Comparison of Academic Accounts
Comparision of Academic Account Types
| Topic | Commercial | MEP Instructional | MEP Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Purpose | Customer pays for fabrication and packaging. | Use for classroom instruction. | Use for unfunded research, usually without the controls of a specific curriculum. |
| Available Processes | All | See the current list of MEP-available processes | See the current list of MEP-available processes |
| Size Limits | No restrictions | TinyChip unit (1) | ≤ 16 mm2 |
| Restriction on Number of Submissions per year? | No | Annual request subject to review | One submission per academic year per institution after approval of proposal |
| Run Restrictions? | All MPW runs except for "MEP only" | MEP-only, and space available for COM runs | Space available for COM runs |
| IP Access through MOSIS? | Yes | N/A | Yes |
| Fabriction Costs |
Customer pays fabrication cost.
See Prices and Quotes |
free - MOSIS pays | free - MOSIS pays |
| Packaging | No restrictions, customer pays | Free ceramic and OCP packaging; lids cannot be sealed. Fully encapsulated packaging not available. | No restrictions, customer pays |
(1) MEP Instructional allocations are expressed in TinyChip units, rather than dollars or number of integrated circuits. A TinyChip unit for a given process represents both an allocation of project area and a quantity of parts to be delivered.
One TinyChip unit represents 5 deliverable parts of a project no larger than 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm.
MEP Instructional designs may be larger by using more TinyChip units in multiples of 1.5 mm x 1.5 mm, up to 3.0 mm x 3.0 mm which would be 4 TinyChip units.
(2)CDA and DKLA required