Thin Film Products
Contributing to advanced information infrastructure through PGM sputtering targets
Furuya Metal supplies sputtering targets and evaporation materials that are indispensable for forming the thin films used in advanced semiconductors and electronic components. While our product portfolio is centered on precious metal materials, we also develop and manufacture non-precious-metal materials, including Al–Sc alloys, leveraging our expertise in precious metal processing.
In addition, we support customers’ manufacturing operations through a circular business model. Beyond supplying materials, we recycle production equipment and spent products, helping customers utilize precious metal resources more efficiently.
Market needs
Growing demand for high-capacity HDDs for data centers
Driven by the rapid expansion of generative AI, cloud services, video streaming, and IoT, demand for data center storage continues to grow.
Conventional perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology is approaching its physical limits in areal recording density, driving the adoption of next-generation recording technologies.
The realization of these advanced technologies depends on high-performance thin film materials incorporating precious metals. The purity, compositional precision, and grain structure control of sputtering targets play a critical role in determining recording density and long-term reliability.
Next-generation semiconductors
Driven by the expansion of generative AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and data centers, leading-edge logic semiconductors are advancing toward the 2 nm technology node.
To enable this continued scaling, advances in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, together with increasingly precise and durable EUV masks, have become critical factors that directly influence semiconductor performance.
As these technologies continue to evolve, demand for high-purity precious metal targets that support next-generation semiconductor manufacturing is expected to grow further.
High-frequency, wide-bandwidth data communications
As AI continues to advance and an increasing number of devices become interconnected, electronic components are being required to deliver higher levels of performance than ever before.
Among these components, piezoelectric devices play a vital role in enabling next-generation communication technologies by converting electrical signals into mechanical motion and generating electrical energy in response to applied force.
Precious metal thin films and AlSc (aluminum–scandium) thin films are attracting growing attention as next-generation key materials that contribute to enhanced piezoelectric performance.
Furuya Metal’s strengths
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High purity
Furuya Metal offers an exceptionally high-purity product lineup, including ruthenium products of up to 5N (99.999%) purity and iridium products of up to 4N5 (99.995%) purity.
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Precious metal recovery from deposition shields
Furuya Metal not only recycles spent sputtering targets but also recovers precious metals from deposition shields and other thin film deposition equipment components.
We maximize the utilization of limited precious metal resources through recycling.
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Alloy development and microstructure control
Leveraging the expertise and technological capabilities of a specialized precious metals manufacturer, Furuya Metal develops, manufactures, and supplies specialized thermocouple products, including its proprietary reinforced R thermocouple, R-SP, and Ir-Rh thermocouples designed for temperature measurement in environments exceeding 2,000°C.
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Contract thin film deposition services
Furuya Metal provides contract thin film deposition services using customer-specified process recipes.
To support early-stage development and alloy material development, we operate in-house sputtering systems, including our proprietary technology for depositing thin films on powder materials.
Product lineup
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