Monday, September 13, 2021

Update to QNC Hours of Operation

For lab members with Advanced Equipment User status, the hours of operation for the QNC Cleanroom and QNC Packaging Lab have been expanded to 6AM to 10PM, seven days per week.

The hours of operation for lab members with Entry Equipment User status remain 6AM to 6PM Monday to Friday.

For more information please click here.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

QNC Cleanroom closed April 20

The QNC Cleanroom will be closed all day on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 for preventive maintenance of the facility's ventilation and exhaust systems. The work will only impact the cleanroom.

The planned activities are weather dependent; the date may have to be pushed out in the event of poor weather on April 20th.

For safety, no access to the cleanroom will be permitted on the day of these maintenance activities.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Launch of new WCMS website

As a complement to the QNFCF's existing Plone-based website which serves as a document repository for existing lab members (and which will remain active), a new, general information QNFCF website that makes use of the University of Waterloo's Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS) has been launched:

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Minor repairs to air handling in UV Litho bay

Dear All,

Minor repairs are required on the air handling unit which serves the UV Lithography bay in the QNC Cleanroom, module # 1701P.

The work is scheduled for this Friday, February 19 from 7:30AM to approximately 8:15AM.

Monday, February 8, 2021

Upcoming Fab Closure

Dear All,

 

Preemptive repairs will be made to the QNC cleanroom's high purity DI water system over the upcoming February 13 to 15 long weekend.

 

These repairs will mitigate the risk of another major failure as we unfortunately experienced this past November (details below).

 

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