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=== NanoFab staff awarded Goleta's Innovator of the Year 2023 ===
===DREAMS Hub awarded 2 projects in GaN and 5G/6G technologies===
[https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2024/09/usc-viterbi-led-ca-dreams-hub-is-awarded-31-9-million-in-funding-under-the-microelectronics-commons/ CA DREAMS Hub is awarded $31.9 million in funding under the Microelectronics Commons] -
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NanoFab staff member [[Demis D. John]] has been awarded the ''City of Goleta's "Innovator of the Year"'' for 2023! The award stems from the UCSB Nanofab's impact on the communities of Santa Barbara County and surrounding regions, in enabling cutting edge technology companies to thrive, which also enables many local careers in advanced high-tech. See the [https://sbscchamber.com/goletas-finest-2023-award-recipients-announced/ full announcement by the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce]. //[[User:John d|John d]] 13:58, 7 November 2023 (PST)


* $16.2 Million to develop advanced gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technologies, with partners including USC, Northrop Grumman, Teledyne Technologies, HRL Laboratories, PseudolithIC, Monde Wireless Inc., Transphorm, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara.
=== NanoFab Featured in Regional Tech Videos ===
* $15.7 Million in Funding for 5G/6G millimeter-wave Phased-Array Prototypes, with team USC, Northrop Grumman, HRL Laboratories, Teledyne, Caltech, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, Vorago, Global Foundries.
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The UCSB NanoFab is showcased as a driver of innovation and enabler of the regional high-tech industry.


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// [[User:John_d|Demis D. John]] 16:32, 23 September 2024 (PDT)
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|[https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/l46hsnwg4b?controlsVisibleOnLoad=true&muted=0&playerColor&copyLinkAndThumbnailEnabled=false '''''Santa Barbara County: This is TechTopia'''''] [[File:Techtopia Vid - Thumbnail PlayButton.jpg|none|300x300px|link=https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/l46hsnwg4b?controlsVisibleOnLoad=true&muted=0&playerColor&copyLinkAndThumbnailEnabled=false]]


===NSF-ATE Award for SBCC and UCSB: New Semiconductor Pathway===
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op746os6eRI '''''UCSB NanoFab: An Innovation Center'''''] [[File:NanoFab COE Engineering Vid - thumbnail 2 crop.jpg|none|300x300px|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op746os6eRI]]
The UCSB NanoFab and CNSI were recently awarded a project by NSF-ATE to build a semiconductor pathway (associates degree or certificate) at Santa Barbara City College, utilizing UCSB Cleanrooms. The project "[https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2400982 Expansion of CCPRIME: Central Coast Partnership for Regional Industry-Focused Micro/Nanotechnology Education]" is one of 6 projects funded by an [https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-invests-76m-educational-projects-build-skilled Intel-NSF partnership.] The project builds on the existing "[https://nanofab.ucsb.edu/workforce#bootcamps Cleanroom Bootcamps]" already being run twice a year in the [https://www.cnsi.ucsb.edu/facilities/quantum-structures CNSI QSF cleanroom]. // [[User:John_d|Demis D. John]] 13:15, 14 August 2024 (PDT)
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=== CHIPS Act Award Announced to USC and UCSB NanoFab ===
===CHIPS Act Award Announced to USC and UCSB NanoFab===
[https://carbajal.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1672 U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal congratulates UCSB and the NanoFab] on receiving a [https://www.nist.gov/chips CHIPS & Science Act] award, as part of the [https://microelectronicscommons.org/ California DREAMS Hub (Microelectronics Commons) led by USC].
[https://carbajal.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1672 U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal congratulates UCSB and the NanoFab] on receiving a [https://www.nist.gov/chips CHIPS & Science Act] award, as part of the [https://microelectronicscommons.org/ California DREAMS Hub (Microelectronics Commons) led by USC].
// [[User:John d|Demis]] 12:06, 4 October 2023 (PDT)
-- [[User:John d|Demis]] 12:06, 4 October 2023 (PDT)


=== JEOL SEM's Installed ===
=== RIE#3 Removed ===
We have removed [[RIE_3_(MRC)|RIE#3]] from the Nanofab, it has gone to the [https://www.ece.ucsb.edu/department-resources/electronics-shop/tcr Teaching Cleanroom]. All user's processes have been transferred to the [[Fluorine_ICP_Etcher_(PlasmaTherm/SLR_Fluorine_ICP)|Fluorine ICP Etcher]]. // [[User:John_d|Demis D. John]] 15:58, 6 August 2024 (PDT)
Both SEM's have been replaced with new JEOL [[SEM_1_(JEOL_IT800SHL)|SEM's #1]] and [[Field_Emission_SEM_2_(JEOL_IT800SHL)|SEM #2]]. SEM#1 has the NABITY lithography system installed, and SEM #2 has always-on EDAX elemental analysis. Contact the [[Aidan_Hopkins|supervisor, Aidan Hopkins]], for more information.
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// [[User:John d|John d]] 18:31, 20 September 2023 (PDT)


=== NanoFab staff awarded Goleta's Innovator of the Year 2023 ===
=== Wide FOV Microscope Installed ===
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NanoFab staff member [[Demis D. John]] has been awarded the ''City of Goleta's "Innovator of the Year"'' for 2023! The award stems from the UCSB Nanofab's impact on the communities of Santa Barbara County and surrounding regions, in enabling cutting edge technology companies to thrive, which also enables many local careers in advanced high-tech. See the [https://sbscchamber.com/goletas-finest-2023-award-recipients-announced/ full announcement by the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce]. // [[User:John d|Demis D. John]] 13:58, 7 November 2023 (PST)
We have installed an AmScope stereo microscope in Bay 4 for wide field-of-view digital imaging/capture, with >2cm of FOV currently available. Wiki page here: [[Microscopes#Microscope_.238:_AmScope_Wide_Field_of_View_Stereoscope_.28Bay_4.29|AmScope Wide Field of View Stereoscope]]
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// [[User:John d|John d]] 14:52, 19 April 2023 (PDT)


=== Loomis Scribe & Break installed ===
=== NanoFab Featured in Regional Tech Videos ===
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The UCSB NanoFab is showcased as a driver of innovation and enabler of the regional high-tech industry.
We have installed a new [https://loomisinc.com/lsd-155lt/ Loomis LSD-155LT] Automated Scribe & Break Cleaving tool in the Back-End Processing lab. Qualifications are underway. Contact [[Aidan_Hopkins|supervisor, Aidan Hopkins]], for more information.
// [[User:John d|John d]] 09:41, 16 April 2023 (PDT)


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We have replaced the old Dektak 6M with a new Dektak XT profilometer. This tool will provide robust, fast metrology for rapid in-process topography inspection.
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|[https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/l46hsnwg4b?controlsVisibleOnLoad=true&muted=0&playerColor&copyLinkAndThumbnailEnabled=false '''''Santa Barbara County: This is TechTopia'''''] [[File:Techtopia_Vid_-_Thumbnail_PlayButton.jpg|none|300x300px|link=https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/l46hsnwg4b?controlsVisibleOnLoad=true&muted=0&playerColor&copyLinkAndThumbnailEnabled=false]]
// [[User:John d|John d]] 10:41, 25 January 2023 (PST)

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// [[User:John d|John d]] 09:26, 1 November 2023 (PST)
=== New Process Control data tables ===
We have added [[Process_Group_-_Process_Control_Data|"Process Control Data"]] - data on deposition/etch repeatability - to a number of our highest used etchers and deposition tools. The datasheets are linked in multiple places, mainly on the Recipes pages for each tool, or on the general Recipes pages for [[Vacuum_Deposition_Recipes|'''Deposition Recipes''']] or [[Dry_Etching_Recipes|'''Etch Recipes''']].
// [[User:John d|John d]] 16:07, 5 January 2023 (PST)


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Latest revision as of 00:52, 3 October 2024

News from the U.C. Santa Barbara Nanofabrication Facility.

DREAMS Hub awarded 2 projects in GaN and 5G/6G technologies

CA DREAMS Hub is awarded $31.9 million in funding under the Microelectronics Commons -

  • $16.2 Million to develop advanced gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technologies, with partners including USC, Northrop Grumman, Teledyne Technologies, HRL Laboratories, PseudolithIC, Monde Wireless Inc., Transphorm, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara.
  • $15.7 Million in Funding for 5G/6G millimeter-wave Phased-Array Prototypes, with team USC, Northrop Grumman, HRL Laboratories, Teledyne, Caltech, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, Vorago, Global Foundries.

// Demis D. John 16:32, 23 September 2024 (PDT)

NSF-ATE Award for SBCC and UCSB: New Semiconductor Pathway

The UCSB NanoFab and CNSI were recently awarded a project by NSF-ATE to build a semiconductor pathway (associates degree or certificate) at Santa Barbara City College, utilizing UCSB Cleanrooms. The project "Expansion of CCPRIME: Central Coast Partnership for Regional Industry-Focused Micro/Nanotechnology Education" is one of 6 projects funded by an Intel-NSF partnership. The project builds on the existing "Cleanroom Bootcamps" already being run twice a year in the CNSI QSF cleanroom. // Demis D. John 13:15, 14 August 2024 (PDT)

CHIPS Act Award Announced to USC and UCSB NanoFab

U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal congratulates UCSB and the NanoFab on receiving a CHIPS & Science Act award, as part of the California DREAMS Hub (Microelectronics Commons) led by USC. -- Demis 12:06, 4 October 2023 (PDT)

RIE#3 Removed

We have removed RIE#3 from the Nanofab, it has gone to the Teaching Cleanroom. All user's processes have been transferred to the Fluorine ICP Etcher. // Demis D. John 15:58, 6 August 2024 (PDT)

NanoFab staff awarded Goleta's Innovator of the Year 2023

NanoFab staff member Demis D. John has been awarded the City of Goleta's "Innovator of the Year" for 2023! The award stems from the UCSB Nanofab's impact on the communities of Santa Barbara County and surrounding regions, in enabling cutting edge technology companies to thrive, which also enables many local careers in advanced high-tech. See the full announcement by the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce. // Demis D. John 13:58, 7 November 2023 (PST)

NanoFab Featured in Regional Tech Videos

The UCSB NanoFab is showcased as a driver of innovation and enabler of the regional high-tech industry.

See the videos here:

Santa Barbara County: This is TechTopia
Techtopia Vid - Thumbnail PlayButton.jpg
 UCSB NanoFab: An Innovation Center
NanoFab COE Engineering Vid - thumbnail 2 crop.jpg

// John d 09:26, 1 November 2023 (PST)

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