Cleanroom
Midlands Microfabrication Cleanroom
Midlands Photonics FoundryCoventry, West Midlands
ISO Class 5 cleanroom offering electron-beam lithography and thin-film deposition for photonic and quantum devices.
- Provider organisation
- Midlands Photonics Foundry
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Lead time
- 30–60 days (Provider stated)
Capabilities
What the facility can do, with operating ranges and the evidence behind each claim.
Electron-beam lithography
FabricationOperating range
- Minimum feature size: Minimum feature size 20 nm
- Cleanroom ISO class: ISO Class 5
Provider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Thin-film deposition
FabricationProvider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Device packaging and integration
PackagingUnverifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- —
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Equipment
Electron-beam lithography system
FabricationProvider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Magnetron sputter system
FabricationProvider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Wire bonder
PackagingUnverifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- —
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Processes / services
Electron-beam lithography patterning
FabricationProvider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Sputter deposition
FabricationProvider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Wire bonding
PackagingUnverifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- —
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Test methods / standards
Materials / device compatibility
Shown where the provider or a source supplies it.
Silicon
MaterialSupportedProvider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Diamond (including NV-diamond)
MaterialConditionalDiamond substrates require a contamination review.
Provider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Expertise
Specialist technical capabilities available alongside the equipment.
Nanofabrication process development
Provider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
External access
The provider retains control of site safety, equipment operation, training, sample acceptance and experimental procedure. Submitting an access request does not authorise any physical work.
Lead time & commercial model
- Lead time
- 30–60 days (Provider stated)
- Lead times change. Confirm dates for your specific request with the provider.
- Commercial model
- HourlyPer process
- Where public. Prices and terms are agreed with the provider.
Restrictions
Known restrictions on safety, materials, security, export control, IP, training and eligibility.
Training
Provider restrictions applyCleanroom induction required for hands-on access; staff-operated service available.
Provider verifiedSource type: Provider verified- Source
- Provider profile
- Last reviewed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Last verified
- 12 Aug 2026
- Review due
- 12 Feb 2027
Prerequisites
What the provider may need before work can start.
Cleanroom induction
Training
Sources
Where the information on this profile came from.
Provider profile
Provider verified- Reference
- Provider submission, May 2026
- Accessed
- 15 Jul 2026
- Permitted-use basis
- Not recorded
Verification history
Changes to verification state are recorded, not overwritten.
- 12 Aug 2026
Capability: Electron-beam lithography
Unverifiedchanged toProvider verifiedMethod: Provider confirmation of capability statement · Verified by Midlands Photonics Foundry
- 12 Aug 2026
Capability: Thin-film deposition
Unverifiedchanged toProvider verifiedMethod: Provider confirmation of capability statement · Verified by Midlands Photonics Foundry
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