Flexible

The "Flexible" cleanliness group is part of the SNF/ExFab contamination policy.

The following is a list of equipment that fall into the "Flexible" category.

Equipment name & NEMO ID	Training Required & Charges	Cleanliness	Location	Notes
CytoViva HSI cytoviva	Cytoviva Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 151 Ocean
MVD mvd	MVD Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Reactor located inside glovebox
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 2 wbflexsolv-2	Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 1 and 2 Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Manual solvent cleaning, hot plate
Savannah ALD savannah	ALD Savannah Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
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.
Technics Asher technics	Technics Asher Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
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.
EVG Wafer Bonder evbond	Wafer Bonder EVG Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
Samco PC300 Plasma Etch System samco	Samco Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
Oxford III-V etcher Ox-35	Oxford III-V etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Metal etching or Metal hard masks are not allowed. 4" wafers; can be adopted to do 6" or 8" wafers; pieces need to be bonded to carrier wafers; Restrictions: III-V materials only.
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.
Critical Point Dryer Tousimis Automegasamdri-915B cpd	Critical Point Dryer Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	CO2 drying after release of micromachined devices
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 2 B1T2 Flexible Oxide Anneal	Tystar Atmospheric Tube Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
MRC Reactive Ion Etcher mrc	MRC Reactive Ion Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Typically used for sputter etching; Single wafer, direct load system; wafers/ pieces can be directly placed on electrode
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 1 B1T1 Flexible Oxide	Tystar Atmospheric Tube Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Metal Etcher PT-MTL	Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Metal Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Single wafer; Default 4" config; Can be converted to 6" config; pieces need to be attached to carrier wafer; Restrictions: Can not etch metals or metal oxides with no volatile by-products (shorting & arcing issues)
Matrix Plasma Resist Strip matrix	Matrix Plasma Resist Strip Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Single wafer tool with auto loading from a cassette. Pieces need a pocket carrier wafer for transport. Chuck temperature controls wafer heating.
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Deep Silicon Etcher PT-DSE	Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Deep Silicon Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	Single wafer; Bosch process for Si etching; Default 4" config; Can be converted to 6" config; pieces need to be attached to carrier wafer; need a support wafer for through wafer etching, can be used for Isotropic Si Etching
Oxford Dielectric Etcher oxford-rie	Oxford Dielectric Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	4" wafers; can be adopted to do 6" or 8" wafers; pieces need to be bonded to carrier wafers
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.

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Equipment name & NEMO ID	Technique	Cleanliness	Primary Materials Etched	Other Materials Etched	Material Thickness Range	Materials Lab Supplied	Process Temperature Range	Gases	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 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)
Oxford Dielectric Etcher oxford-rie	Etching > Dry Etching > Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching (CCP) > Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)	Flexible	Si3N4 SiC SiO₂ PI	C				Ar CF₄ CHF₃ N₂ O₂ SF₆	4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂)	1
Oxford III-V etcher Ox-35	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Flexible	GaAs	AlGaN AlInP GaN InGaP InSb				Ar BCl₃ CH₄ Cl₂ H₂ HBr N₂ O₂ SF₆	4"		1
PDMS Hotplate hotplate-1	Other	Flexible
PDMS Spin Coater spincoat-g3p8	Patterning	Flexible
PDMS Workbench	Deposition	Flexible				dimethylpolysiloxane
PDS 2010 LABCOTER™ 2 Parylene Deposition System parcoater	Deposition	Flexible				poly(p-xylylene)			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8" Cones Disks Other	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb) , (Various)
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Deep Silicon Etcher PT-DSE	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Flexible	Si					Ar C₄F₈ O₂ SF₆	4" 6"		1
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Dielectric Etcher PT-Ox	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Flexible	C Si3N4 SiC SiO₂	Various C-based				Ar C₄F₈ CF₄ CHF₃ H₂ He N₂ O₂	4" 6"		1
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Metal Etcher PT-MTL	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Flexible	Metals or metal compounds with volatile byproducts Al	GaN				Ar BCl₃ CF₄ CH₄ Cl₂ N₂ O₂ SF₆	4" 6"		1
Plasmaetch PE-50 plasma-etch	Etching > Dry Etching > Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching (CCP) > Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)	Flexible	Resist					78% N₂, 21% O₂, ~1% Ar	Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"		Multiple
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
QSonica Q700 Sonicator sonicator	Sonication	Flexible
RTA AllWin 610 aw610_r	Annealing & Oxidation > Rapid Thermal Annealing	Flexible					21 °C - 1150 °C	4% H₂ in N₂ Ar N₂ NH₃ O₂	Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)
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)
Sinton Lifetime Tester sinton-lifetime-tester	Characterization > Minority Carrier Characterization	Flexible							Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"
Solidscape Wax 3D Printer 3d-wax-printer	3D Printing	Flexible