Keith,

I agree that some products are more difficult to find than others... however,
the Thomas register contains far more information than the local paint vendor.
Taking your example... if I needed to find electrodeposited photoresist and a
resource like the Thomas Register didn't have a listing for it, I'd probably
look under photoresist manufacturers and start calling them. If there was no
listing for photoresist manufacturers, then I'd look at a bottle of resist we
have in the lab and call up that manufacturer... say Shipley for instance. If
they don't make electrodeposited resists, they will most certainly know which
of their competitors do, and in most cases are more than happy to give you the
information.

At this point, if I'd had no luck, I'd contact the MEMs community to see what
others were using. Or if the performance of the resist wasn't acceptable, then
I'd check to see what others were using. My point was that this mailing list
should NOT be the FIRST resource used to find information like this. We are
extremely lucky to have easy access to the experts in this field. I would hate
to clutter their mailboxes with unnecessary messages since it makes it more
difficult for them to respond to more technically oriented questions in a
timely manner.

I welcome your comments.

Dave Borkholder
Stanford University
|                       RE>Better ways to find product info and...     4/11/96
|
| The Thomas resigter is good for finding paint but have you ever tried to use
| to find electro deposied photoresist? I welcome the experience of the MEMS
| community as far as finding vendors of products and services to meet our
| special needs.
|
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| Date: 4/11/96 2:05 PM
| To: Keith Jackson
| From: [email protected]