Company profile
NanoScope Services
Bristol service provider offering semiconductor failure analysis using focused ion beam, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, device decapsulation and circuit edit work.
Company overview
NanoScope Services is a Bristol-based company providing advanced microscopy and analysis services. For over 16 years, it has supported clients in the semiconductor, nanotechnology, and materials science sectors across the UK and Europe. The company specialises in nano-analysis for failure, structural, and materials issues, utilising techniques such as Focused Ion Beam (FIB), electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). For fabless design houses, NanoScope offers FIB circuit editing for the rapid debug and verification of new chip designs. Its laboratory also provides failure analysis, electrical micro-probing, and chip reliability testing to support production processes and resolve customer issues. Additionally, the company offers nano-machining for prototyping and serves the life sciences sector with cryo-sectioning and imaging of biological specimens.
Semiconductor activity
Primary capability: Semiconductor Test. Supply-chain role: Test & Analysis Services.
Technologies and capabilities
- Silicon
- Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
- Electron Microscopy
- Circuit Edit
- MEMS
- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
- Thermal Imaging
Failure Analysis; Circuit Edit; Reliability Testing; Microscopy Services; Electrical Micro-probing; Nano-Machining
Markets served
- Semiconductors
- MEMS
- Nanotechnology
- Materials Science
- Life Sciences
UK presence
Bristol. Part of the Bristol / South West cluster.
Sources and verification
Last verified: 2026-09-29