meters); signal sources (WF1981-WF1984 multifunction generators, HSA series high-speed bipolar amplifiers, BP series bipolar DC power supplies); analog front-end modules (C/V converters, isolation amplifiers, charge amplifiers, filters, phase detectors); and piezoelectric drivers and DC-DC/AC-DC converters. Software support includes LabVIEW, IVI, USBTMC, and VISA drivers.

The company serves quantum computing (RIKEN, Fujitsu, Osaka University), life sciences and medical devices (MRI, EEG/MEG, PCR diagnostics), aerospace (Japanese satellites, launch vehicles, Hayabusa/Hayabusa2), and energy (hydrogen, storage batteries, grid testing) end-markets. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales (phone/email/contact form), two authorized distributors — Stratatek Test & Measurement covering the US and Canada, and Wayne Kerr Electronics covering New England — and Amazon marketplace sales for smaller instruments and modules. Pricing is quote-based for high-precision enterprise instruments and publicly listed on Amazon for entry-level SKUs.

Name

NF Corporation America

Legal name

NF Corporation America, Inc.

Website

https://nf-america.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NF Corporation America is the Dublin, OH-based North American subsidiary of Japan's NF Corporation, manufacturing and distributing low-noise electrical measurement instruments, power supplies, and function modules built on 65+ years of negative feedback control technology for quantum computing, life sciences, aerospace, and energy customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronic Test & Measurement Instruments

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (3353)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

Test, Measurement & Calibration Equipment Manufacturing Services (ATE, DAQ, metrology electronics) (IMAGAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sensors & Instrumentation Electronics Manufacturing Services (Transmitters, analyzers, industrial sensors) (IMAGAGAL), Power Quality, Metering & Monitoring (HDACAJAG)

Keywords

• Electrical measurement instruments
• Low-noise amplifiers
• Lock-in amplifiers
• Impedance analyzers
• Power supply equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Measurement Instruments: NF manufactures and sells electrical measurement instruments including lock-in amplifiers, preamplifiers, LCR meters, impedance analyzers, and frequency response analyzers. These are sold as standalone products with various pricing tiers based on specifications and performance capabilities.
2. Power Supply Equipment: Production and sale of power supply equipment including low-noise DC power supplies, bipolar DC power supplies, programmable AC power sources, and high-speed bipolar amplifiers. Products are sold through distributors, direct sales, and Amazon marketplace.
3. Function Modules: Custom and standard function modules including analog front-ends, signal conditioning modules, filters, and specialized modules for specific applications. These are sold as components for integration into larger systems.
4. Amazon Marketplace Sales: Products available for direct purchase on Amazon including function generators, LCR meters, preamplifiers, and function modules. Enables direct-to-consumer sales for smaller instruments and components.
5. Equipment Repair and Calibration: NF Corporation America handles equipment repair and calibration services for the North American market, providing after-sales support and maintenance for installed products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NF Corporation America manufactures and distributes electrical measurement instruments, power supply equipment, and function/analog front-end modules for the North American market, serving as the regional contact office of parent NF Corporation (Japan). Core products include digital lock-in amplifiers, low-noise preamplifiers, current amplifiers, impedance analyzers, LCR meters, frequency response analyzers, multifunction generators, bipolar DC power supplies, low-noise DC power supplies, high-speed bipolar amplifiers, piezoelectric drivers, DC-DC/AC-DC converters, and V/I converters. The company also provides equipment repair and calibration services.

Product overview

NF Corporation America manufactures electrical measurement instruments, power supply equipment, and function modules for quantum computing, life sciences, aerospace, and energy sectors. The product portfolio is organized into five main categories: (1) Small Signal Measurement products including Lock-in Amplifiers LI5600 Series and LI5501/5502 modules, Low Noise Preamplifiers SA-200/SA-400 Series, Wideband Current Amplifiers SA-600 Series, Programmable Current Amplifiers CA5351, and Low Noise DC Power Supplies LP5393/LP5394 and LP6016-01/01P; (2) Impedance Measurement products including Impedance Analyzers ZA57630, Frequency Response Analyzers FRA51615, and LCR Meters ZM2371/ZM2372/ZM2376; (3) Signal Source products including Multifunction Generators WF1981-WF1984 and WF1967/WF1968, High Speed Bipolar Amplifiers HSA Series, and Bipolar DC Power Supplies BP Series; (4) Analog Front-Ends including impedance measuring modules, C/V converters, preamplifiers, isolation amplifiers, charge amplifiers, filter modules, phase detectors, and CR oscillator/DDS modules; (5) Power Supply/Amplifier products including Piezoelectric Drivers, DC-DC/AC-DC Converters, V/I Converters, and custom embedded solutions. Products are sold directly and through Amazon marketplace, with software support including LabVIEW drivers, IVI drivers, USBTMC, and VISA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Lock-in Amplifier LI5600 Series Benchtop digital lock-in amplifiers for measuring extremely small AC signals buried in noise, with up to 11 MHz frequency range, 100 dB dynamic reserve, dual-frequency simultaneous measurement, minimum 10 nV voltage range, and minimum 10 fA current range. Models include LI5660, LI5655, LI5650, and LI5645. Used by researchers in quantum computing, physics, materials science, and life sciences.
• Lock-in Amplifier Module LI5501/LI5502 Compact lock-in amplifier modules (LI5501/LI5502) designed without display or control interface for embedding inside OEM analysis and inspection equipment. Frequency bandwidth 10 mHz to 1 MHz, sensitivity 10 nVrms, time constant from 1 μs.
• Low Noise Preamplifier SA-200/SA-400 Series Ultra-low-noise preamplifiers for sub-micro signal detection, available in 11 variants across the SA-200 and SA-400 series. Models span DC to 500 MHz wideband coverage and include the SA-251F6 with industry-leading 0.25 nV/√Hz input noise voltage density. Used in small-signal measurement, lock-in front-ends, and laboratory instrumentation.
• Built-in Multi-Channel Low Noise Amplifier (Custom) Custom multi-channel low-noise amplifier designed for embedding inside quantum computer systems. Provides 40 dB gain, 10 MHz to 500 MHz bandwidth, 1 dB noise figure, 50 Ω input impedance, in a compact footprint suitable for qubit-count scaling.
• Wideband Current Amplifier SA-600 Series Wideband current-to-voltage conversion amplifiers with gain up to 1 TV/A and a wide frequency band. Six models with varying gain are offered, stable up to 100 pF source/cable capacitance. Applications include Faraday cups, photodiodes, magnetic sensors, radiation sensors, and semiconductor inspection.
• Programmable Current Amplifier CA5351 Programmable current-input voltage-output preamplifier with eight selectable gain ranges from 10^3 V/A to 10^10 V/A, bandwidth DC to 500 kHz at 10^6 V/A, and low noise of 2.5 fA/√Hz at 10^10 V/A. Used for sensitive current measurement in scientific and metrology applications.
• Low Noise DC Power Supply LP5393/LP5394 Low-noise DC power supplies with output noise voltage of 10 μVrms or less, output voltage stability of ±10 ppm/°C (LP5394) or ±20 ppm/°C (LP5393). Output voltage ranges 0 to ±15 V (LP5394) and ±12 V to ±15 V (LP5393). Suitable as a battery-quiet reference for sensitive analog and quantum experiments.
• Low Noise DC Voltage Source LP6016-01/LP6016-01P Programmable low-noise DC voltage sources with LAN, USB, and RS-232 interfaces. Output noise 10 μVrms, temperature stability better than ±10 ppm/°C, output voltage 0 to ±16.1 V, maximum current 100 mA. Designed for automated test systems and precision analog reference applications.
• Impedance Analyzer ZA57630 High-precision impedance analyzer with basic accuracy of ±0.08% and maximum frequency of 36 MHz. Measures across 10 μΩ to 100 GΩ with 0.5 ms/point speed. Used for electronic component, materials, and electrochemical impedance characterization.
• Frequency Response Analyzer FRA51615 Frequency response analyzer for measuring impedance response of electronic circuits, components, materials, mechatronics, and electrochemical systems. Measurement frequency 10 μHz to 15 MHz, basic accuracy ±0.01 dB gain and ±0.06° phase, max measurement voltage 600 Vrms, dynamic range 140 dB.
• LCR Meter ZM2371/ZM2372/ZM2376 Benchtop LCR meters (ZM2371/ZM2372/ZM2376) with measurement frequency from 1 mHz to 5.5 MHz, basic accuracy of 0.08%, and 2 ms measurement time. Supports DC bias, CV/CC mode, DCR measurement, comparator, and contact check functions. Used for component production-line testing and laboratory LCR characterization.
• Multifunction Generator WF1981/WF1982/WF1983/WF1984 High-performance multifunction generators with frequency range 0 to 30 MHz (WF1981/WF1982) or 0 to 60 MHz (WF1983/WF1984), 16-bit amplitude resolution, 21 Vp-p output per channel, independent sub-output, 26 waveform types including double pulses, and up to 64 Mi-word arbitrary waveform memory. Available direct on Amazon for entry-level and mid-range buyers.
• Multifunction Generator WF1967/WF1968 Multifunction generators with frequency range 0.01 μHz to 200 MHz for high-frequency waveform generation applications.
• High Speed Bipolar Amplifier HSA Series Bipolar power amplifiers that amplify function-generator output signals with four-quadrant operation. Output up to 300 Vp-p, frequency 1 MHz max, slew rate 475 V/μs. Stable for capacitive and inductive loads. Five models with varying output currents.
• Bipolar DC Power Supply BP Series High-voltage, large-current, high-speed bipolar DC power supplies with built-in sequence function. Wide voltage range up to ±60 V (120 Vp-p), 10 models spanning ±10 A to ±100 A, wide bandwidth DC to 150 kHz in CV mode.
• Piezoelectric Driver / Amplifier Drivers for various piezoelectric actuators with output voltage 150 Vp-p, output current 50 mA, and frequency range DC to 10 kHz. Models PD-206-150P and PD-206-150B for precision positioning in exposure systems and semiconductor manufacturing tools.
• DC-DC & AC-DC Converter Scalable DC-DC and AC-DC power converters from a few watts to several kilowatts with multi-output support and high-reliability mounting. Applied in industrial equipment, telecommunications, aerospace systems, and social infrastructure.
• V/I Converter Voltage-input, controlled-current-output converter with output current range 100 μA to 50 mA and frequency response DC to 10 kHz. Designed for I-V characteristic measurement of transistors and as a constant-current signal source.
• Impedance Measuring Module Analog front-end module integrating DUT signal application and voltage/current measurement to compute real and imaginary parts of impedance values relative to a reference. Applied to impedance measurement of pharmaceuticals and food.
• C/V Converter Capacitance-to-voltage converter for measuring minute capacitances with a 100 dB dynamic range (resolution equivalent to 0.01 pF). Used for junction capacitance of transistors and diodes, and for pattern capacitance on printed circuit boards.
• Isolation Amplifier Amplifier with input/output isolation of 1 kVrms, amplification 0 to 20 dB, frequency response DC to 2 kHz. Used for detecting small signals in high-voltage measurements and signals at different reference potentials.
• Charge Amplifier High-sensitivity charge amplifier with 1 V/pC sensitivity and wide bandwidth from 160 Hz to 10 MHz. Used for voltage conversion of charge-transfer sensors such as X-ray sensors.
• Filter Modules LPF/HPF/BPF/BEF filter modules in Butterworth, Bessel, Chebyshev, and Elliptic Chebyshev types. Frequency is set via external resistors, control voltages, or logic signals. Used for anti-aliasing ahead of A/D converters and for frequency discrimination.
• Phase Detector Phase detector for synchronous detection with operating frequency range 10 Hz to 2 MHz, built-in low-pass filter, 90° phase shifter, and post-amplifier. Used in spectroscopic analysis, physical property research, and scanning probe/atomic force microscopes.
• CR Oscillator / DDS Signal Generation Module Signal generation module producing highly accurate and stable signals for low-distortion reference applications (1 kHz for sensors and audio) and 90° phase-shifted signal sources for radar and communications equipment.
• Equipment Repair and Calibration Services Repair and calibration services for NF Corporation measurement instruments and power supply equipment installed across the North American market, provided through the NF Corporation America office.

Quantifiable outcome

• NF's lock-in amplifiers can measure signals with 1 Vp-p noise superimposed on a 10 μV AC signal due to 100 dB dynamic reserve
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Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered primary, regional, secondary and flagship.

• Stratatek Test & Measurement Ltd.primaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for NF Corporation America covering the entire US and Canada market. US Headquarters located at 1517 W Carrier Pkwy, Ste 110, Grand Prairie, TX 75050. Canada Headquarters at 101 Amber St, Unit 18-20, Markham, ON L3R 3B2. Provides local sales support, product inquiries, and configuration assistance for NF measurement instruments and power supply products.
• Wayne Kerr Electronics Inc.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized distributor for NF Corporation America covering the Massachusetts/New England region. Located at 165L New Boston Street, Woburn, MA 01801. Specializes in precision measurement equipment sales and technical support.
• AmazonsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMarketplace partner for direct consumer and SMB sales. NF products including function generators, LCR meters, preamplifiers, and function modules are available for purchase through Amazon, enabling direct-to-consumer distribution for smaller instruments.
• RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerJapan's premier research institute for physical and chemical research. NF's low-noise DC power supplies are installed in Japan's first through fourth domestically-produced quantum computers developed by or in partnership with RIKEN. Unit 1 developed by RIKEN, Unit 2 and Unit 4 developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN, Unit 3 developed by Osaka University in collaboration with RIKEN.
• FujitsuflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading Japanese technology company collaborating with RIKEN on quantum computer development. NF's power supplies are incorporated into Fujitsu's quantum computing systems (Units 2 and 4), supporting qubit control in dilution refrigerator environments.
• Osaka UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped Japan's third fully domestically-produced quantum computer (Unit 3) utilizing NF's low-noise signal processing technology. Osaka University leads the quantum computing research initiative with NF providing critical power supply and measurement equipment.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FEMTO Messtechnik: German manufacturer of low-noise voltage and current amplifiers (DHPVA, DLPCA series) with comparable sub-nV/√Hz specifications. Direct competitor in the bench-top preamplifier category where NF's SA series competes.
• Stanford Research Systems: Stanford Research Systems manufactures lock-in amplifiers (SR810/SR830), low-noise preamps, and LCR meters — virtually identical product categories to NF's LI5600 series, SA preamps, and ZM2371 LCR meter line. Closest direct competitor in research-grade low-noise instrumentation.
• Hioki E.E. Corporation: Japanese manufacturer of LCR meters (IM3536, IM3523 series), impedance analyzers, and power meters. Direct competitor in impedance and resistance measurement instruments overlapping with NF's ZM/ZA product lines.
• Zurich Instruments: Swiss maker of digital lock-in amplifiers (HF2LI, MFLI), impedance analyzers, and quantum-control electronics (PQSC, SHF+ Qubit Controllers). Directly competes with NF in low-noise measurement and quantum control — now part of Rohde & Schwarz.
• Kikusui Electronics: Japanese power supply specialist offering bipolar and programmable DC supplies (PBZ, PWR, PCR series) that overlap with NF's BP Series bipolar DC power supplies and LP-series low-noise supplies. Same home-market competitor.
• Matsusada Precision: Japanese high-voltage and bipolar power supply specialist (TKA, TKR, R4G series) directly comparable to NF's bipolar DC power supplies and high-speed bipolar amplifiers in industrial and research applications.
• Signal Recovery / AMETEK: Lock-in amplifier specialist (formerly Signal Recovery, now part of AMETEK Advanced Measurement Technology) competing head-on with NF's LI5600 series for the same physics-research and quantum-control customers.

Broad incumbents

• Keysight Technologies: Dominant broad-line test-and-measurement vendor offering LCR meters (E4980A), impedance analyzers (E4990A), function generators, and power supplies. Competes with NF across virtually every product family but as a much larger portfolio player rather than low-noise specialist.
• Rohde & Schwarz: European T&M giant with broad oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, and — via Zurich Instruments acquisition — lock-in amplifier and quantum-control products. Broader incumbent player that competes head-on with NF after the Zurich integration.
• Tektronix: Broad-line T&M incumbent offering arbitrary function generators (AFG series), oscilloscopes, and increasingly precision measurement. Overlaps with NF's signal-source and bench-instrument categories as a full-suite competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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