Motorized Positioners

The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information on motorized positioners for custom-built automated optical and RF wafer probing systems. The required work provides two motorized positioner stages for wafer probing systems, which will be used to characterize high-frequency microelectronic devices under the CHIPS act program. The minimum requirements for the positioners include a travel range of 75 mm or greater, 20 nm or smaller guaranteed minimum incremental movement, linear motor drive, crossed-roller bearings, and integrated optical encoder for incremental or absolute closed loop positioning. • The positioners must have large travel ranges with 20 nm minimum movements for precision automated alignment of probing experiments. • The positioners will be used in the High Frequency Electronic laboratory, CTL, in Boulder, CO. • The notice is seeking information on companies' capabilities to provide motorized positioners that meet or exceed NIST's minimum requirements. • Respondents are asked to provide information on their company's experience, past performance, and capabilities to provide the required products or services.