SNF: Dry Etching

Equipment Tables

Equipment name & NEMO ID	Training Required & Charges	Cleanliness	Location	Notes
Gasonics Aura Asher gasonics	Resist Removal Dry Gasonics Training	Clean, Semiclean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Single wafer tool with auto loading from a cassette. Pieces need a pocket carrier wafer for transport. Wafers heated by lamps.
KLA-Rapier Deep Reactive Ion Etcher KLA-DSE	KLA-DSE training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
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.
Matrix Plasma Resist Strip matrix	Matrix Plasma Resist Strip Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Single wafer tool with auto loading from a cassette. Pieces need a pocket carrier wafer for transport. Chuck temperature controls wafer heating.
MRC Reactive Ion Etcher mrc	MRC Reactive Ion Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Typically used for sputter etching; Single wafer, direct load system; wafers/ pieces can be directly placed on electrode
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
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.
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE Ox-gen	Ox-gen etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE ALE Ox-ALE	Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE ALE Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE Ox Ox-Ox	Oxford Plasma Pro ICP-RIE Ox Training	Clean	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Deep Silicon Etcher PT-DSE	Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Deep Silicon Etcher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	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 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)
Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Metal Etcher PT-MTL	Plasma Therm Versaline LL ICP Metal 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)
Samco PC300 Plasma Etch System samco	Samco Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
SPTS uetch vapor etch uetch	SPTS uetch vapor etch Training	"All"	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom	Pieces need a carrier wafer; Isotropic Etching
Technics Asher technics	Technics Asher Training	Flexible	SNF Paul G Allen L107 Cleanroom
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