This live webcam is permanently part of the whole-wafer Hitachi 4160 scanning electron microscope (SEM) in the cleanroom. It can webcast live video SEM images of the wafer surface (the same image that someone sitting at the SEM sees on one of the two monitors). It can also webcast live video images of the interior chamber of the SEM (which is the default mode until the SEM operator switches it to the SEM wafer image mode). As with the other SNF live webcams, images displayed may be within a second or two of the actual event depending on the connection speed used. No media players are needed; however, java must be enabled on your browser. High resolution still images are captured using Hauppauge WinTV software and can be downloaded at the Image Download Page. To use these web tools, contact Mike Deal.

Sample Image from Hitachi 4160 SEM

Hitachi 4160 SEM

Camera 4 is the same feed that that goes to Monitor 2 of the SEM. (It is either the video signal derived from the secondary electrons coming off the wafer surface, showing the standard SEM image of the wafer, or from a regular CCD video camera located inside the chamber.) The video signal branches off to the same computer that uses the Hauppauge WinTV software used for still image capture (which also uses the same feed), and uses Ivista software for webcasting. Limited adjustments may be made to the brightness and other parameters by moving to the bottom left of the image and clicking on "iVista". In general the defaults should be used.