Wafer Grinding

SiliconQuest, http://www.siliconquest.com/
Contact: Jodi Hale (408) 496-1000 x110
(Silicon wafers, Oxide, SOI and Back-grinding)

Disco
Head Office (MAP)
3270 Scott Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3011
Ph: (408)987-3776
Fax: (408)987-3785
http://www.disco.co.jp/

GDSI
247 Humboldt Court
Sunnyvale, CA. 94089
Ph: (408)752-1750
Fax: (408)752-1751
Mhassan@wafergrind.com
http://www.wafergrind.com/

Aptek Industries
414-F Umbarger Road
San Jose, CA 95111
Ph: (408) 363-8026

Heussner Optics
3283 J De La Cruz Blvd.
Santa Clara, Ca 95054
Ph: (408)988-4214

G.M. Associates
9824 Kitty Lane
Oakland, CA 94603
Ph: (510) 430-0806
www.gmaassoc.com

Onyx Optics
6551 Sierra Lane
Dublin, CA 94568
Ph: (925)833-1969
www.onyxoptics.com

Ultrasil
3527 Breakwater Ave.
Hayward, Ca
(510) 266-3700
www.ultrasil.com

Umicore Semiconductor Processing
Boston, MA
Ph: (617) 345-9936
Fax: (617) 345-9271

Quartz and other substrate polishing (from James Conway)

G.M. Associates
9824 Kitty Lane Oakland, CA 94603
Ph: (510) 430-0806 www.gmaassoc.com

Valley Design West Valley Design
East 151-D Harvey West Blvd. 63 Power Rd. Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Westford, MA 01886
West E-mail: west@valleydesign.com
East E-mail: east@valleydesign.com
Phone: 831-420-0595 Phone: 978-692-1971 Fax: 831-420-0592 http://www.valleydesign.com/

Onyx Optics
6551 Sierra Lane Dublin, CA 94568
Ph: (925)833-1969 www.onyxoptics.com
Brian Noble bnobel@onyxoptics.com

CMP (recommendations from Eric Sanjuan):

There seems to be very little in the way of "real" CMP, local or global planarization of device wafers containing metals and dielectrics. But this is what I dug up.

Dr. John H. Givens has worked for many years as CMP engineer/manager at TI's Advanced Technology Group. He is currently working to revive a business in Arizona that will be providing CMP services. While this may take another month or two from today (03-21-02) please contact him directly so that he can keep you in the loop about when this endeavor will be opening its doors. Dr. Givens contact info is jjgivens@texas.net

Clarkson University in New York also is willing to provide CMP services in low volumes. Dr Yuzhuo Li is the Professor in charge of that group and he can be reached by email at yuzhuoli@clarkson.edu

CMP recommendation from Don Disney:

Polishing Solutions International
2315 W. Fairmont Drive Tempe, AZ 85282
contact: Rob Rhoades (602) 426-8668 rrhoades@totalfabsolutions.com

A contribution from a vendor:

THAT Corporation
http://thatcorp.com/services.html
http://thatcorp.com/grinding.html