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News from the U.C. Santa Barbara Nanofabrication Facility.
SiO2 etching, High-Aspect Ratio
Dr. Bill Mitchell recently published an article detailing high-aspect ratio SiO2 etching (JVST-A, May 2021) in the Plasma-Therm Fluorine ICP etcher, using a novel Ruthenium Hard Mask.
Ruthenium can be deposited using the Oxford ALD or AJA Sputter and etched in one of the Panasonic ICP's.
You can find a full process flow at the FL-ICP's Recipe Page, in this case using a Sputtered Ru hard mask and I-line stepper lithography. // John d 08:05, 27 May 2021 (PDT)
Wafer Polisher available
We have added an Allied Wafer Polish tool to our equipment list. Contact Brian Lingg for more information. // John d 16:49, 10 May 2021 (PDT)
Digital Microscope: Olympus DSX-1000
You'll see a new digital microscope in Bay 4/Metrology, that's our new Olympus DSX-1000. We are currently developing procedures, keep an eye out for training emails. // John d 13:49, 8 April 2021 (PDT)
Raith Velion: FIB/SEM Installation
We have installed a new state-of-the-art focused ion beam/electron beam tool in Bay 1. The Raith Velion enables synchronized interferometric stage, Focused-ion Beam Lithography with ~10nm features or less, live SEM during writing, and Electron-Beam Lithography.
Learn more about the tool's capabilities at the Raith website:
- Raith Products: Velion.
- VIDEO: Synchronized FIB beam + Laser Interferometric Stage write, with live SEM
Tool qualification is currently underway. Dr. Dan Read is be the resident expert on this new tool.
// John d 06:53, 30 November 2020 (PST)