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UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)

Laser microlithography equipment

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38000000 38600000 38630000 38636000
Value£135k
Deadline13 Sept 2024
Published13 Sept 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 13 Sept 2024ClosedCloses 13 Sept 2024
Contract value in context
£135ktotal contract value
median £70k
this tender£0£588k

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The brief

The University of Salford is looking to procure laser microlithography equipment that satisfies the following technical requirements: • Be able to use ultraviolet light to create bespoke patterns on the surface of a wafer or chip • Be able to handle small chips in addition to full sized wafers • Be able to write large blocks of areas in one exposure (for example using a MEMS micromirror array).

This means that laser lithography systems that use a single focused laser beam to write patterns pixel by pixel are not acceptable for this purchase • Be able to align the chip/wafer using registration fiducial marks on the backside of the chip/wafer as well as on the front side. • Have a minimum feature resolution less than 0.5 um • Delivery deadline of November 2024 Please send any queries or quotations to o.h.ward@salford.ac.uk by 12 noon on Friday 13th September 2024.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Be able to use ultraviolet light

Be able to use ultraviolet light to create bespoke patterns on the surface of a wafer or chip.

02

Be able to handle small chips in

Be able to handle small chips in addition to full sized wafers.

03

Be able to write large blocks

Be able to write large blocks of areas in one exposure (for example using a MEMS micromirror array).

04

Be able to align the chip/wafer using

Be able to align the chip/wafer using registration fiducial marks on the backside of the chip/wafer as well as on the front side.

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Stage
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UoS/CF/24/25/QTR1/Laser microlithography equipment
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