Microfabrication facilities

The Engineering Cleanroom Facility consists of an ISO 7 (class 10,000) cleanroom equipped for microlithography, and a supporting process room facility. Capabilities include:

  • Thin film, evaporation of metals including gold, silver, chrome, aluminium and zinc
  • Wet etch facilities and expertise
  • Wafer dicing
  • Plasma cleaning and surface functionalisation
  • Inert atmosphere curing and vacuum oven
  • Lapping/polishing
  • Ink jet printing (DIMATIX DMP-2850)
  • Photolithography at 4” wafer scale down to 10 micron resolution
  • Spin coating
  • Direct writing photolithography with 1 mm write field
  • Microscopy
  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Profilometry
  • Ball and wedge bonding and micro riveting
  • Contact angle measurements
Engineering cleanroom facility at University of Birmingham
The School of Engineering Cleanroom

Contact us

For further information on the cleanroom, including how to access the facility, please email the Cleanroom Manager at engineeringcleanroomfacility@contacts.bham.ac.uk.