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Germanium

Chemical Formula:

Ge

Equipment name & NEMO ID	Training Required & Charges	Cleanliness	Location	Notes
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents wbflexsolv	Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 1 and 2 Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Manual solvent cleaning of substrates or resist removal.
Wet Bench Flexcorr 2 wbflexcorr-2	Wet Bench Flexcorr 1and2 and 3and4 Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Manual wet etching of non-standard materials. Hot pots available. GaAs allowed in personal labware only
Wet Bench Flexcorr 3 wbflexcorr-3	Wet Bench Flexcorr 1and2 and 3and4 Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Manual wet etching of non-standard materials using acids or bases. Hot Plate available. GaAs not allowed.
Wet Bench Flexcorr 1 wbflexcorr-1	Wet Bench Flexcorr 1and2 and 3and4 Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Manual wet etching of non-standard materials. Hot plate available. GaAs allowed in personal labware only.
Tencor P2 Profilometer p2	Tencor P2 Profilometer Training	Clean, Semiclean	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Step height measurement range 500 Å to 80 µm
SVG Develop Track 2 svgdev2	SVG Resist Develop tracks 1 and 2 Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Automatic development.
SVG Develop Track 1 svgdev	SVG Resist Develop tracks 1 and 2 Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Automatic development.
SVG Resist Coat Track 2 svgcoat2	SVG Resist Coat Tracks 1 and 2 Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Automatic HMDS, Resist spinning, and Bake. AZ5214IR Image Reversal.
SVG Resist Coat Track 1 svgcoat	SVG Resist Coat Tracks 1 and 2 Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Automatic Resist spinning and bake
SPTS uetch vapor etch uetch	SPTS uetch vapor etch Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Pieces need a carrier wafer; Isotropic Etching
Prometrix Resistivity Mapping System prometrix	Prometrix Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	3 Probe Heads for different cleanliness groups.
PlasmaTherm Shuttlelock PECVD System ccp-dep	PlasmaTherm Shuttlelock PECVD System Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	To maintain cleanliness level, cleans of both the chamber and wafers are required prior to processing - Substrates in clean category: Pre-Diffusion Clean For semi-clean substrates: Standard Metal Clean (SRS100 + PRS1000) . Run Chamber clean (no dummies) and conditioning with clean dummies prior to run
Nanospec 210XP nanospec2	Nanospec Training	All	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson	Manual Film Thickness Measurement. Single or dual layer transparent films > 300 Ã
micromanipulator6000 IV-CV probe station micromanipulator6000	micromanipulator6000 IV-CV probe station Training	All	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 151 Ocean
Wet Bench Solvent Lithography lithosolv	Lithography Solvent Bench Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Manual solvent cleaning of substrates or masks. Teflon coated metal tweezers cleaning.
Karl Suss MA-6 Contact Aligner karlsuss2	Contact Aligner Karl Suss MA-6 Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	1:1 Contact Aligner. Backside align.
Karl Suss MA-6 Contact Aligner karlsuss	Contact Aligner Karl Suss MA-6 Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	1:1 Contact Aligner. Backside align, including IR.
Woollam woollam	Woollam Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
Headway Manual Resist Spinner headway2	Resist Coat (manual) Headway Manual Training	All	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Adjustable spin speeds, spin time. SNF-acceptable resists or polymers. Ebeam resists
Finetech Lambda flipchipbonder	Flip Chip Bonder Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson

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Equipment name & NEMO ID	Technique	Cleanliness	Primary Materials Etched	Other Materials Etched	Material Thickness Range	Materials Lab Supplied	Resist	Developer	Process Temperature Range	Chemicals	Gases	Sample Size Limits	Substrate Size	Substrate Type	Maximum Load
Oven (White) white-oven	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake	Flexible							0 °C - 200 °C				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)
Oven 110°C post-bake oven110	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake > Resist Post Bake	All							110 ºC				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)
Oven 90°C prebake oven90	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake > Resist Prebake	All							90 ºC				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)
Oven BlueM 200°C to 430°C bluem	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake	Flexible							0 °C - 430 °C				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)
PlasmaTherm Shuttlelock PECVD System ccp-dep	Deposition > Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) > Plasma Enhanced (PE) CVD	All			100.00 Å - 4.00 μm	Si Si3N4 SiC SiO₂ SiON			100 °C - 350 °C		5% SiH₄ in He CH₄ He N₂ NH₃ SF₆ Nitrous		Pieces 4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (LiNb)	4
Profilometer Alphastep 500 alphastep	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Step Profile	Flexible											Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
Profilometer AlphaStep D-300 alphastep2	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Step Profile	Flexible											Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb)	1
Prometrix Resistivity Mapping System prometrix	Characterization > Sheet Resistance Measurement	All											2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
Samco PC300 Plasma Etch System samco	Cleaning > Resist Removal > Dry Resist Removal > Downstream/Remote Plasma Resist Removal Etching > Dry Etching > Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching (CCP) > Plasma Mode Etching Etching > Dry Etching > Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching (CCP) > Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)	Flexible	Resist	dimethylpolysiloxane Si Si3N4 SiO₂ SiON Various polymers PI					20 ºC		CF₄ O₂ SF₆		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8" Other	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb) , (Various)	Four 4" wafers or two 6" wafers and one 8" wafer
Savannah ALD savannah	Deposition > Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) > Thermal ALD	Flexible			1.00 Å - 50.00 nm	Metal oxides Ga₂O₃ SnO₂ Various Dielectrics ZnO₃ Alumina AZO Hafnia Titania Zirconia			24 °C - 250 °C		N₂		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb) , (Various)
SEM -Zeiss Merlin sem-merlin	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Microscopy	All			0.00 mm - 35.00 mm							6 in wafer	Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" Disks	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (LiNb)
Sensofar S-neox s-neox	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Interferometry Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Optical Profilometer	All											Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
SPTS uetch vapor etch uetch	Etching > Vapor Etching	All	SiO₂								C₂H₅OH HF vapor		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
SVG Develop Track 1 svgdev	Photolithography > Resist Develop > Resist Develop (automatic)	All						MF-26A developer					4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
SVG Develop Track 2 svgdev2	Photolithography > Resist Develop > Resist Develop (automatic)	All						MF-26A developer					4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
SVG Resist Coat Track 1 svgcoat	Photolithography > Resist coat > Resist Coat (automatic)	All					Shipley 3612 resist SPR220-3 resist SPR220-7						4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
SVG Resist Coat Track 2 svgcoat2	Photolithography > Resist coat > Resist Coat (automatic)	All					AZ5214IR Shipley 3612 resist SPR 955 CM-.7 resist						4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
Tencor P2 Profilometer p2	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Step Profile	Clean, Semiclean											Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
Wet Bench Flexcorr 1 wbflexcorr-1	Etching > Wet Etching > Acid or Base Wet Etching Etching > Wet Etching > Aluminum and Titanium and Tungsten Wet Etching Cleaning > Decontamination Cleaning > Metal Clean Cleaning > Piranha Cleaning Etching > Wet Etching > Silicon Oxide Wet Etching Etching > Wet Etching > Silicon Wet Etching Cleaning > Resist Removal > Wet Resist Removal	Flexible	Metals Al Au Cr Si SiO₂ Resist	GaAs Si3N4 Ti W						Acids Bases Gold Etchant H₃PO₄ 20:1 BOE 50:1 HF 6:1 BOE 9:1 Piranha Al-Etch Chrome Etch KOH SC1 SC2			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)
Wet Bench Flexcorr 2 wbflexcorr-2	Etching > Wet Etching > Acid or Base Wet Etching Cleaning > Piranha Cleaning	Flexible								Acids Bases			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)

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