Refurbishment Service

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The NRC/CPFC currently owns three Matrix 105 systems. Two legacy Matrix 105 Plasma/Ashers from Matrix Integrated Solutions were purchased locally on the used market when initially fitting up the CPFC Fab about 9 years ago, and additional brand new Allwin21 105R system (Identical replacement). Matrix Integrated Solutions was taken over by Axcelis Technologies Inc. (ATI) in 2003 and the Matrix line of plasma Asher/descum tools were retired as they were not in line with Axcelis market focus. The tools became unsupported by the OEM and the NRC/CPFC has been doing the best to the tools operational with limited success. An opportunity arose when Allwin21 decided to manufacture a direct replacement Matrix 105R in which processes could be directly transferred from the legacy tools to the new supported Allwin format – ideal for a production environment. Alwin21 also decided to add a refurbishment option to the existing unsupported ATI Matrix 105 systems in which obsolete components will be replaced with current supported components and control infrastructure. This option, while not new, also allows for the interchangeability of exact processes and for process methodologies to seamlessly transfer from system to system regardless of vintage. This is hugely important for us at NRC/ICT as we are now ramping up throughput and now operate two Fab locations. The refurbishment of this legacy tool is the most cost effective solution for Canada. This economical solution will enable NRC with processes which are directly transferable from location to location, minimize training and variables and allow us a redundancy factor in case of unforeseen failures.

Proposed Vendor: Allwin 21 Corporation 3521 Leonard Court Santa Clara, CA 95054 The level of effort for this contract is: $68,000.00 Contract duration is to commence upon contract signature and terminate no later the March 31st 2014. Contract may be subject to negotiation with the supplier.

IP: There are no IP considerations for this contract.

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