Processing - How Do I…?

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Below are answers to common processing questions in the NanoFab.

Lithography

Mask Plates - How do I order a mask plate?

Calibration - How do I determine the correct exposure Dose/Focus?

On tools that have motorized autofocus (steppers & direct-write litho tools), you often need to analyze both the Focus Offset & Exposure Dose simultaneously. (Remember that "Focus Offset" is an offset from the autofocus' "zero" position of the wafer surface.) These tools will have a function for shooting a "Focus Exposure Matrix/Array", or "FEM/FEA", which exposes a grid with Dose varying in one direction, and Focus varying in another - the following explains how to find the Process Window from your FEM:

Deposition

Metal Deposition

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Dielectric/Insulator Deposition

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Etching

Dry (plasma) Etching

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Wet (chemical) Etching

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Materials

Material "Quality"

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Alloying metals

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Impurities

Experiment Setup

Design of Experiments

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Tracking your processes

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