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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
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.
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Dielectric Etcher PT-Ox	Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Dielectric 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)
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
Oven (White) white-oven	White Oven Training	Flexible	SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107	For LOL2000 bake or bakes which are not allowed in the other ovens and need higher temperatures, up to 200C, programmable.
Ex Fab Develop Wet Bench wbexfab_dev	WbExfab_Dev Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson	Manual development of resist in beakers. SNF approved developers only. No solvents!
Nanoscribe Photonics GT nanoscribe	Nanoscribe Photonics GT Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson
Ex Fab Solvent Wet Bench wbexfab_solv	WbExfab_Solv Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson
Finetech Lambda flipchipbonder	Flip Chip Bonder Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson
Profilometer Alphastep 500 alphastep	Alphastep 500 Profilometer Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson	500Å to 300µm
Profilometer AlphaStep D-300 alphastep2	AlphaStep2 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	Developer	Process Temperature Range	Chemicals	Gases	Substrate Size	Substrate Type	Maximum Load
Technics Asher technics	Etching > Dry Etching Cleaning > Resist Removal > Dry Resist Removal	Flexible	Resist	dimethylpolysiloxane poly(p-xylylene) PI						O₂	Pieces 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiO2) , (SiO₂)	Four 4" wafers to pieces, one 6" or 8" wafer
Thermoscientific Oven thermoscientific-oven	Other	Flexible
Thinky AR-100 Mixer thinky-mixer	Other	Flexible
Tylan9 Forming Gas Anneal Furnace tylan9	Annealing & Oxidation > Annealing (furnace)	Flexible				SiO₂		250 °C - 1100 °C		10% H₂ in N₂ Ar H₂ N₂ O₂	Pieces 2" 3" 4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	50
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 1 B1T1 Flexible Oxide	Annealing & Oxidation > Oxide Growth (furnace)	Flexible			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm			400 °C - 1100 °C		4% H₂ in N₂ N₂ O₂	4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	100
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 2 B1T2 Flexible Oxide Anneal	Annealing & Oxidation > Annealing (furnace) Annealing & Oxidation > Oxide Growth (furnace)	Flexible			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm			400 °C - 1100 °C		4% H₂ in N₂ N₂ O₂	4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	100
Voltera voltera	Deposition > Ink Patterning	Flexible				Various conductive inks Various custom inks
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)
Wet Bench Flexcorr 3 wbflexcorr-3	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) , (Various)
Wet Bench Flexcorr 4 wbflexcorr-4	Etching > Wet Etching > Acid or Base Wet Etching Cleaning > Piranha Cleaning	Flexible							Acids Bases		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents wbflexsolv	Patterning > Metal Lift-off Cleaning > Solvent Cleaning Cleaning > Resist Removal > Wet Resist Removal	Flexible							Solvents		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 1 wbflexsolv-1	Cleaning > Solvent Cleaning Cleaning > Resist Removal > Wet Resist Removal	Flexible							Solvents		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 2 wbflexsolv-2	Cleaning > Solvent Cleaning Cleaning > Resist Removal > Wet Resist Removal	Flexible							Solvents		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)
Wet Bench Miscellaneous wbmiscres	Photolithography > Resist Develop > Resist Develop (manual)	Flexible					AZ 1:1		Developers		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)
Wet Bench Resist Strip wbresstrip-1	Cleaning > Resist Removal > Wet Resist Removal	Clean (Ge), Semiclean, Flexible	Resist					20 °C - 60 °C	PRS-1000 SRS-100		Pieces 2" 3" 4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC)	25 4 inch wafers
Wet Bench Solvent Lithography lithosolv	Cleaning > Solvent Cleaning	Flexible							Solvents		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)
Xplore Micro Compounder N/A	Other	Flexible				Various polymers		0 °C - 400 °C

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