The MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange coordinates a virtual fab, a network of fabrication centers that lets our users draft process sequences which are performed across the boundaries separating the individual facilities. Our service is made available to the United States community including commercial, academic, and government organizations.

The MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange provides general consulting as well as invention creative services to the community. General consulting includes such activities as:

• Development of a product development strategy
• Costing analysis for NRE as well as manufacturing
• Optimization of device design and/or fabrication
• Evaluation of production efficiencies
• Selecting suitable foundries for manufacturing
• Assisting in transfer of production to another foundry
• Device and/or process diagnostics
• Development or evaluation of a QC protocol
• Reliability and failure analysis
• Mechanical or material property measurement and characterization

The MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange offers a range of options for mask design and fabrication. Our engineers can make the layout design for you or use your layout files. Our mask fabrication capabilities range from pattern generation, to E-beam, to X-ray.

Whatever your mask requirements are, the MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange can help.

The MEMS Exchange has developed a software system that is specially suited for MEMS and Nano technology job shops. The software system has many of the same features as the software that runs the entire MEMS Exchange operation and is well suited for managing a project or an entire facility's operations depending on the exact needs of the customer.

The system incorporates over 30 man-years of development effort and runs in a Linux environment. Our software system uses a network-based approach and therefore affords easier access, provides excellent scalability, eliminates problems with compatibility, but affords high-level security protections.

Contact us at engineering@mems-exchange.org