<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001266457-11-000008.txt : 20110425
<SEC-HEADER>0001266457-11-000008.hdr.sgml : 20110425
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20110425204101
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001266457-11-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110420
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110425
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110425

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hahn SooKap
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001518797

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11412
		FILM NUMBER:		11778587

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		185 MERRIT ROAD
		CITY:			LOS ALTOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMTECH SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000720500
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				860411215
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AZ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 S CLARK DR
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6029675146

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	QUARTZ ENGINEERING & MATERIALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870715
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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-04-20</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2011-04-22</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000720500</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMTECH SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>asys</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001518797</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hahn SooKap</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>185 MERRIT ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ALTOS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Amtech Systems, Inc. Non-Employee Director Stock Option</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>22.26</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-04-20</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2012-04-20</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-04-20</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Amtech Systems, Inc. $.01 par value common stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6000</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>6000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This is an amendment and does not represent an increase in the total options outstanding.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">One-third of the stock option granted vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Any unexercised stock options expire 90 days after membership on the Board of Directors terminates, except that the expiration is one year from the date of termination if such termination is the result of death, or such other expiration date as the Board of Directors sets in its discretion at the time of termination.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Price omitted because the transaction is a grant of a stock option.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert T. Hass on behalf of Sookap Hahn by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-04-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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