December 6, 2024
We are pleased to announce that our standard Si and SiN processing will now feature gold electrical traces and bond pads. During our testing, we observed an average 10% increase in electrical wall-plug efficiency of heater devices that use gold traces instead of aluminum, with more consistent via contact resistance to the TiW heater material. Furthermore, the transition to gold bond pads will enable hassle-free wire bonding, with higher yield and less oxidation damage than to aluminum bond pads. Aluminum electrical traces will be depreciated in all projects moving forward. Substitutions to aluminum may be requested in dedicated run scenarios where the usage of gold may have compatibility issues with other processes.
October 22, 2024
The 2025 MPW dates for Silicon and Silicon Nitride have been posted.
May 6, 2024
Thermal isolation trenches and custom dicing are now available on MPW runs. The design rules have been updated for silicon and silicon nitride, and PDK has also been updated with the new layers. Please contact us if you have any questions about the new processes.
April 8, 2024
Luceda Photonics and Applied Nanotools (ANT) are proud to announce the release of the Luceda PDK for the ANT NanoSOI™ process. The release of the PDK enables support for the design of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) layouts leveraging the Luceda Photonics Design Platform, for submission to ANT’s 220 nm silicon multi-project wafer (MPW) fabrications runs. Please visit our PDK Download Area to request the Luceda PDK.
March 6, 2024
The next Silicon MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MDT, Tuesday March 26. If you would like your design to be reviewed by ANT staff before the final submission deadline, please submit your request to support@appliednt.com by 6:00 PM MDT, Tuesday March 19, 2024.
December 21, 2023
The next Silicon MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MST, Tuesday January 9, 2024. If you would like your design to be reviewed by ANT staff before the final submission deadline, please submit your request to support@appliednt.com by 6:00 PM MST, Tuesday January 2, 2024. Note that Applied Nanotools will be closed starting December 23rd until January 2nd.
August 2, 2023
The next Silicon MPW submission deadline has been moved to 6:00 PM MDT, Tuesday September 12, 2023. Please note that this is postponed by roughly a week from the original start submission deadline of September 5, 2023. Please contact support@appliednt.com if you have any questions.
April 17, 2023
Due to recent process yield issues, the silicon nitride (SiN) heater width and spacing design rule has been amended from 3 μm to 5μm (GDS Layer 11). Note that this only impacts silicon nitride design submissions, and that the silicon design rules are unaffected by this change.
April 4, 2023
The PDK has been upgraded to Version 7 to include many new components and revised grating couplers with improved centering at 1550 nm. Click here to download the new PDK and see the full list of changes.
October 20, 2022
The 2023 MPW dates for Silicon and Silicon Nitride have been posted.
October 20, 2022
The PDK has been upgraded to Version 6.2. This version fixes an incompatibility with SiEPIC Tools waveguide routing. Click here to download the new PDK and see the full list of changes.
January 24, 2022
The PDK has been upgraded to Version 6.1. This version fixes several bugs, including with waveguide routing and library display. Click here to download the new PDK and see the full list of changes.
October 6, 2021
The first NanoSOI silicon nitride MPW run is now open for submissions. The run deadline is 6:00 PM MDT October 26, 2021. Design rules, process specifications, and the silicon nitride PDK are all available on the NanoSOI Design Center.
July 9, 2021
The PDK has been upgraded to Version 5. This version includes new grating coupler designs validated with our vertical etch process, and compatibility with SiEPIC Tools. Click here to download the new PDK and see the full list of changes.
April 24, 2021
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MDT, Tuesday May 25, 2021. Click here for the 2021 MPW run schedule.
March 4, 2021
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MDT, Tuesday April 6, 2021. Click here for the 2021 MPW run schedule.
February 3, 2021
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MST, Tuesday Feburary 9, 2021. This run will feature an improved etch process that provides vertical waveguide sidewalls while maintaining low propagation losses. Due to unexpected and intermittent issues experienced with the old etch process/tool, this change is expected to be permanent. Please contact support@appliednt.com if you have any questions.
December 26, 2020
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MST, Tuesday January 5th, 2021. Click here for the 2021 MPW run schedule.
September 16, 2020
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MDT, Monday October 5th, 2020. Click here for the 2020 MPW run schedule.
July 23, 2020
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MDT, Monday August 24th, 2020. Click here for the 2020 MPW run schedule.
June 23, 2020
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MDT, Monday July 13th, 2020. Click here for the 2020 MPW run schedule.
April 13, 2020
The April MPW deadline has been postponed to 6:00 PM MDT, Monday May 4th, 2020 due to COVID-19 related facility closures. Click here for the updated 2020 MPW run schedule.
March 23, 2020
A new version of the NanoSOI PDK (Version 3.0) is now available here. Improvements include new cells to streamline the NanoSOI measurement and packaging services, and an updated layer map including dedicated run layers.
March 9, 2020
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MDT, Monday April 6th, 2020. Click here for the 2020 MPW run schedule.
January 27, 2020
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MST, Tuesday February 18th, 2020. Click here for the 2020 MPW run schedule. Starting on the February 2020 MPW run, we have made changes to our deep trench process to improve edge coupler yield. We will now be etching only 250 microns into the handle silicon. For a full description of the new process, please visit the updated Deep Trench example page.
December 27, 2019
Our design rule check (DRC) computer hardware has been upgraded to accommodate the increase in order submissions to our service. Designs ran through our design verification checks should now complete faster than before. We have also highlighted some lesser-known dedicated/custom options on our Order Submission Form including positive-tone processing and 300 nm / 500 nm SOI options. Please visit here for a comprehensive list of our processing capabilities.
November 28, 2019
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MST, Monday January 6th, 2020. Click here for the 2020 MPW run schedule.
October 28, 2019
Applied Nanotools is hosting a webinar to provide an introduction to our NanoSOI fabrication service at 11 AM MST, November 8th, 2019. Please register in advance here. We look forward to seeing you at the webinar!
October 28, 2019
The next MPW submission deadline is 6:00 PM MST, Monday November 25th, 2019. We have also posted our MPW run schedule for 2020! Click here for the 2019 and 2020 MPW run schedules.