<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello, Joseph,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Perhaps someone on this email list has more info, but as far as I know, SOITEC still has the patent on the ’Smart-Cut’ method. As you mentioned, they have a minimum order quantity and no longer sells 150 mm wafers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">University Wafers sell SOI wafers I small quantities. </div><div class=""><a href="https://order.universitywafer.com/default.aspx?cat=Silicon-on-Insulator%20(SOI)" class="">https://order.universitywafer.com/default.aspx?cat=Silicon-on-Insulator%20(SOI)</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope that helps.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Ben</div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 27, 2021, at 7:26 AM, Christodoulides, Joseph A CIV USN NRL (6395) Washington DC (USA) <<a href="mailto:joseph.christodoulides@nrl.navy.mil" class="">joseph.christodoulides@nrl.navy.mil</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hello,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Does anyone have any suggestions for a vendor supplying SOI wafers utilizing the “Smart-Cut” technique? I believe that the company SOITEC, pioneered this technique but only sells in minimum quantity of 25 wafers. We’re trying to buy only one or two wafers (150 or 200 mm) instead of a full box which may cost tens of thousands. Thank you.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Joseph A. 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