Custom Integrated Circuit functional, now ready for MEMS fabrication
The first functional VerAvanti custom integrated circuit wafers were completed in mid September allowing MEMS processing to proceed. A meeting was held last week in the Seattle area to update and discuss issues related to the MEMS process. This technology is ground breaking and already has been tested on blank silicon and we are excited for the final phases of producing the first devices for a microscopic video camera used in Endoluminal imaging for patients requiring angioscopy. Working units should be available by the end of 2015.
2015 Trip to Semefab in Scotland
An entertaining and educational trip was made in September 2015 to Glen Rothes, Scotland the headquarters of Semefab Ltd, a world class silicon foundry for which I am the North America Sales Manager.
A reunion with Allan James and John Bruce was just what was needed to reacquaint me with the upgraded capabilities of Semefab’s very clean wafer fabs, consisting of three separate facilities. There is ample capacity in 6″ to support the customers needs in any technology specifically CMOS, Bipolar, DMOS, and MEMS. Please contact me if you need any foundry services.
Allan and John treated us all to lunch at the Covenanter Hotel in Falkland where I enjoyed staying almost 20 years ago during my first trip to Semefab.
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