August Technology Corporation

As of February 15, 2006 August Technology Corporation was acquired by Rudolph Technologies Inc. August Technology Corporation provides automated defect detection and product characterization systems for microelectronic device manufacturers worldwide. Its products include microscope-based imaging systems, automated wafer back-side inspection systems, automated wafer-edge inspection and metrology systems, automated wafer bump inspection and metrology systems, automated defect inspection systems, defect review and process analysis software, probe mark inspection systems, advanced microscope-based imaging system, fab-wide data management software, and cassette verification and metrology systems. The company sells its systems to various microelectronic device manufacturers worldwide within the markets of semiconductors, packaging applications, optoelectronics, micro electromechanical systems, data storage, flat panel display, printheads, data storage, disk drives, medical devices, and other similar devices. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.