Marco,

        I don't think they want us to recommend specific vendors in this
forum, but if you'd like to call me, I can over the phone.  I would
recommend using one of the local mask vendors to make E-beam Chrome Masters
for you.  They can do a direct E-beam write on mask down to a 0.1 um spot
(beam) size, possibly smaller (little unlikely), but almost no one in the
MEMS industry needs or asks for sub-micron mask patterns.  What is the
application?

        Next level of even smaller geometries will/may require X-Ray
lithography.

You can probably get this book on loan from your University Library.

http://www.springer.com/materials/book/978-0-306-43578-2

Good Luck, and Best Regards,

Wendell McCulley

www.InterMEMS.com

408 / 241-0007 (W)
408 / 482-8548 (C)



-----Original Message-----
From: mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org [mailto:mems-talk-bounces@memsnet.org]
On Behalf Of Marc Reinig
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 2:19 PM
To: mems-talk@memsnet.org
Subject: [mems-talk] patterning sub-micron holes in chromium

I would like to place one to several sub-micron holes in a film of chromium
on a glass slide.  The chromium does not have to be very thick, only enough
to block visible light, a few microns thick I think.

Anyone have a recommendation on methods or any services that can provide
this?

Thanks in advance,

Marco