What the Service is:

IME's Silicon Photonics MPW Prototyping offers high-end fabrication at a cost affordable to research groups and companies. This is done by combining designs of various users on one mask, and sharing a large fraction of the processing cost among the users.

Through cost sharing, academic and industrial research groups can have silicon ICs prototyped in a CMOS fabrication environment. IME provides access to its advanced 8-inch silicon wafer processing facility as well as highly-qualified and experienced research scientists, engineers and technical support staff to enable the fabrication of photonic ICs by wafer-scale processes.

Types of Service:

• Shared Prototyping Runs: Shared Prototyping Runs are typically arranged for January, May and September each year. Participants will share the cost of the prototyping efforts and have the option of using either IME's or their own design, on the proviso that it is within technical specifications. To participate in the next Shared Prototyping Run, please contact us for details.
  
  
• Customised Prototyping Runs: This service is intended for user whose requirements are beyond the timeline and technical specifications of the Shared Prototyping Runs. For Customised Prototyping, please contact us for more information and to arrange a discussion.