Turn complexity into clarity: RFID is the first step on your automation journey.
Fabmatics delivers smart identification solutions that scale with your fab.

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Small, Smart, Simple: Automating Your Fab Starts with Reliable Identification

Many semiconductor fabs still rely on manual or paper-based tracking to manage materials, carriers, and tools – making it harder to scale and prone to errors.
RFID offers the digital foundation for all downstream automation steps:

  • Accurate identification and tracking of wafers, carriers, and equipment

  • Real-time process visibility

  • Error reduction and increased fab throughput

  • Seamless integration into existing MES and tool landscapes

Digital identification isn’t a future goal – it’s the starting point.

Common Questions Fab/Production Managers Ask Before Starting With RFID

Questions fab or automation managers ask before moving forward:

 

Automation starts with visibility. RFID gives you real-time control over lots, carriers, and WIP – across tools, transport, and storage. Without this foundation, higher-level automation (like AMHS, MCS, robotics) becomes risky or impossible.


Yes – Fabmatics RFID solutions are retrofit-ready. We work with HA200 boxes, FOUPs, SMIF pods, open cassettes, and reticle carriers. Tags can be welded, clipped, or mounted based. We also retrofit tools, racks, loadports, and stockers to support identification seamlessly.


Our RFID readers use standard industrial protocols like SECS/GEM, ASCII, or IRG, and connect smoothly with MES, MCS, or tool host systems. We help evaluate your infrastructure and ensure compatibility with your existing workflow and interfaces.


We support LF and HF systems optimized for cleanroom conditions and different process zones. The choice depends on factors like tag position, material flow, environmental interference, and range requirements. We help you select the right technology and frequency.


It depends on your use case. Most fabs use a Unique ID, linked to backend data in the MES. In specific workflows, Fabmatics can also enable writable tags to hold local process data or tool-specific tracking. We help you define what's needed – and what isn’t.


RFID in Action – Integration Points Across Your Fab

 

1. Transponder on Material Carrier

  • Mechanical Attachment
  • Ultrasonic Welding
  • RFID Racks - new and retrofitting existing solutions
  • Stocker Solutions – new and retrofitting existing
  • Conveyor
  • RFID Trolley - new and retrofitting existing solutions
  • RFID Loadport - retrofitting existing solutions
  • RFID Reader Station (Operator

From Tag to Control - Your Path to Fab Automation

Every journey toward an efficient and automated production begins with a first step – and in semiconductor manufacturing, that step is reliable digital identification. Even small improvements in how materials, carriers, and tools are identified and tracked can unlock greater transparency, reduce errors, and lay the foundation for smarter logistics and process automation.

 

 

 Each step builds on identification. RFID comes first.

We will be happy to advise you on RFID strategies, retrofit solutions or pilot projects – individually and practically. Need a custom solution? We tailor systems to your tools, carrier types, and data interfaces – down to the finest detail.

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Matching Products

 

RFID Trolley

The RFID trolley transports up to six wafer lots. Each bin has a Wi-Fi-enabled RFID reader that connects to the host system above - ensuring efficient, transparent tracking in cleanroom environments.

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RFID Rack

Our RFID shelf system enables efficient storage and management of product lots. RFID technology ensures seamless tracking of all storage movements for full transparency and process control.

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RFID Systems

Tailored RFID and real-time location systems ensure transparent material flow in cleanroom production. They offer strong performance at a competitive price and adapt to your specific needs.

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Conveyors

RFID-enabled conveyor systems allow seamless tracking of material carriers throughout production, ensuring transparency and process reliability.

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Loadports / Tool Integration

RFID-based loadports serve as manual input/output stations for FOUPs, enabling smooth integration into automated overhead transport systems.

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RFID Reading Station

The RFID reading station ensures fast, secure identification of 200 mm wafer cassettes, HA-200 boxes, and other carriers by simply swapping the base unit.

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Smart Foundations for Automation – RFID Solutions by Fabmatics

For over 20 years, Fabmatics has been supporting semiconductor manufacturers worldwide in taking the first step toward automation. Whether in 200mm legacy fabs or modern 300mm lines, our RFID solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly into your fab’s infrastructure.

Benefits at a Glance

> One partner. All you need

Hardware, software, integration & support from a single source.

 > Built on trust

100,000+ RFID components installed in more than 60 fabs worldwide.

 > Start small – grow big

From simulation and pilot RFID projects to full fab rollouts - Fabmatics solutions scale with your automation roadmap.

 > Industry-proven

Our solutions are fully SEMI-compliant, CE und FCC certified, highly reliable, and made for challenging fab environments.

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Let’s build your automation business case – Fabmatics supports you from simulation to system rollout.

 

Rico Thieme

Director Sales and Business Development (Europe)
Fabmatics GmbH

+49 351 65237-215
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Raschell Hickmott

Sales Engineer
Fabmatics USA Inc.

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