How to complete a run

Submit a Process Run

Once you have established a business account, you can submit your process run for review by us and by the fabs involved in your run. This is done with the "Request Review" button on the process run page.

We will analyze your run to see if it is feasible, and either return it to you for changes, or ask the relevant fabs to review it as well. Whatever happens, you will be kept informed by email, and you can always track your run's status from your personal page.

Establish a payment method

Once your run has been reviewed and accepted by the MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange and all the fabs involved, and you are satisfied with the run, you must establish a payment method for the estimated cost shown on your runcard. Make sure that your purchasing department understands that the prices are estimates, and that the invoice amount may be different if changes are made to the run (which would require your approval). The MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange accepts purchase orders and major credit cards. Please fax your PO to Christy Short at 703-262-5367. If you have any questions, contact Christy Short at 703-262-5375 or by email. For further information regarding payment, see the payments section of our frequently-asked questions list, and refer to the Fees and Payment Terms section of your Customer Agreement.

Submit your run as a work order

Once you have established a payment method (and we have entered this information into our database), you can submit your process run as a work order. Use the "Request Work" button on the run page to submit a work order.

Once your run is a work order, it will start processing as soon as all the required materials (wafers, masks) are received by the first fab, and that fab is ready to process your run. If you are supplying your own wafers and/or masks for the run, you'll have to ship them to us first, and we'll ship them to the first fab.

Ship processing materials

Ship any materials (preprocessed wafers, masks, etc.) necessary to begin processing to MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange at the following address:

    Attn: Processing
    MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange
    Corporation For National Research Initiatives
    1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
    Reston, Virginia 20191-5434

We will label and package your materials so they can be tracked throughout our fabrication network, and then ship them to the first fab in your process run.

Monitor the progress of your process run

Once the first fab site involved in your process run has received all necessary materials, and the necessary equipment and personnel are available, work will commence on your process run. You can monitor its progress from the process run page (which you can get to via your personal page).

At any point in processing, you can place a hold on your process run; processing will stop until you release the hold. You can do this using the "Hold" button on the process run page.

Await final shipment

Once processing is complete, the final product (processed wafers or dies) will be shipped to you, via the MEMS and Nanotechnology Exchange. (For improved privacy, we normally do not reveal the identity of our customers to participating fab sites, which is why the final shipment is not done directly to you.)

Pay invoice

We will mail an invoice to you.