Design Rules & PDK

*Quoted prices are exclusive of VAT, import duties/customs fees, withholding taxes etc. 

†Are you a UK company? UK companies and universities may be eligible for a 50% discount on the cost of this MPW run with support from the CORNERSTONE Photonics Innovation Centre (C-PIC) (EP/Z531066/1), funded by UK Research and Innovation. Support will be provided under the Subsidy Control Act (2022) via Minimal Financial Assistance. To be eligible you will need to demonstrate the potential impact of receiving assistance against one or more of the following categories: impact on jobs and skills, access to new technology, accelerating product development. Following submission of your sign-up form, you will receive correspondence with more details of how this support will be provided. The support is only available to UK companies using CORNERSTONE for prototyping and product development.
Priority batches are designed to accelerate delivery times by utilizing expedited services for obtaining reticles, prioritizing access to cleanroom tools, working out-of-hours, and simplifying intermittent quality checks during the fabrication process, instead relying on the inherent repeatability of the lithography and etching processes. Additionally, the submitted layouts will not undergo further inspection against design rules after the submission deadline. Consequently, users opting for the priority option are required to submit designs that pass the Design Rule Check (DRC) on or before the submission deadline. The CORNERSTONE team would be grateful for the opportunity to work with you prior to the submission deadline to ensure your designs pass DRC. For information about setting up CORNERSTONE as a supplier to your institution, please contact cornerstone@soton.ac.uk.

*Quoted prices are exclusive of VAT, import duties/customs fees, withholding taxes etc. 

** Access costs for staff and students employed at UK Universities is funded under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) CORNERSTONE 2.5 project (EP/W035995/1). Free-of-charge access is limited to 1 design area per research group.

†Are you a UK company? UK companies may be eligible for a 50% discount on the cost of this MPW run with support from the CORNERSTONE Photonics Innovation Centre (C-PIC) (EP/Z531066/1), funded by UK Research and Innovation. Support will be provided under the Subsidy Control Act (2022) via Minimal Financial Assistance. To be eligible you will need to demonstrate the potential impact of receiving assistance against one or more of the following categories: impact on jobs and skills, access to new technology, accelerating product development. Following submission of your sign-up form, you will receive correspondence with more details of how this support will be provided. The support is only available to UK companies using CORNERSTONE for prototyping and product development. Priority batches are designed to accelerate delivery times by utilizing expedited services for obtaining reticles, prioritizing access to cleanroom tools, working out-of-hours, and simplifying intermittent quality checks during the fabrication process, instead relying on the inherent repeatability of the lithography and etching processes. Additionally, the submitted layouts will not undergo further inspection against design rules after the submission deadline. Consequently, users opting for the priority option are required to submit designs that pass the Design Rule Check (DRC) on or before the submission deadline. The CORNERSTONE team would be grateful for the opportunity to work with you prior to the submission deadline to ensure your designs pass DRC. For information about setting up CORNERSTONE as a supplier to your institution, please contact cornerstone@soton.ac.uk.