Facilities and Research Capacility
 
 

  ASML 5000/55A Stepper  

Stepper

Light Source Illumination : I-line (365 nm)
Resolution : 0.5 µm
Overlay Accuracy 
(Layer-to-Layer)
: ± 0.1 µm (3 sigma)
Wafer Size : 4" or 6"
Field Size : 15 mm x 15 mm or 10 mm x 10 mm (on wafer)

 

AB-Manufacturing Contact Aligner  

AB-Manufacturing 

Light Source Illumination : DUV/UV wavelength selectable 
(500 Watts Mercury DUV lamp)
Alighment : Manual
Printing Mode
Soft Contact : Contact vacuum adjustable
Hard Contact : Full vacuum contact
Photomask : 3" square or 5" square
Substrate Size : Small samples larger than 5 mm2  to 4" square
Substrate Loading : Manual
No. of Machines Installed : 2
Special Feature : Backside alignment using Infra-red

 

Solitec 5110-C/PD Wafer Spinner  

No. of Spin Head : 1
Spin Speed Range : 0 to 8000 rpm adjustable
Process Function Support : 2
Coat Sequence : Solvent dispense; N2 blow-dry; Resist dispense; Spread; Spin Dry
Develop Sequence : Pre-Wet; Develop; Overlap; Rinse; Spin Dry
Substrate
Wafer : Small samples larger than 5 mm2  to 4" square
Mask : 4" or 5" square
Wafer Loading : Manual
No. of Machines Installed : 1

 

SVG 8626PC/8632CTD Wafer Track  

No. of Tracks : 2
Process Function Support : 2
Track 1 Coat Feature
Resist Nozzle : 3
Backside Nozzle : 1
Coating Uniformity : 25Å (1 sigma) wafer-to-wafer 
Track 2 Develop Feature
Develop Nozzle : 2
Wafer Size : 4"
Wafer Loading/Unloading : Auto
No. of Machines Installed : 1

 
 

Ultra Fab Technology Wet Station  

 

Wet Processing : Silicon Etch using KOH / TMAH (25%)
Photoresist Strip / ITO Etch
Aluminum Etch / Pad Oxide Etch
Oxide/Nitride Etch
Wafer Cleaning (RCA)
Wafer Cleaning (Piranha Clean)
Solvent cleaning

 
 

Santa Clara Plastic Wet Processing Stations  
 

Process Provided : Wafer Cleaning (Priani Clean)
Wet Metal Etch
Wet Oxide Etch (BOE Etch)
Process tank temperature control, &plusmin;1 degree Celsius
Automatic dump rinser
Wafer rinser dryer with Nitrogen heater and water resistivity monitor

 
 

 
 
Tencor 300 Sono Gauge 
 

For wafer thickness measurement and metal film thickness measurement. 
 

Nanometric Model #4150 Film Thickness Measurement System  

 

Film can be measured : Silicon dioxide on silicon 500 - 3,000 Å
Silicon Nitride on silicon 500 - 10,000 Å
Negative resist on silicon 500 - 40,000 Å
Polysilicon on 1,000 Å silicon dioxide 1,200 - 10,000 Å
Negative resist on 500 to 15,000 Å silicon oxide 4,000 - 30,000 Å
Silicon nitride on 700 to 1,500 Å silicon dioxide 700 - 1,500 Å
Thin oxide on silicon
Thin silicon nitride on silicon
Polymide on silicon
Positive resist on silicon
Positive resist on silicon dioxide

 
 

Tencor P-10 Surface Profiler  

 

Scan Range : 60mm
Scan Speed : 1 µm/s to 25 mm/s adjustable
Vertical Resolution : 1 Å / 6.5 µm, 25 Å / 150 µm
Step Profile Depth : up to 300µm
Maximum Sample Thickness : 63 mm
Stylus Radius : 2.5 µm
Stylus Force Range : 1 - 100 mg adjustable
Display Magnification : 60 to 240x

 
 

HP 4145B Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer  

 

In/Out Ports : 8
Source/Monitor Unit : 4
Voltage Source : 2
Voltage Monitor : 2
Voltage Resolution : 1 mV
Current Resolution : 1 pA
Maximum Voltage : 100 V
Measurement Function : DC current through voltage-biased or current-biased devices

 
 

Olympus Microscope MX50 with Camera  

Observation Mode : Bright-field / Dark-field / Nomarski DIC / Fluoresence
Magnification : 20X - 1000X
No. of Machines : 2

 
 

Research Devices Infrared Microscope Model F with Camera  

Camera : 1.8 micron sensitivity
Observation Mode : Visible B&W / Transmission / IR / Reflection IR / Polarized Reflection IR
Magnification : 150X - 1000X
No. of Machines : 1