4 inch wafer

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

Equipment name & NEMO ID	Training Required & Charges	Cleanliness	Location	Notes
Oxford Dielectric Etcher oxford-rie	Oxford Dielectric Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	4" wafers; can be adopted to do 6" or 8" wafers; pieces need to be bonded to carrier wafers
RTA AllWin 610 aw610_r	AllWin 610 RTA Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 1 Anneal B1T1 Flexible Oxide	Tystar Atmospheric Tube Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
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
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE Ox-gen	Ox-gen etcher 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 1 Tube 3 Poly B1T3 Flexible Poly	Tystar LPCVD Tube Training	Flexible	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.
Tystar Bank 3 Tube 12 Poly B3T12 Clean Poly	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
Tystar Bank 3 Tube 10 Nitride B3T10 Clean Nitride	Tystar LPCVD Tube Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom

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Equipment name & NEMO ID	Technique	Cleaning Required	Cleanliness	Primary Materials Etched	Other Materials Etched	Material Thickness Range	Materials Lab Supplied	Resist	Developer	Process Temperature Range	Gases	Sample Size Limits	Substrate Size	Substrate Type	Maximum Load
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"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)
Samco PC300 Plasma Etch System samco	Cleaning > Resist Removal > Dry Resist Removal > Downstream/Remote Plasma Resist Removal Etching > Dry Etching > Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching (CCP) > Plasma Mode Etching Etching > Dry Etching > Capacitively Coupled Plasma Etching (CCP) > Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)		Flexible	Resist	dimethylpolysiloxane Si Si3N4 SiO₂ SiON Various polymers PI					20 ºC	CF₄ O₂ SF₆		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8" Other	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb) , (Various)	Four 4" wafers or two 6" wafers and one 8" wafer
Savannah ALD savannah	Deposition > Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) > Thermal ALD		Flexible			1.00 Å - 50.00 nm	Metal oxides Ga₂O₃ SnO₂ Various Dielectrics ZnO₃ Alumina AZO Hafnia Titania Zirconia			24 °C - 250 °C	N₂		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (Various) , (Various) , (LiNb) , (Various)
SEM -Zeiss Merlin sem-merlin	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Microscopy > Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)		All			0.00 mm - 35.00 mm						6 in wafer	Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" Disks	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs) , (LiNb)	one
Sensofar S-neox s-neox	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Interferometry Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Optical Profilometer		All										Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
Sinton Lifetime Tester sinton-lifetime-tester	Characterization > Minority Carrier Characterization		Flexible										Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6"
SPTS uetch vapor etch uetch	Etching > Vapor Etching		All	SiO₂							C₂H₅OH HF vapor		Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
SVG Develop Track 1 svgdev	Photolithography > Resist Develop > Resist Develop (automatic)		All						MF-26A developer				4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
SVG Develop Track 2 svgdev2	Photolithography > Resist Develop > Resist Develop (automatic)		All						MF-26A developer				4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
SVG Resist Coat Track 1 svgcoat	Photolithography > Resist coat > Resist Coat (automatic)		All					Shipley 3612 resist SPR220-3 resist SPR220-7					4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
SVG Resist Coat Track 2 svgcoat2	Photolithography > Resist coat > Resist Coat (automatic)		All					AZ5214IR Shipley 3612 resist SPR 955 CM-.7 resist					4"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	25 4 inch wafers
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
Tencor P2 Profilometer p2	Characterization > Surface Analysis > Profilometer > Step Profile		Clean, Semiclean										Pieces 2" 3" 4" 6" 8"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Al₂O₃) , (SiO₂) , (Ge) , (GaN) , (III-V) , (GaAs)	1
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 1 Anneal 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	Annealing & Oxidation > Annealing (furnace) Annealing & Oxidation > Oxide Growth (furnace)		Flexible			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm	SiO₂			400 °C - 1100 °C	4% H₂ in N₂ N₂ O₂		4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	100
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 3 Poly B1T3 Flexible Poly	Deposition > Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) > Low Pressure (LP) CVD		Flexible			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm	Ge Si SiGe Poly Silicon			420 °C - 630 °C	B₂H₆ GeH₄ N₂ PH₃ SiH₄		4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (III-V)	100
Tystar Bank 1 Tube 4 LTO B1T4 Flexible LTO	Deposition > Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) > Low Pressure (LP) CVD		Flexible			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm	SiO₂			300 °C - 500 °C	N₂ O₂ PH₃ SiH₄		4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2) , (Ge) , (SiC) , (III-V)	100
Tystar Bank 2 Tube 5 B2T5 Clean Anneal	Annealing & Oxidation > Oxide Growth (furnace)	Pre-Diffusion Clean	Clean			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm				400 °C - 1100 °C	4% H₂ in N₂ N₂ O₂		4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	100
Tystar Bank 2 Tube 6 B2T6 Clean Oxide	Annealing & Oxidation > Oxide Growth (furnace)	Pre-Diffusion Clean	Clean			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm	SiO₂			400 °C - 1100 °C	4% H₂ in N₂ N₂ O₂		4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	100
Tystar Bank 2 Tube 7 Nitride B2T7 Clean Nitride	Deposition > Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) > Low Pressure (LP) CVD	Pre-Diffusion Clean	Clean			25.00 Å - 2.00 μm	Si3N4 SiON			420 °C - 800 °C	NH₃ DCS		4" 6"	(Si) , (SiGe) , (SiO2)	50