Silicon Germanium

Chemical Formula:

SiGe

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Equipment name & NEMO ID	Technique	Cleaning Required	Cleanliness	Primary Materials Etched	Other Materials Etched	Material Thickness Range	Materials Lab Supplied	Materials User Supplied	Process Temperature Range	Gases	Sample Size Limits	Resolution Notes	Substrate Size	Substrate Type	Maximum Load
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"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe)	25
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"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Polymer (Various) Other (ProMCom approval required) (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"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (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"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)	one 4 inch wafer, one 6 inch wafer
Matrix Plasma Resist Strip matrix	Cleaning > Resist Removal > Dry Resist Removal > Downstream/Remote Plasma Resist Removal Etching > Dry Etching > Downstream/Remote Plasma Etching		Flexible	Resist	PI					O₂			4"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂)	25
micromanipulator6000 IV-CV probe station micromanipulator6000	Characterization		"All"										Pieces 2" 3" 4"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Lithium Niobate (LiNb) Other (ProMCom approval required) (Various)	1x4" wafer
Nanospec 210XP nanospec2	Characterization > Reflectometry		"All"										Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
Oven (White) white-oven	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake		Flexible						0 °C - 200 °C				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
Oven 110°C post-bake oven110	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake > Resist Post Bake		"All"						110 ºC				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
Oven 90°C prebake oven90	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake > Resist Prebake		"All"						90 ºC				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
Oven BlueM 200°C to 430°C bluem	Photolithography > Resist Bake > Oven Bake		Flexible						0 °C - 430 °C				Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Polymer (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"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂)	1
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE Ox-gen	Etching > Dry Etching > Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching (ICP)		Flexible						-10 °C - 60 °C	Ar BCl₃ CF₄ CH₄ Cl₂ H₂ N₂ O₂ SF₆			Pieces 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2)	1
PDS 2010 LABCOTER™ 2 Parylene Deposition System parcoater	Deposition		Flexible				poly(p-xylylene)						Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8" Cones Disks Other	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Polymer (Various) Carbon Polymer Based (Various) Lithium Niobate (LiNb) Other (ProMCom approval required) (Various)
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"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) Lithium Niobate (LiNb)	4
Profilometer Alphastep 500 alphastep	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Step Profile		Flexible										Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)	1
Profilometer AlphaStep D-300 alphastep2	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Step Profile		Flexible										Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Silicon Carbide (SiC) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Polymer (Various) Carbon Polymer Based (Various) Lithium Niobate (LiNb)	1
Prometrix Resistivity Mapping System prometrix	Characterization > Sheet Resistance Measurement		"All"										2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2) Sapphire (Al₂O₃) Glass (SiO₂) Germanium (Ge) Gallium Nitride (GaN) III-V (III-V) Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)	1
RTA AllWin 610 aw610_l	Annealing & Oxidation > Rapid Thermal Annealing	Pre-Diffusion Clean	Clean						21 °C - 1150 °C	4% H₂ in N₂ Ar N₂ NH₃ O₂			Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2)	1 wafer
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"	Silicon (Si) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Quartz (SiO2)

Silicon Germanium

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