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|RoomLocation = B235 Steele
|RoomLocation = B235 Steele
|LabPhone = 626-395-1532
|LabPhone = 626-395-1532
|PrimaryStaff = [[Nathan S. Lee]]
|PrimaryStaff = [[Kelly McKenzie]]
|StaffEmail = nathslee@caltech.edu
|StaffEmail = kmmckenz@caltech.edu
|StaffPhone = 626-395-1319
|StaffPhone = 626-395-5732
|Manufacturer = Oxford Instruments
|Manufacturer = Oxford Instruments
|Model = Plasmalab System 100
|Model = Plasmalab System 100
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* Hard masks compatible with process temperature
* Hard masks compatible with process temperature
===== PECVD Gas List =====
===== PECVD Gas List =====
* SiH<sub>4</sub> (5% in N<sub>2</sub> and Ar)
* 5% SiH<sub>4</sub> in N<sub>2</sub>  
* 5% SiH<sub>4</sub> in Ar
* NH<sub>3</sub>
* NH<sub>3</sub>
* N<sub>2</sub>O
* N<sub>2</sub>O
* N<sub>2</sub>
* N<sub>2</sub>
* 80%CF<sub>4</sub>/O<sub>2</sub>
* Mixture of CF<sub>4</sub> and O<sub>2</sub> (4:1) for Plasma Clean


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
===== Equipment Status =====
* [https://labrunr.caltech.edu/Equipment_2.aspx LabRunr Equipment Status] (Select Oxford_PECVD from the dropdown menu)
===== SOPs & Troubleshooting =====
===== SOPs & Troubleshooting =====
* [https://caltech.box.com/s/c8qx3ikzjb05x44o4updpqs36ra39ytw KNI SOP]
* [https://caltech.box.com/s/c8qx3ikzjb05x44o4updpqs36ra39ytw KNI SOP]
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* 5 Torr capacitance manometer for process control, and penning for base pressure measurement
* 5 Torr capacitance manometer for process control, and penning for base pressure measurement
* Process chamber pumping with 63 mm branch to APC, and isolation valve; chamber base pressure turbo, backed by a refurbished dry pump with roots
* Process chamber pumping with 63 mm branch to APC, and isolation valve; chamber base pressure turbo, backed by a refurbished dry pump with roots
* Twelve line gas pod with two non-toxic and treeh toxic digital mass-flow-controlled gas lines and cleaning gas
* Twelve line gas pod with two non-toxic and three toxic digital mass-flow-controlled gas lines and cleaning gas
* Chamber Gas ring, with split gas manifold
* Chamber Gas ring, with split gas manifold
* Liquid vapor delivery system  
* Liquid vapor delivery system  

Revision as of 05:29, 30 June 2022

PECVD
PECVD Oxford-System-100.jpg
Instrument Type Deposition
Techniques Amorphous Silicon Deposition,
Silicon Dioxide Deposition,
Silicon Nitride Deposition
Staff Manager Kelly McKenzie
Staff Email kmmckenz@caltech.edu
Staff Phone 626-395-5732
Reserve time on LabRunr
Request training by email
Lab Location B235 Steele
Lab Phone 626-395-1532
Manufacturer Oxford Instruments
Model Plasmalab System 100

Description

The Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) system is an Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Plasmalab System 100 platform that is optimized for amorphous silicon, silicon dioxide, and silicon nitride deposition. The PECVD has a variable temperature stage (RT to 600 °C). This system supports wafer sizes up to 6 inches, and provides PECVD film growth over a wide range of process conditions.

Applications
  • Amorphous Silicon Deposition
  • Silicon Dioxide Deposition
  • Silicon Nitride Deposition
Allowed material in PECVD System
  • Si, SixNy, SiO2, SOI
  • Hard masks compatible with process temperature
PECVD Gas List
  • 5% SiH4 in N2
  • 5% SiH4 in Ar
  • NH3
  • N2O
  • N2
  • Mixture of CF4 and O2 (4:1) for Plasma Clean

Resources

Equipment Status
SOPs & Troubleshooting
Process Documents
Manufacturer Manuals

Specifications

Manufacturer Specifications
System Features
  • Universal base console that houses the electronic sub systems, control units, pneumatics, and turbomolecular pump
  • PC 2000 Operating system
  • PECVD process chamber with 160 mm pumping port, view port, and an additional rear port for optical emission end-point-detection
  • Heated upper electrode to prevent condensation of low vapor pressure precursors
  • PECVD 205 mm electrically heated (700 °C) lower electrode with central wafer lift mechanism
  • Parameter ramping software
  • 5 Torr capacitance manometer for process control, and penning for base pressure measurement
  • Process chamber pumping with 63 mm branch to APC, and isolation valve; chamber base pressure turbo, backed by a refurbished dry pump with roots
  • Twelve line gas pod with two non-toxic and three toxic digital mass-flow-controlled gas lines and cleaning gas
  • Chamber Gas ring, with split gas manifold
  • Liquid vapor delivery system
  • Single-wafer automatic insertion load lock with soft pump option
System Specifications
  • Chamber wall heating 80 °C
  • 30/300 W RF generator close-coupled to the upper electrode through an automatic matching unit; the generator is configured to operate in a low-power mode (0-30 W) for higher accuracy during low-rate deposition processes
  • 600 W solid-state 50-460 kHz LF generator


Related Instrumentation in the KNI

Sputtering Systems
Electron Beam Evaporation Systems
Chemical Vapor Deposition
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