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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
HMDS Vapor Prime Oven, YES yes	YES Prime Oven Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Two programs: Singe and HMDS prime or Singe only. No Resist allowed!
Xactix Xenon Difluoride Etcher xactix	Xactix Xenon Difluoride Etcher Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Isotropic Si etching; can be used for backside Si removal on small pieces
Wet Bench Resist Strip wbresstrip-1	Wet Bench Resist Strip	Clean (Ge), Semiclean, Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Wet Resist Removal: SRS-100 or PRS1000
Wet Bench Miscellaneous wbmiscres	Wet Bench Miscellaneous Photoresist Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual development of resist in beakers and Headway (manual resist spinner). SNF approved developers (acid or base). No solvents!
Wet Bench Flexible Solvents wbflexsolv	Wet Bench Flexible Solvents 1 and 2 Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual solvent cleaning of substrates or resist removal.
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
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.
Wet Bench Flexcorr 4 wbflexcorr-4	Wet Bench Flexcorr 1and2 and 3and4 Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual wet etching of non-standard materials using acids or bases. Hot plate, HF bath, and controlled temperature bath available. GaAs not allowed.
Wet Bench Flexcorr 3 wbflexcorr-3	Wet Bench Flexcorr 1and2 and 3and4 Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual wet etching of non-standard materials using acids or bases. Hot Plate available. GaAs not allowed.
Wet Bench Flexcorr 2 wbflexcorr-2	Wet Bench Flexcorr 1and2 and 3and4 Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual wet etching of non-standard materials. Hot pots available. GaAs allowed in personal labware only
Wet Bench Flexcorr 1 wbflexcorr-1	Wet Bench Flexcorr 1and2 and 3and4 Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Manual wet etching of non-standard materials. Hot plate available. GaAs allowed in personal labware only.
Wet Bench CMOS Metal wbclean3	Wet Bench CMOS Metal (wbclean3) Training	Semiclean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Al, Ti, or W wet etching or oxide etching
Wet Bench Clean_res-hf wbclean_res-hf	Wet Bench Clean Piranha/HF/Phosphoric Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Resist as mask allowed
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
Wet Bench Clean_res- hotphos wbclean_res-hotphos	Wet Bench Clean Piranha/HF/Phosphoric Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Resist should have been removed
Ex Fab Solvent Wet Bench wbexfab_solv	WbExfab_Solv Training	Flexible	SNF Exfab Paul G Allen 104 Stinson
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!
SVG Develop Track 1 svgdev	SVG Resist Develop tracks 1 and 2 Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Automatic development.
SVG Develop Track 2 svgdev2	SVG Resist Develop tracks 1 and 2 Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Automatic development.
SVG Resist Coat Track 2 svgcoat2	SVG Resist Coat Tracks 1 and 2 Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Automatic HMDS, Resist spinning, and Bake. AZ5214IR Image Reversal.

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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
Nanospec 3 nanospec3	Characterization > Reflectometry	"All"							Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"
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)
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
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE Ox-gen	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Clean					-10 °C - 60 °C	BCl₃ CF₄ Cl₂ O₂ SF₆	Pieces 4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	1
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE ALE Ox-ALE	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Flexible	III-V materials Various 2D Materials	C Nb Si Si3N4 SiO₂ SiON Poly Silicon			0 °C - 40 °C	Ar BCl₃ C₄F₈ Cl₂ H₂ HBr O₂ SF₆	Pieces 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (SiC) , (III-V)	1
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE Ox Ox-Ox	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)	Clean	Si Si3N4 SiO₂ Poly Silicon				-20 °C - 40 °C	Ar C₄F₈ CF₄ CHF₃ N₂ NF₃ O₂ SF₆	Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiO2)	1
Oxford Plasma Pro PECVD Ox-PECVD	Deposition > Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) > Plasma Enhanced (PE) CVD	Semiclean, Flexible			100.00 Å - 4.00 μm	Si Si3N4 SiC SiO₂ SiON	200 °C - 350 °C	CF₄ CH₄ He NH₃ SF₆ SiH₄ Nitrous	Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (SiC)	1
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
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
PlasmaTherm Versaline HDP CVD System hdpcvd	Deposition > Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) > Plasma Enhanced (PE) CVD	"All"			500.00 Å - 4.00 μm	Si Si3N4 SiC SiO₂ SiON	50 °C - 150 °C	Ar N₂ O₂ SF₆ SiH₄	Pieces 4"		1
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

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