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You are invited to apply for subsidized access to the following Fabrication Technologies.

 Prototyping Services
CMC Microsystems offers Canadian university researchers access to industrial-class fabrication of photonic and optoelectronic prototypes, through partnerships with the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) in Ottawa and the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) in Belgium.
 
Available Technology
  1. III-V Epitaxy & Processing -- CPFC
    • InP substrates (technology code PA)
    • GaAs substrates (technology code PB)
  2. Silicon-based Prototyping
    • Silicon on Insulator -CPFC (technology code PD)
    • Silicon on Insulator - IMEC's passive cSOI process (technology code PF)
Important Dates

CPFC - run codes 1001PA, 1001PB, 1001PD

  • February 4, 2010: Request For Manufacturing Resources deadline
  • March 4, 2010: Notification of fabrication grant awards
  • May 6, 2010:  Design submission deadline
  • June 3, 2010:  Target date for finalized design (with foundry input) and final price quotation
  • June - Sept. 2010: Forecast dates for fabrication. Designs finalized before May 6, 2010 may be fabricated earlier.
IMEC - run code 1001PF
  • February 4, 2010: Request For Manufacturing Resources deadline
  • March 4, 2010: Notification of fabrication grant awards
  • April 29, 2010: Design submission deadline
  • May 13, 2010: DRC clean layout deadline
  • August 2010:  Delivery of processed wafers
View Complete Fabrication Schedule.
Eligibility Requirements

Graduate students and professors at Canadian universities who are registered
clients of CMC are eligible to access these services through CMC.

These services may only be used for academic research or teaching purposes at a Canadian educational instituition.
For More Information

Jessica Zhang,

Optoelectronics Implementation Engineer

Phone: 613.745.4141   E-mail: zhang@cmc.ca

Dan Deptuck,

Staff Scientist, Optoelectronics Engineering

Phone: 613.530.4670   E-mail: deptuck@cmc.ca

 Grant Application Process

Applicants must complete and submit a Photonics Request for Manufacturing
Resources (RFMR) on or before February 4, 2010.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to engage in dialogue with CMC before formally submitting their RFMR, particularly if they have concerns about technical feasibility and pricing.  CMC can provide estimate pricing at this stage if enough detail is provided by the applicant.  However, please note that pricing may be highly dependent on design details, which in most cases will not be fully specified until later in the design process.

CMC may contact applicants to clarify technical details, before completing the review process.  Please ensure that the Principal Designer is available for consultation, or specify an alternate member of your design team who can respond promptly to queries from CMC.

To ensure the best possible use of the resources available for prototype fabrication, requests for these resources will be reviewed by an external Peer Review Committee.  This committee will recommend allocation of fabrication resources based on the quality of the information in the completed RFMRs.  Notifications of fabrication grant awards will be made by e-mail to the applicants by March 4, 2010.
CMC welcomes any feedback you may have on this application process; comments
should be directed to fab@cmc.ca

 Prototyping Access Options and Pricing

There are two options for accessing Photonics and Optoelectronics
Prototyping Services provided by CMC:

1. Peer-reviewed grant application:

  • Expect 2-3 application rounds per year.  Refer to our fabrication schedule.
  • For those requiring epitaxy only, applications are accepted on a monthly basis.  More...
  • Designs that are granted fabrication resources in this process receive sizable discounts (on the order of 80%) on standard manufacturing prices.

2. Pay-for-fab option:

  • Initiate a discussion with CMC at any time.
  • Pricing is closer to standard manufacturing prices
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