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4 inch wafer

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4"

The following is a list of equipment where 4 inch round substrates are allowed.

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Equipment name & NEMO ID Training Required & Charges Cleanliness Location Notes
Nanospec 3
nanospec3
Nanospec 3 Training All SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
Optomec Printer
optomec-printer
Optomec Printer Training Flexible SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 155A Venice
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.

Oven 110°C post-bake
oven110
Resist Postbake Oven 110°C Training All SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107

Bakes wafers with resist after the development, called post-bake.

Oven 90°C prebake
oven90
Resist Prebake Oven 90°C Training All SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107

Bakes wafers after resist coating.

Oven BlueM 200°C to 430°C
bluem
Blue M Oven Training Flexible SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107

Convection in N2. Cure. Programmable.

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

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.

PDS 2010 LABCOTER™ 2 Parylene Deposition System
parcoater
Parylene Coater Training Flexible SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 155 Mavericks
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

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)

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)

Plasmaetch PE-50
plasma-etch
Plasmaetch PE-50 Training Flexible SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 155 Mavericks

Low power, high pressure plasma; low bias, minimal damage. Often used for surface treatment At SNF - nSiL lab

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

PlasmaTherm Versaline HDP CVD System
hdpcvd
PlasmaTherm Versaline HDP CVD System Training All SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107

To maintain cleanliness level there are cleans required for both the chamber and wafers 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

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
Prometrix Resistivity Mapping System
prometrix
Prometrix Training All SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107

3 Probe Heads for different cleanliness groups.

RTA AllWin 610
aw610_l
AllWin 610 RTA Training Clean SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107
RTA AllWin 610
aw610_r
AllWin 610 RTA Training Flexible SNF Cleanroom Paul G Allen L107

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Equipment name & NEMO ID Technique Cleaning Required Cleanliness Primary Materials Etched Other Materials Etched Material Thickness Range Materials Lab Supplied Process Temperature Range Gases Substrate Size Substrate Type Maximum Load
Nanospec 3
nanospec3
All
Optomec Printer
optomec-printer
Flexible
Oven (White)
white-oven
Flexible
0 °C - 200 °C
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Oven 110°C post-bake
oven110
All
110 ºC
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Oven 90°C prebake
oven90
All
90 ºC
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Oven BlueM 200°C to 430°C
bluem
Flexible
0 °C - 430 °C
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Oxford Dielectric Etcher
oxford-rie
Flexible
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Oxford III-V etcher
Ox-35
Flexible
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PDS 2010 LABCOTER™ 2 Parylene Deposition System
parcoater
Flexible ,
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Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Deep Silicon Etcher
PT-DSE
Flexible
1
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Dielectric Etcher
PT-Ox
Flexible
1
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Metal Etcher
PT-MTL
Flexible
1
Plasmaetch PE-50
plasma-etch
Flexible Multiple
PlasmaTherm Shuttlelock PECVD System
ccp-dep
All
100.00 Å - 4.00 μm
100 °C - 350 °C
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PlasmaTherm Versaline HDP CVD System
hdpcvd
All
500.00 Å - 4.00 μm
50 °C - 150 °C
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Profilometer Alphastep 500
alphastep
Flexible ,
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Profilometer AlphaStep D-300
alphastep2
Flexible ,
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1
Prometrix Resistivity Mapping System
prometrix
All ,
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1
RTA AllWin 610
aw610_l
Pre-Diffusion Clean Clean
21 °C - 1150 °C
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1 wafer
RTA AllWin 610
aw610_r
Flexible
21 °C - 1150 °C
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