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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.

Equipment name & NEMO ID	Training Required & Charges	Cleanliness	Location	Notes
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 1 wbflexsolv-1	Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 1 and 2 Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual solvent cleaning, two ultrasonic baths.
Lam Research TCP 9400 Poly Etcher lampoly	Lam Research TCP 9400 Poly Etcher Training	Clean, Semiclean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Single wafer etch with auto-loading from a cassette. Equipment originally used for gate etching with high selectivity to thin gate oxides.
RTA AllWin 610 aw610_l	AllWin 610 RTA Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Tystar Bank 3 Tube 12 Poly B3T12 Clean Poly	Tystar LPCVD Tube Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Headway Manual Resist Spinner headway2	Resist Coat (manual) Headway Manual Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Adjustable spin speeds, spin time. SNF-acceptable resists or polymers. Ebeam resists
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 2 wbflexsolv-2	Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 1 and 2 Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual solvent cleaning, hot plate
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Dielectric Etcher PT-Ox	Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Dielectric Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	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)
Tystar Bank 3 Tube 10 Nitride B3T10 Clean Nitride	Tystar LPCVD Tube Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Fiji 1 ALD fiji1	ALD Fiji 1 and 2 Training	Semiclean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Wet Bench Decontamination wbdecon	Wet Bench Decontamination Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	KOH or wafersaw or post-cmp decontamination
SVG Develop Track 1 svgdev	SVG Resist Develop tracks 1 and 2 Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Automatic development.
Heidelberg MLA 150 - 2 heidelberg2	Heidelberg Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Direct Write
Tystar Bank 2 Tube 7 Nitride B2T7 Clean Nitride	Tystar LPCVD Tube Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Oxford III-V etcher Ox-35	Oxford III-V etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	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 Solvent Lithography lithosolv	Lithography Solvent Bench Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual solvent cleaning of substrates or masks. Teflon coated metal tweezers cleaning.
Laurell Manual Resist Spinner laurell-R	Laurell Manual Resist Spinner Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	SU-8, LOL, Ebeam resists allowed. No Acetone allowed.
Sensofar S-neox s-neox	Sensofar S-neox Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	non contact 3D optical profiling
Technics Asher technics	Technics Asher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 4 LTO B1T4 Flexible LTO	Tystar LPCVD Tube Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Wet Bench Clean_res-piranha wbclean_res-piranha	Wet Bench Clean Piranha/HF/Phosphoric Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Resist will be removed

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Equipment name & NEMO ID	Technique	Cleanliness	Primary Materials Etched	Other Materials Etched	Material Thickness Range	Materials Lab Supplied	Materials User Supplied	Minimum Resolution	Exposure Wavelength	Mask Size	Max Exposure Area	Resist	Process Temperature Range	Chemicals	Gases	Sample Size Limits	Resolution Notes	Substrate Size	Substrate Type	Maximum Load
Headway 3 Manual Resist Spinner headway3	Photolithography > Resist coat > Resist Coat (manual)	"All"										Resists Shipley 3612 resist SPR220-3 resist SPR220-7						Pieces 2" 3" 4"		1 piece or wafer
Headway Manual Resist Spinner headway2	Photolithography > Resist coat > Resist Coat (manual)	"All"										AZ5214IR Shipley 3612 resist SPR 955 CM-.7 resist SPR220-3 resist SPR220-7 (C₅O₂H₈)_n						Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	one piece or wafer
Heidelberg MLA 150 heidelberg	Photolithography > Exposure > Direct Write	"All"							405 nm									Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb)	1
Heidelberg MLA 150 - 2 heidelberg2	Photolithography > Exposure > Direct Write	"All"							375 nm									Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb)	1
HMDS Vapor Prime Oven, YES yes	Photolithography > Wafer preparation before resist > Singe Photolithography > Wafer preparation before resist > Wafer Prime (HMDS)	"All"											150 ºC	[(CH₃)₃Si]₂NH				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)
Intlvac Evaporator Intlvac_evap	Deposition > Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) > Evaporation	Clean, Semiclean			0.00 - 0.50 μm	Al Co Cr Ge Hf Nb Ni Pd Si Ta Ti V W Zr Moly												Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	12 4 inch wafers, 2 6 inch wafers
Karl Suss MA-6 Contact Aligner karlsuss	Photolithography > Exposure > Contact Aligner	"All"							365 nm	4 inch, 5 inch, 7 inch	5 inch mask = 4 inch, 7 inch mask = 6 inch, 4 inch mask = 3 inch							Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)
Karl Suss MA-6 Contact Aligner karlsuss2	Photolithography > Exposure > Contact Aligner	"All"							365 nm or 405 nm	4 inch, 5 inch, 7 inch	5 inch mask = 4 inch, 7 inch mask = 6 inch, 4 inch mask = 3 inch							Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various)
Keyence Digital Microscope VHX-6000 keyence	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Microscopy	"All"																Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)
KJL Evaporator 1	Deposition > Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) > Evaporation				200.00 nm	Al Au Cr Cu Ge Ni Pd Pt Ti V									Ar			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"		1
Lam Research TCP 9400 Poly Etcher lampoly	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Clean, Semiclean	Si	Ge SiGe											80% He/ 20%O₂ C₂F₆ CF₄ Cl₂ HBr He N₂ O₂			4"	(Si) , (SiGe)	25
Laurell Manual Resist Spinner laurell-R	Photolithography > Resist coat > Resist Coat (manual)	"All"										Resists SU-8 LOL		(C₅O₂H₈)_n				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"
LEI1500 Contactless Sheet Resistance Mapping eddycurrent	Characterization > Sheet Resistance Measurement	"All"														8 in wafer	Sensor Transducer Size is 14 mm diameter	2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various) , (Various)	1 wafer(2" to 8")
Lesker Sputter lesker-sputter	Deposition > Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) > Sputtering	Flexible				Ag Al AlSi Au Co Cr Cu Fe Nb Ni Pd Si SiO₂ Ta Ti TiN W Alumina ITO	CoFeB Ge Hf In₂O₃ LaB₆ Ru Sc Sn TiN WO₃ ZnO₃ ZrY GST Hafnia Moly Ti Tungsten											Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1 4 inch wafer, 1 6 inch wafer
Lesker2 Sputter lesker2-sputter	Deposition > Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) > Sputtering	Semiclean			1.00 μm	Ag Al AlSi Cr Ge Pd Ru Sc Si SiO₂ Sn Ta Ti TiN W Alumina ITO Moly							°C - 800 °C		Ar N₂ O₂			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	one 4 inch wafer, one 6 inch wafer
Matrix Plasma Resist Strip matrix	Etching > Dry Etching > Downstream/Remote Plasma Etching Cleaning > Resist Removal > Dry Resist Removal > Downstream/Remote Plasma Resist Removal	Flexible	Resist	PI											O₂			4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂)	25
micromanipulator6000 IV-CV probe station micromanipulator6000	Characterization	"All"																Pieces 2" 3" 4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (LiNb) , (Various)	1x4" wafer
MRC Reactive Ion Etcher mrc	Etching > Dry Etching > Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching (CCP) > Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)	Flexible	Metal oxides Metals Metals or metal compounds with volatile byproducts Metals or metal compounds without volatile byproducts Au Ni poly(p-xylylene) Pt Si Si3N4 SiO₂ Ti Various 2D Materials Various Dielectrics Various polymers PI Resist	Al AlAs AlGaAs AlGaN AlInP AlN AlSi BiFeO₃ C C C Co CoFeB Cr Cu Er Fe Ga₂O₃ GaAs GaN GaP GaPN Ge Hf HfN III-N materials III-V materials In In₂O₃ InAlN InAs InGaAlN InGaAs InGaAsN InGaN InGaP InN InP InPN InSb Ir LaB₆ LiNb Nb Ni_xO_y NiSi Pd Ru Sc SiC SiGe SiO SiON Sn SnO₂ SrO SrRuO Ta Ta₂O₅ TaN TiN V Various C-based Various polymers W WO₃ WSi₂ Y ZnO₃ Zr ZrY Alumina AZO Hafnia ITO LLZO Moly Moly Oxide Poly Silicon Ti Tungsten Titania YSZ Zirconia											Ar CHClF₂ CHF₃ O₂ SF₆			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"		1
MVD mvd	Deposition > Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) > Thermal ALD	Flexible			1.00 Å - 50.00 nm	C₉H₂₃NO₃Si Various Dielectrics Alumina DETA Hafnia ODS SAMS							24 °C - 150 °C		Ar			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"
Nanospec 210XP nanospec2	Characterization > Reflectometry	"All"																Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)

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