1/2 mm is in the realm of diamond drill bit size. If you need to make just a few vias and your positioning is in the realm of millimeters, then you can do it yourself with a diamond bit, a drill press and a box that will hold your wafer, and some water to keep it wet. You may be able to get an optical machine shop to do it for a reasonable price. I guess it depends on how many holes you need to make, how accurate their size needs to be, and how accurately they need to be positioned. Jesse Fowler "Mohammed El-Tanani"wrote: Subject Re: [mems-talk] Via hole on glass/Quartz Dear Shay and All; Thanks a lot for the benifitial answer and companies link. I want to make a via which is <=0.5mm, so do you have any further sugeestion? Thanks a bunch Mohammed