E-Beam 1 (Sharon)

E-Beam 1 (Sharon) Tool Type Vacuum Deposition Location Bay 3 Supervisor Brian Lingg Supervisor Phone (805) 893-8145 Supervisor E-Mail lingg_b@ucsb.edu Description Four Pocket Electron Beam Evaporator Manufacturer Sharon Vacuum Co., Inc. Vacuum Deposition Recipes Sign up for this tool

About

The Sharon is a cryo-pumped thin film evaporator with a Temescal four hearth 270° bent electron beam evaporation source. The system incorporates a Commonwealth Scientific Corp. ion source for in-situ sample cleaning. Fixturing in the Sharon will accept any size sample up to 3.5-inch diameter. In addition, a rotation fixture is easily installed which permits adjustable angle, 360° variable speed rotation of any size sample, up to 1.5-inch diameter. This feature is particularly useful for promoting step coverage of irregular surfaces.

The Sharon is used for the evaporation of high purity metals, e.a. Al, Au, Ni, Ge, AuGe, Ti, Pt etc., for interconnect and ohmic contact metalization for fabrication of III-V compound semiconductor and silicon device fabrication.

Materials Table

For the materials tables and deposition parameters for various materials, please visit the E-Beam Recipe Page.

Detailed Specifications

• Cryopump: CTI Cryotorr 8F with air-cooled compressor
• Pumping speed: 4,000 l/sec. for H2O, 1,500 l/sec. for air, 2,200 l/sec. for H2, 200 l/sec. for Ar
• Mechanical Pump: Varian, Model SD700, 35 CFM
• Electron Beam Source: Temescal, Model STIH-270-2MB, four 15 cc hearths
• Electron Beam Power Supply: Temescal, Model CV8A-111, -5 to -10 kV dc, 0.8A dc max. beam current; XYS-8 Sweep Control
• Deposition Control: Inficon IC 6000, 6 film programs; 37 parameters for automatic or manual deposition control based on a resonating quartz crystal sensor
• Ion Source: Commonwealth Scientific Corp., MOD. 2. Kaufman-type, 3cm ion source; beam currents to 100mA at 1000eV

Documentation

• Operating Instructions