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Tool Categories

  • Anneal & Furnace
  • Deposition
  • Dry Etching & Plasma Cleaning
  • Lithography
  • Metrology
  • Packaging & Mechanical Tooling
  • PCB Processing
  • Wet Process

Anneal & Furnace

  • Rapid Thermal Annealer (RTA)
  • Cascade Tek Vacuum Oven
  • Blue M Furnace (Large)
  • Blue M Furnace (Small)
  • Narco Vacuum Oven

Deposition

Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

  • Oxford PECVD
  • Veeco ALD

Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)

  • Angstrom E-Beam Evaporator
  • CHA E-Beam Evaporator
  • KJL E-Beam Evaporator
  • Temescal E-Beam Evaporator (Not in service)
  • KJL Sputter System

Dry Etching & Plasma Cleaning

Reactive Ion / Deep Reactive Ion Etchers

  • Oxford DRIE (Deep Si Etcher)
  • Oxford DRIE-ALE (Atomic Layer Etcher – commissioning)
  • Oxford III-V Etcher (PlasmaPro 100 Cobra)
  • Oxford RIE (PlasmaPro 80 – Dielectrics)
  • XeF₂ Etcher

Plasma Cleaning / Ashing

  • Tegal O₂ Plasma Asher
  • Tegal Plasma Cleaner (Not in operation)
  • YES O₂ Plasma System

Lithography

Direct-Write / Maskless

  • Raith EBPG5150 Electron Beam Lithography
  • Heidelberg DWL 66+ Direct Write Laser

Contact / Proximity Mask Aligners

  • Aligner A – SUSS MJB3 (Advanced Photo Bay)
  • Aligner B – SUSS MJB3 (Photo Bay)
  • Aligner C – SUSS MJB4 (Photo Bay)
  • Aligner D – SUSS MA/BA6 Gen4 (Advanced Photo Bay)

Metrology

Thin-Film & Electrical

  • 4-Point Probe
  • DektakXT Profilometer
  • Ellipsometer
  • Filmetrics F20 Thin-Film Analyzer

Microscopy

  • Phenom ProX Desktop SEM
  • Nikon LV150 Optical Microscope
  • Max ERB Optical Microscope
  • Zeiss Optical Microscope
  • Nikon SMZ-10A Stereo Microscope
  • Nikon Optical Microscope (unspecified model)

Packaging & Mechanical Tooling

  • F&S Bondtec Ball & Wedge Wire Bonder
  • DISCO DAD3350 Dicing Saw
  • EQ Unipol-300 Mini Polisher / Grinder
  • LatticeAx 420 Cleaving System
  • LatticeGear FlipScribe Wafer Cleaver
  • Gramatech Vacuum Bag Sealer

PCB Processing

  • LPKF ProtoMat S103 PCB Mill
  • LPKF Contac S4 Electroplater

Wet Process

Solvent Fume Hood (Metrology Bay)

  • Heated Ultrasonic Bath
  • Torrey Pines Hot Plate
  • Solvent Drains
  • N₂ Blow Guns

Acid Fume Hood – Left Side (Etch Bay)

  • Imtec Heated Bath
  • Quick-Dump-Rinse (QDR) Tank
  • DI Water Tap
  • N₂ Gun

Acid Fume Hood – Right Side (Etch Bay)

  • Imtec Heated Bath
  • Torrey Pines Hot Plate (Left)
  • Torrey Pines Hot Plate (Right)
  • Quick-Dump-Rinse (QDR) Tank
  • DI Water Tap
  • N₂ Sprayer

Resist Coating / Baking Fume Hood (Advanced Photo Bay)

  • Laurell Spinner – Left
  • Laurell Spinner – Right
  • Apogee Bake Plate 1
  • Apogee Bake Plate 2
  • Apogee Bake Plate 3
  • Apogee Bake Plate 4

Developer / Base Fume Hood – Left Side (Advanced Photo Bay)

  • Imtec Heated Bath
  • Torrey Pines Hot Plate
  • Quick-Dump-Rinse (QDR) Tank
  • DI Water Tap
  • N₂ Sprayer

Developer / Base Fume Hood – Right Side (Advanced Photo Bay)

  • Imtec Heated Bath
  • Torrey Pines Hot Plate
  • Quick-Dump-Rinse (QDR) Tank
  • DI Water Tap
  • N₂ Sprayer

E-Beam Resist Fume Hood (Photo Bay)

  • Headway Spinner – Left
  • Headway Spinner – Right
  • Apogee Hot Plate – Left
  • Apogee Hot Plate – Right
  • Ultrasonic Heated Bath
  • Torrey Pines Hot Plate / Stirrer

Decommissioned Tools

(None currently listed)

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