From rik9 at stanford.edu Tue Aug 1 04:05:02 2006 From: rik9 at stanford.edu (Rishi Kant) Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:05:02 -0700 Subject: Extra Polyimide Message-ID: <44CF355E.5010407@stanford.edu> Hi all, I need to put down 3 um of polyimide on a few wafers (~10), and wanted to know if someone had some extra polyimide available that I may use. Thanks, Rishi From maryamzm at stanford.edu Tue Aug 1 15:00:45 2006 From: maryamzm at stanford.edu (Maryam Ziaei-Moayyed) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:00:45 -0700 Subject: Quartz beaker Message-ID: <1154469645.44cfcf0d55fd0@webmail.stanford.edu> Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has a clean Quartz beaker that I can borrow for a day or two?! I need to do KOH decontamination for a die (2cmx2cm) but it takes a long time to order quartz from outside vendors. My wafer has LTO,Poly,Nitride on it (all mos-clean), the only non-clean process it's gone through is CMP. I'd really really appreciate it if someone would let me borrow their quartzware if they have any. Thanks, Maryam From shott at stanford.edu Wed Aug 2 08:52:51 2006 From: shott at stanford.edu (John Shott) Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:52:51 -0700 Subject: Publication list .... Message-ID: <44D0CA53.4090807@stanford.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jerabek at snf.stanford.edu Wed Aug 2 09:16:51 2006 From: jerabek at snf.stanford.edu (Paul Jerabek) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:16:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: mask writer Message-ID: To whom it may concern: Yesterday we did get measurement results of Orthotest mask from Compugraphics. Orthogonality error is 161urads which is within a range of software correction of the maskwriter. However mask writer has an another problem with stage (probably generated during an adjustment(s) of stage mirrors) travel repeatability and consistently fails to finish writing a mask. So I can't confirm if ortho has been fixed until they (Micronic field service) fix the stage travel. -Paul From Jfu at exponent.com Wed Aug 2 13:05:48 2006 From: Jfu at exponent.com (Jason Fu) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 13:05:48 -0700 Subject: FW: micro-spot XRD Message-ID: <113F6EB3099A9945ACB6B6AD8F7A3909574651@EXCHANGE0.exponent.com> Hi, All, If you have any vendor or affiliation information on micro-spot XRD, please drop me a note. I am in need of XRD characterization for spot size on the order of 20um. Thanks a lot, Jason Junxian (Jason) Fu, PhD Senior Engineer, Electrical and Semiconductors Practice Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. Menlo Park, CA 94025 jfu at exponent.com (O) 650-688-6911 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pruitt at stanford.edu Wed Aug 2 21:52:17 2006 From: pruitt at stanford.edu (Beth Pruitt) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 21:52:17 -0700 Subject: MEMS seminar 4:30 thurs. Pete Hartwell, HP Labs Message-ID: Pete Hartwell of HP labs on bringing MEMS from labs to products 4:30 Thursday 8/3 please join us for this me342 seminar in 530-127. next week, Storrs Hoen of Agilent labs. From raghavs at stanford.edu Wed Aug 2 18:07:34 2006 From: raghavs at stanford.edu (Raghav) Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:07:34 -0700 Subject: Selective Wet Etch for TiN Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20060802180510.02a56010@stanford.edu> Hi i am looking for a wet chemistry that can selectively etch TiN and not attack TaN. i know they are very similar in their properties but im hoping that there will be some chemical mixture that will work. thanks in advance Raghav From candacec at stanford.edu Thu Aug 3 14:29:59 2006 From: candacec at stanford.edu (Candace Kay Chan) Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:29:59 -0700 Subject: Spin-on glass Message-ID: <44D26AD7.7030502@stanford.edu> Hi everyone, Does anyone have any experience with spin-on glass, e.g Honeywell's ACCUGLASS? 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At this point I can't write a decent mask to confirm if the original ortho error has been indeed corrected. -Paul From baylortriplett at earthlink.net Fri Aug 4 10:00:25 2006 From: baylortriplett at earthlink.net (Baylor B Triplett) Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:00:25 -0700 Subject: [Fwd: Re: Gold etch process]: Forwarded just in case any other lab member needs Au etch Message-ID: <44D37D29.4060008@earthlink.net> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... 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Tony On 8/4/06 11:13 AM, "SangBum Kim" wrote: > Dear SNF lab members, > > The lateral conducting bridge on 20nm sputtered oxide that I made is believed > to leak to the substrate underneath through the pin holes in the sputtered > oxide. It has to be a sputtered oxide since the sample should go above 100C in > temperature. Do you have any suggestion to prevent those pin holes in the > sputter oxide? Thanks in advance. > > SangBum > -- Anthony Flannery Cell: 479-387-8250 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pzhang at arri.uta.edu Fri Aug 4 13:04:07 2006 From: pzhang at arri.uta.edu (Ping Zhang) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 15:04:07 -0500 Subject: DRIE aspect ratio Message-ID: <200608041504069749537@arri.uta.edu> Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to get higher aspect ratio with the DRIE? We are getting about 10:1 now but it would be great if we can get higher like 20:1. Thanks, Jeongsik From James.Q.Liu at jdsu.com Fri Aug 4 14:27:22 2006 From: James.Q.Liu at jdsu.com (James Q. Liu) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:27:22 -0700 Subject: pin holes in the sputtered oxide Message-ID: <0FC4C1B93D218E428D20BFCB9424D5D202460EAE@SJEXCH02.ds.jdsu.net> Try to sputter SiN instead, if it is compatible to your conducting bridge process. Or, you can rotate the sample once in between the oxide sputtering (break the deposition into two runs, a tedious way, though...). Good luck, James ________________________________ From: SangBum Kim [mailto:kimsangb at stanford.edu] Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:14 AM To: labmembers at snf.stanford.edu Subject: pin holes in the sputtered oxide Dear SNF lab members, The lateral conducting bridge on 20nm sputtered oxide that I made is believed to leak to the substrate underneath through the pin holes in the sputtered oxide. It has to be a sputtered oxide since the sample should go above 100C in temperature. 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Best regards, Alissa Semiconductor Entrepreneurship Summer Mixer **OPEN TO PUBLIC** Wednesday, August 16th Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm Venue: Cooley Godward LLP Location: 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto Cost: Free Contact: alissa.fitzgerald at alum.mit.edu Please join the MIT Club of Northern California Semiconductor Entrepeneurship Group for an evening of networking over good food and drinks with fellow semiconductor industry enthusiasts at Cooley Godward's open-air courtyard in Palo Alto. This will be a great opportunity for entrepreneurs, industry professionals, VCs, service providers and others in the semiconductor community to relax, share ideas and reflect on topics discussed at our previous events. We thank you for your continuing support and look forward to seeing you. Space is limited and RSVP is required. Please register online by August 14th. Light hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served, and there is no charge to attend. Free parking is available. 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For example, high speed operation requires reduced threshold voltage of the access transistor, which results in an exponential increase in subthreshold leakage and therefore worse data retention time. One possible solution to the above problem is to add negative differential resistance (NDR) elements to normal 1T1C DRAM cells to form bistable circuits. If the current of the NDR element is high enough to compensate for the leakage of the access transistor, the information stored in the capacitor will not be lost and therefore a static high-density memory cell can be achieved. However, conventional NDR devices showed low peak-to-valley current ratios and involved either CMOS-incompatible processes or very large cell areas. In this talk, we will present a novel CMOS-compatible NDR device based on SiGe gated tunneling diodes. SiGe/Si heterostructure allows us to optimize the peak and valley current independently: the peak current is dominated by the tunneling currents which can be enhanced by the SiGe film whereas the valley current is from bulk generation current which can be suppressed by the Si substrate. We proposed four configurations to convert the gated diode to NDR devices. The transistor-buffered SiGe NDR device received most interest because of its excellent controllability and process simplicity. The fabricated SiGe NDR devices demonstrated large peak currents and high peak-to-valley current ratios (PVCR). Without further optimization, the PVCR of this device has already reached 300 at room temperature which is probably the highest reported PVCR in Si compatible systems to our knowledge. Our NDR device presents excellent scalability and can be easily integrated into a DRAM cell with a small area penalty. Therefore, it is a very promising candidate for embedded memory applications, combining the advantages of both SRAMs and DRAMs - more compact than SRAM cells and unlike DRAMs no need for refreshing, ultimately enabling higher speed operation with lower power. From jerabek at snf.stanford.edu Tue Aug 8 09:24:37 2006 From: jerabek at snf.stanford.edu (Paul Jerabek) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:24:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: mask writer Message-ID: Yesterday, after Micronic field service last adjustments, I've written another mask. Things seem to be going from bad to worst. System did finish writing the whole mask but pattern on the mask is all scrambled (very hard to describe, one has to see it to believe it). For those of you who need masks now there is an another place to go to, which is somewhat less expensive then Compugraphics. It's called Image-tech and a website is www.image-tec.com. They are located in Moutain View on San Antonio rd. and their website is quite good. They do only 1x masks and min.feature size is 2um. Make sure you specify soda lime glass (unless you do need QZ), they charge for quartz $200.- extra. -Paul From mahnaz at stanford.edu Tue Aug 8 14:11:28 2006 From: mahnaz at stanford.edu (Mahnaz Mansourpour) Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:11:28 -0700 Subject: Nanospec Message-ID: <44D8FE00.4030406@stanford.edu> Hello all, We are having some issues with the nanospec in the litho area. There used to be two diskettes in the red tool box in the back of the tool. Mario/ chang and I looked every where with no luck at all. Does any one out there knows where about these diskettes? Last time this happened some one had used them to save something on them, please if you have them bring it back ...you can put them in my mail box or in to the red tool box. mahnaz From pruitt at stanford.edu Wed Aug 9 19:29:00 2006 From: pruitt at stanford.edu (Beth Pruitt) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 19:29:00 -0700 Subject: MEMS seminar tomorrow 4:30pm Message-ID: you are invited to the last ME342 MEMS seminar tomorrow, Thursday 8/10 Storrs Hoen of Agilent Labs bldg 530 room 127 4:30 pm refreshments with the speaker to follow. don't miss the ME342 final poster presentations the following Friday at 3pm in CIS. From mahnaz at stanford.edu Fri Aug 11 15:50:31 2006 From: mahnaz at stanford.edu (Mahnaz Mansourpour) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:50:31 -0700 Subject: Resist Message-ID: <44DD09B7.2050605@stanford.edu> Hello all, In order to work in a lab the size of our lab, one has to be vigilant, patient, and extremely careful so things can work for majority of the lab rmemeber....so here is what I am trying to get across... When you change a resist bottle on the track make sure that you are putting the correct bottle in and has to be a brand new bottle. Left over bottles should not be used at all. If is late in the evening, or middle of the night and new bottles of what ever resist is not available then either shut down the track or yellow light it and put a big sign on the track ( I like this one better) . We have been getting a lot of inconsistency on 3612 front track and the bottle was questionable with regards of the look of the bottle, most of the lettering on the bottle was gone , Hand written 3612 was on it.....please pay attention when you change the bottle and follow the rule , you owe that to yourself and every one that uses the track after you. Secondly , when you are using a resist that needs refrigeration and some how the resist disappear from the cart or some one takes it back ( as a good will) , it is your responsibility to make sure that the resist end up in the refrigerator. Materials are much more expensive than every one thinks so please use your judgment and if some one is doing something wrong take a few minutes and explain things and if not sure ask your friendly staff. Thanks mahnaz From ofidaner at stanford.edu Mon Aug 14 07:11:01 2006 From: ofidaner at stanford.edu (Onur Fidaner) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:11:01 -0700 Subject: Special Seminar - Mon Aug 14th, 3:30 PM Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20060814070859.01c19c68@ofidaner.pobox.stanford.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbaran at stanford.edu Mon Aug 14 16:31:01 2006 From: mbaran at stanford.edu (Maureen Baran) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:31:01 -0700 Subject: 2006-2007 (SNF) Department Sponsorship Form is Available Message-ID: <20060814233101.BDF714C1FA@smtp1.stanford.edu> Dear Labmembers, The new 2006-2007 Department Sponsorship form is available. Please stop by my cubicle, #41 and pick one up. They are in a hanging folder outside my cubicle. You will need to fill one out and take it over to Parking and Transportation Services (340 Bonair Siding) and get a new parking permit for the 2006-2007year. Contrary to what you have heard in the past there isn't any grace period. You must have a new permit by September 1st, 2006 or face the possibility of getting a $35.00 parking ticket. Thank you, Maureen Maureen Baran Stanford Nanofabrication Facility Lab Services Administrator mbaran at stanford.edu 650-725-3664 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bli003 at student.ucr.edu Tue Aug 15 01:09:28 2006 From: bli003 at student.ucr.edu (bli003 at student.ucr.edu) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:09:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: tungsten etch Message-ID: <20060815010928.ADI97266@mh1.ucr.edu> Hi All, Can anyone share me the information of selectively etching tungsten over tungsten silicide? Thank you in advance, Bei From candacec at stanford.edu Tue Aug 15 11:01:35 2006 From: candacec at stanford.edu (Candace Kay Chan) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:01:35 -0700 Subject: bromine? Message-ID: <44E20BFF.8090908@stanford.edu> Hey everyone, Sorry for the mass email. Does anyone have any bromine (just plain old Br2) I can borrow? My order is taking forever to come in and I need to do an experiment ASAP because I have to get the samples sent out to Pleasanton for analysis, and if I miss my time window I have to wait at least 2 months before I have the chance to do the analysis. I only need a few mL. Thank you very much in advance! Candace Chan -- Candace K. Chan Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry Stanford University McCullough Building Room 209 476 Lomita Mall Stanford, CA 94305 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From candacec at stanford.edu Tue Aug 15 12:19:41 2006 From: candacec at stanford.edu (Candace Kay Chan) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:19:41 -0700 Subject: bromine? In-Reply-To: <44E20BFF.8090908@stanford.edu> References: <44E20BFF.8090908@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <44E21E4D.9080006@stanford.edu> Hi everyone, Thanks for the rapid reply. I got some bromine quickly and my experiment is in progress. Thanks so much!!! Candace Candace Kay Chan wrote: > Hey everyone, > Sorry for the mass email. Does anyone have any bromine (just plain old > Br2) I can borrow? My order is taking forever to come in and I need to > do an experiment ASAP because I have to get the samples sent out to > Pleasanton for analysis, and if I miss my time window I have to wait > at least 2 months before I have the chance to do the analysis. I only > need a few mL. > > Thank you very much in advance! > > Candace Chan > >-- >Candace K. Chan >Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry >Stanford University >McCullough Building Room 209 >476 Lomita Mall >Stanford, CA 94305 > -- Candace K. Chan Ph.D. Student, Department of Chemistry Stanford University McCullough Building Room 209 476 Lomita Mall Stanford, CA 94305 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From riteshj at ee.ucla.edu Wed Aug 16 14:54:38 2006 From: riteshj at ee.ucla.edu (Ritesh Jhaveri) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:54:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: find dopant profiles In-Reply-To: <000d01c6c173$066a7e00$6500a8c0@NL> References: <000d01c6c173$066a7e00$6500a8c0@NL> Message-ID: For activated dopant analysis you can use Spreading Resistance Profiliing (SRP) done by solecon labs e.g. and for atomic concnetration you can try doing SIMS analysis hope this helps, Ritesh J On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Choongho Yu wrote: > Hello SNF members, > > I wonder whether someone can tell me what kind of analysis tools I can use in order to find dopant profiles or atomic concentrations as a function of depth from the top of my film. > Thank you in advance. > > C. Yu From wibool at stanford.edu Thu Aug 17 09:27:22 2006 From: wibool at stanford.edu (Wibool Piyawattanametha) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:27:22 -0700 Subject: parylene coater Message-ID: <000a01c6c21a$07ecde60$4501a8c0@IBM2948477BEBC> Hi All, I wonder if we have a parylene coater here. Thanks. Best, WP Wibool Piyawattanametha, Ph.D. Stanford University Departments of Applied Physics, Biological Sciences, Electrical Engineering, and Pediatrics James H. Clark Center (Bio-X) - Room W080 318 Campus Drive Stanford, CA 94305 T: (650) 725-4097 F: (650) 724-5805 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jerabek at snf.stanford.edu Thu Aug 17 16:41:11 2006 From: jerabek at snf.stanford.edu (Paul Jerabek) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:41:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: mask writer status Message-ID: To whom it may concern: the mask writer is still down with the problems described in previous messages. However by next Monday we are expecting another expert from Sweden to look at our machine and hopefully help us. -Paul From mtang at stanford.edu Thu Aug 17 16:53:40 2006 From: mtang at stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:53:40 -0700 Subject: parylene coater In-Reply-To: <000a01c6c21a$07ecde60$4501a8c0@IBM2948477BEBC> References: <000a01c6c21a$07ecde60$4501a8c0@IBM2948477BEBC> Message-ID: <44E50184.6040309@stanford.edu> Hi Wibool and fellow labmembers -- I do not know of a parylene coater at Stanford now (there was once one years ago, but it is long gone....) However, at SNF, we do get requests for parylene every couple of months or so. This is a great material for biological devices and a good stand-in for teflon in many applications... Prof. Beth Pruitt has just informed us that she has a quote for a basic parylene deposition system for about $25K and that she would be willing to contribute towards acquiring one, if other matching funds could be found. If you are interested in parylene -- and if you or your organization would be interested in contributing towards the purchase of a system, please let your favorite staff member know. Thanks for your attention -- Mary -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu Wibool Piyawattanametha wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I wonder if we have a parylene coater here. Thanks. > > > > Best, > > > > WP > > > > Wibool Piyawattanametha, Ph.D. > Stanford University > Departments of Applied Physics, Biological Sciences, > > Electrical Engineering, and Pediatrics > James H. Clark Center (Bio-X) - Room W080 > 318 Campus Drive > Stanford, CA 94305 > T: (650) 725-4097 > F: (650) 724-5805 > > > From yves-alain.peter at polymtl.ca Thu Aug 17 18:57:50 2006 From: yves-alain.peter at polymtl.ca (Yves-Alain Peter) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:57:50 -0400 Subject: parylene coater In-Reply-To: <44E50184.6040309@stanford.edu> References: <000a01c6c21a$07ecde60$4501a8c0@IBM2948477BEBC> <44E50184.6040309@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <44E51E9E.1080107@polymtl.ca> Dear all, As a former labmember, please let me me add on the topic. If anyone in Stanford is in an urgent need of parylene coating, we have a facility at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada. As one of the scientific director of the Laboratory of Microfabrication I would be happy to help any request from SNF. Feel free to contact me. Best, Yves-Alain -- **************************************** Yves-Alain Peter Assistant Professor Engineering Physics Department Ecole Polytechnique de Montr?al P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville Montr?al, Qu?bec H3C 3A7 CANADA Phone : + 1 514 340 4711 ext. 3100 Fax : + 1 514 340 3218 yves-alain.peter at polymtl.ca http://mems.phys.polymtl.ca **************************************** Mary Tang wrote: > Hi Wibool and fellow labmembers -- > > I do not know of a parylene coater at Stanford now (there was once one > years ago, but it is long gone....) > > However, at SNF, we do get requests for parylene every couple of > months or so. This is a great material for biological devices and a > good stand-in for teflon in many applications... Prof. Beth Pruitt > has just informed us that she has a quote for a basic parylene > deposition system for about $25K and that she would be willing to > contribute towards acquiring one, if other matching funds could be found. > > If you are interested in parylene -- and if you or your organization > would be interested in contributing towards the purchase of a system, > please let your favorite staff member know. > > Thanks for your attention -- > > Mary > From jerabek at snf.stanford.edu Fri Aug 18 09:40:56 2006 From: jerabek at snf.stanford.edu (Paul Jerabek) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:40:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: L-edit book Message-ID: Whoever borrowed my L-EDIT book please return it. -Paul J. From pruitt at stanford.edu Fri Aug 18 14:53:34 2006 From: pruitt at stanford.edu (Beth Pruitt) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:53:34 -0700 Subject: me342 poster presentations Message-ID: final poster session starting now in CIS hallway, come by and see what ME342 teams have been up to this summer. cheers bp From arguicha at stanford.edu Mon Aug 21 18:06:34 2006 From: arguicha at stanford.edu (Alex Guichard) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:06:34 -0700 Subject: submonolayer films on Metallica Message-ID: Hello SNF Lab Members: I am interested in using metallica to deposit very thin films (<1nm) of a few metals, in particular Au and Ti. Does anyone have any experience doing this? The dep rates for most metals is fairly high (relative to e-beam), but I thought someone might have characterized slower dep rates for this tool and would want to share their knowledge. Thanks in advance! -Alex Alex R. Guichard Ph.D Candidate Dept. of Mat. Sci. and Eng. Stanford University (O) 650-723-6352 (L)650-723-6466 I am running a marathon to raise money for Leukemia and Lymphoma research! Support my efforts at: http://www.active.com/donate/tntsvmb/alexg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rohits at gmail.com Wed Aug 23 12:26:31 2006 From: rohits at gmail.com (Rohit Shenoy) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:26:31 -0700 Subject: Ferric nitrate or Transene silver etchant Message-ID: <17615cae0608231226l657147d6waaff5aa5cf5ccd5b@mail.gmail.com> Hi, We urgently need some Ferric nitrate or Transene silver etchant. Does anyone have a small amount that we could borrow? We will, of course, replenish your stock once our solution, which is being ordered, comes in. thanks, -- Rohit From edmyers at stanford.edu Wed Aug 23 16:51:03 2006 From: edmyers at stanford.edu (Ed Myers) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:51:03 -0700 Subject: Nanospec in Litho Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20060823164221.0398beb0@stanford.edu> All, The Nanospec in the Litho area has been returned from repair. The staff has measured a number of standards with very good results. However, this repair has come with a price. During servicing it appears we have lost all of the user developed programs. The time it takes to rebuild these programs will depend on access to the optical property tables for the various materials. If we can find them on the hard drive, we should come up fairly quick. If we can not find them on the hard drive (which appears to be the case) we will have to assemble them from outside sources and this will take longer. What can you do to help? If you have the optical properties (either tabular or Cauchy dispersion models) please send them to Ed Myers (edmyers at stanford.edu). Also let us know what programs and films are desperately needed. Regards, ED From goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu Thu Aug 24 11:21:47 2006 From: goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu (David Goldhaber-Gordon) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:21:47 -0700 Subject: Machine shop recommendations Message-ID: Hi all, Do any of you have non-Stanford machine shops you are happy with (ideally within a short drive of Stanford, allowing for in-person consultation)? My criteria are: good ability to communicate, willingness to make one-off parts with good precision, < 2 week turnaround time, and price, in that order. I know this is slightly outside the standard focus of this mailing list, but one often needs machined parts to go with micro/nanofabricated parts. Best, David ----------------------------------------------------------------- David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) Center for Probing the Nanoscale www.goldhaber-gordon.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: redward at stanford.edu From beinnmuir at stanford.edu Thu Aug 24 13:06:59 2006 From: beinnmuir at stanford.edu (Beinn Muir) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:06:59 -0700 Subject: Intermediate protection layer Message-ID: <1156450019.44ee06e3de6ff@webmail.stanford.edu> Dear Labmembers, I am working on a fabrication process that I am having some problems with. I would like to ask you all for advice. I have a Pt layer passivated with a 100nm SiO2 PECVD layer. On top of this I spin coat a co-polymer layer which is the active element of the device, and I UV pattern this co-polymer on KS (it acts as a negative resist material). I then want to selectively deposit a metal layer onto the patterned co-polymer areas. What I have been working on so far is to spin 3612 and then pattern on KS followed by developing. The 3612 layer is then used for lift-off. This is where I run into some problems. The developer for the 3612 is LDD-26W which has a pH of 13. The co-polymer layer comes into contact with this solution and while it is not dissolved (since it is cross-linked after patterning), it is damaged by the high pH solution. So what I am looking for is an intermediate layer which will protect my co-polymer layer. The properties of the intermediate layer should be such that it will not dissolve significantly in the LDD-26W during 3612 development, but can then be removed by something which will not dissolve the 3612 layer. The co-polymer can be exposed to aqueous solutions with a pH of 5-9 and most organic solvents without damage (it will undergo swelling). If anyone has any ideas, or ways around this problem, then I would be very grateful to hear from you. Thanks, Beinn... Dr Beinn Muir Department of Chemical Engineering Stauffer III, Room 113 Stanford University From s.harshal at gmail.com Thu Aug 24 16:42:50 2006 From: s.harshal at gmail.com (harshal surangalikar) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:42:50 -0700 Subject: Thick PMMA films. Message-ID: Hello All, I want to spin coat relatively thick layers (10-20 um) of PMMA on bare silicon wafers. If anybody has any information on vendors or specific PMMA grade that can accomplish it, it will be very helpful. 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Please secure them, as we anticipate we'll be visited again soon. -Eric From eandersn at stanford.edu Fri Aug 25 01:33:10 2006 From: eandersn at stanford.edu (Erik Anderson) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:33:10 -0700 Subject: borrow cheapo power supply? Message-ID: <44EEB5C6.50506@stanford.edu> Hi folks, Does anyone have a cheapo +5/-5V dual power supply, preferably a noisier one (I know this sounds funny), that I could borrow for a day? Thanks. Erik From goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu Mon Aug 28 11:16:42 2006 From: goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu (David Goldhaber-Gordon) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:16:42 -0700 Subject: Outcome of machine shop recommendations Message-ID: Hello, Thanks to so many of you for your detailed replies to my question about machine shops! More than ten commercial shops on the Peninsula were mentioned, some as close as Mountain View or Menlo Park. Not a single commercial shop was mentioned by more than one respondent(!), so I can't pass on a simple recommendation, but if you're interested email me and I'll compile a list. Several people did mention the SLAC and SSRL shops. I haven't tried them yet, but probably will at some point. I understand that they prioritize SLAC projects, but that they do good work when they're available. Best wishes, David On 8/24/06, David Goldhaber-Gordon wrote: > Hi all, > > Do any of you have non-Stanford machine shops you are happy with > (ideally within a short drive of Stanford, allowing for in-person > consultation)? My criteria are: good ability to communicate, > willingness to make one-off parts with good precision, < 2 week > turnaround time, and price, in that order. > > I know this is slightly outside the standard focus of this mailing > list, but one often needs machined parts to go with > micro/nanofabricated parts. > > Best, > David > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu > Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu > and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) > Center for Probing the Nanoscale > www.goldhaber-gordon.com > Stanford University > www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ > (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) > > Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: > David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards > Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 > McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 > 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 > Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: > redward at stanford.edu > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) Center for Probing the Nanoscale www.goldhaber-gordon.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: redward at stanford.edu From goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu Mon Aug 28 12:01:21 2006 From: goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu (David Goldhaber-Gordon) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:01:21 -0700 Subject: Outcome of machine shop recommendations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, I've already (in the last half-hour) gotten a lot of interest in the list of machine shops. Mary Tang has suggested that we post them on the SNF website. I will strip the recommendations of any of the recommender's identifying information, and will remove the one or two shops with negative comments. If you sent me a recommendation for a non-Stanford machine shop and you do NOT want it to be posted in such a public way, please email me by Friday. In the mean time, feel free to continue to send me requests for the list, but I probably won't reply before the weekend -- I hope to be able to do the posting of most of the shops on a public list instead of sending out tens of emails. Best, David On 8/28/06, David Goldhaber-Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to so many of you for your detailed replies to my question > about machine shops! > > More than ten commercial shops on the Peninsula were mentioned, some > as close as Mountain View or Menlo Park. Not a single commercial shop > was mentioned by more than one respondent(!), so I can't pass on a > simple recommendation, but if you're interested email me and I'll > compile a list. > > Several people did mention the SLAC and SSRL shops. I haven't tried > them yet, but probably will at some point. I understand that they > prioritize SLAC projects, but that they do good work when they're > available. > > Best wishes, > David > > On 8/24/06, David Goldhaber-Gordon wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Do any of you have non-Stanford machine shops you are happy with > > (ideally within a short drive of Stanford, allowing for in-person > > consultation)? My criteria are: good ability to communicate, > > willingness to make one-off parts with good precision, < 2 week > > turnaround time, and price, in that order. > > > > I know this is slightly outside the standard focus of this mailing > > list, but one often needs machined parts to go with > > micro/nanofabricated parts. > > > > Best, > > David > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu > > Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu > > and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) > > Center for Probing the Nanoscale > > www.goldhaber-gordon.com > > Stanford University > > www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ > > (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) > > > > Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: > > David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards > > Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 > > McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 > > 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 > > Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: > > redward at stanford.edu > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu > Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu > and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) > Center for Probing the Nanoscale > www.goldhaber-gordon.com > Stanford University > www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ > (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) > > Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: > David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards > Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 > McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 > 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 > Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: > redward at stanford.edu > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) Center for Probing the Nanoscale www.goldhaber-gordon.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: redward at stanford.edu From erhan.ata at gmems.com Mon Aug 28 13:43:59 2006 From: erhan.ata at gmems.com (Erhan Ata) Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:43:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Outcome of machine shop recommendations In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060828204359.21071.qmail@web32508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello, I think some of the users may find MFG.com useful. It is free for buyers, and connects you to manufacturers with a wide variety of offerings, like ebay. You need to register and then post a job with drawings and specs, and then start receiving quotes. There's a feedback system from users so that you can see how others considered the manufacturer. This system has its own risks, but should be OK for simple jobs. I've used this site for Al machining several years ago and was satisfied with the result. Regards, Erhan David Goldhaber-Gordon wrote: Hello, I've already (in the last half-hour) gotten a lot of interest in the list of machine shops. Mary Tang has suggested that we post them on the SNF website. I will strip the recommendations of any of the recommender's identifying information, and will remove the one or two shops with negative comments. If you sent me a recommendation for a non-Stanford machine shop and you do NOT want it to be posted in such a public way, please email me by Friday. In the mean time, feel free to continue to send me requests for the list, but I probably won't reply before the weekend -- I hope to be able to do the posting of most of the shops on a public list instead of sending out tens of emails. Best, David On 8/28/06, David Goldhaber-Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to so many of you for your detailed replies to my question > about machine shops! > > More than ten commercial shops on the Peninsula were mentioned, some > as close as Mountain View or Menlo Park. Not a single commercial shop > was mentioned by more than one respondent(!), so I can't pass on a > simple recommendation, but if you're interested email me and I'll > compile a list. > > Several people did mention the SLAC and SSRL shops. I haven't tried > them yet, but probably will at some point. I understand that they > prioritize SLAC projects, but that they do good work when they're > available. > > Best wishes, > David > > On 8/24/06, David Goldhaber-Gordon wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Do any of you have non-Stanford machine shops you are happy with > > (ideally within a short drive of Stanford, allowing for in-person > > consultation)? My criteria are: good ability to communicate, > > willingness to make one-off parts with good precision, < 2 week > > turnaround time, and price, in that order. > > > > I know this is slightly outside the standard focus of this mailing > > list, but one often needs machined parts to go with > > micro/nanofabricated parts. > > > > Best, > > David > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu > > Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu > > and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) > > Center for Probing the Nanoscale > > www.goldhaber-gordon.com > > Stanford University > > www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ > > (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) > > > > Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: > > David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards > > Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 > > McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 > > 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 > > Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: > > redward at stanford.edu > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu > Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu > and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) > Center for Probing the Nanoscale > www.goldhaber-gordon.com > Stanford University > www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ > (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) > > Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: > David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards > Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 > McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 > 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 > Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: > redward at stanford.edu > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- David Goldhaber-Gordon goldhaber-gordon at stanford.edu Assistant Professor of Physics davidg at post.harvard.edu and Deputy Director, (permanent forwarding) Center for Probing the Nanoscale www.goldhaber-gordon.com Stanford University www.stanford.edu/group/cpn/ (650) 725-2047 (lab) (650) 724-3709 (office) Address for letters or packages: Administrative Associate: David Goldhaber-Gordon Roberta Edwards Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials McCullough, Rm. 338 McCullough Building, Room 346 Phone: (650) 723-8028 476 Lomita Mall Fax: (650) 724-3681 Stanford, CA 94305-4045 email: redward at stanford.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tang, Ph.D. Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu From mtang at stanford.edu Tue Aug 29 09:00:11 2006 From: mtang at stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:11 -0700 Subject: Lab is in Recovery - open for use Message-ID: <44F4648B.6000104@stanford.edu> Whew! The water leaks have been cleaned up and are contained. The Facilities chilled water supply has been reset and appears to be functioning again, but as it is not clear what caused this incident, the chilled water issues over the past several days still have not been resolved. The lab is open again for use. Some tools have been hit hard and will remain down for some time (most notably, innotec, gryphon, mrc, nikons). Please check on Coral for current equipment status and updates. Your lab staff -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu From raghavs at stanford.edu Tue Aug 29 18:01:58 2006 From: raghavs at stanford.edu (Raghav) Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:01:58 -0700 Subject: Ti/TaN bilayer stability Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20060829175738.031d2090@stanford.edu> Hi Users i am interested in knowing the thermal stability of Ti/TaN bilayers. i guess this combination has been tried for Cu barrier liner technology but i couldn't find any papers on it. any input/references is greatly appreciated. thanks in advance Best Raghav From kcrabb at stanford.edu Wed Aug 30 18:54:47 2006 From: kcrabb at stanford.edu (Kevin Crabb) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:54:47 -0700 Subject: Glass Adhesives for Biological Samples Message-ID: <001901c6cca0$709f4e80$d62614ac@delllaptop> This is perhaps not the best listserv for this question, but I was wondering if anyone has either of the following adhesives used for mounting media in microscopy applications: Entellan (New) Rapid Embedding Agent Eukitt Mounting Medium Both are available from Electron Microscopy Sciences, but I only need a few drops, and would prefer to avoid buying a whole bottle if I can. 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Photovoltaic solar electricity (PV) has been around since the late 1960s, but for many years was derided as too expensive and unreliable. Yet over the past decade there has been tremendous growth in this business ? growth driven by significant manufacturing cost reduction and meaningful governmental support programs, first in Japan, then in Germany, and more recently in California with the signing of the Million Solar Roofs Bill. The PV industry has become a $10 billion business, with dreams of significantly more. The great majority of PV panels today are produced using crystalline silicon technology that has remained more or less unchanged for the past 20+ years. But the recent boom in PV, coupled with the realization of how large this market could be with additional advancements in manufacturing cost per watt, is attracting new participants every day. Many new PV companies are proposing new or revitalized concepts to achieve higher conversion efficiency of sunlight to electricity or lower production costs, or both. However, taking these ideas from Concept & Feasibility champion cells into mass production of a reliable product that can support a 25 year warranty is extremely difficult. The challenge of commercializing new PV technologies is not well appreciated by many recent investors drawn to this market. Come see our outstanding panel discuss the economic and technological feasibility of some of the leading edge PV technologies. This forum will provide an ecosystem perspective in understanding the challenges of introducing and commercializing new technologies for solar. Topics to be examined in more detail include: ? Which PV technologies have the most potential and why? What will be the key drivers in determining which technologies scale successfully, and which never make it out of the lab? 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Mr. Shugar shares corporate operating responsibility for PowerLight and leads Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Development, and Project Engineering and Construction. He has been active in solar power since 1988. Prior to the PV industry, Mr. Shugar worked for the Pacific Gas & Electric Company, where he managed PG&E?s Solar Projects research group after several years of transmission planning and substation operations. Mr. Shugar has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic University, and an M.B.A from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. 2. Craig Hunter, Director, Clean Energy Group, Applied Materials Craig is Director of Thin Film Products in the recently formed Clean Energy Group of Applied Materials. 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Dr. Eberspacher holds a doctorate in Applied Physics from Stanford University where he did research on non-vacuum processes for fabricating solar cells. 4. Additional panelists to be confirmed Moderator: Dr. Erik Straser, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures Erik Straser is General Partner of Mohr Davidow Ventures. Erik joined MDV in 1998 and specializes in investing in and building energy, materials and software companies. Prior to MDV Erik worked at Interval Research Corp., a technology incubator funded by Paul Allen, and at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a technical staff member. Erik holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford university. About the Event Series: The MIT Semiconductor Entrepreneurship Series is a resource for those interested in founding, funding and growing new ventures in the area of semiconductor design and manufacturing. 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This will be the first in series of such events facilitating information exchange and networking opportunities between the lab community and our SNF Affiliates. From 11-12, will be a presentation about Tallwood, followed by an open Q&A session with its founder and some of its principals. From 12-1 will be lunch, breakout sessions, and opportunities for one-on-ones. Lunch will be provided. For more information about this Enterprise Forum, see http://snf.stanford.edu/Labmembers/Seminar.html . Preregistration is highly recommended, as space is limited. For maps and parking info, go *About Tallwood:* Tallwood Venture Capital focuses on investments in differentiated technologies and products that we believe will have a significant impact on the semiconductor industry. We seek out talented entrepreneurs and potent ideas likely to make a real difference in semiconductor and semiconductor-related markets. By offering deep semiconductor knowledge, direct operating experience and a high degree of availability, Tallwood builds close, active working relationships with our portfolio companies. We have $430 million currently under management in two funds: the $180 million Tallwood II, raised in 2002, and the recently closed Tallwood III, a $250 million fund. This capital management level puts Tallwood Venture Capital on par with the semiconductor segments of the largest venture capital firms in the industry. *Tallwood Presenters: * *Dado Banatao - Managing Partner, Founder* * **Ron Yara - General Partner* * **Luis Arzubi, General Partner* * **Debajyoti (Debu) Pal - Chief Technology Officer* * **Syrus Ziai - Executive-in-Residence* * **David Bergeron, Executive-in-Residence* * **Pete Foley, Executive-in-Residence* * **Paul Vroomen, Executive-in-Residence* * **Natasha Skok , Venture Partner* * * -- Mary X. 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From 11-12, will be a presentation about Tallwood, followed by an open Q&A session with its founder and some of its principals. From 12-1 will be lunch, breakout sessions, and opportunities for one-on-ones. Lunch will be provided. For more information about this Enterprise Forum, see http://snf.stanford.edu/Labmembers/Seminar.html . Preregistration is highly recommended, as space is limited. For maps and parking info, go About Tallwood: Tallwood Venture Capital focuses on investments in differentiated technologies and products that we believe will have a significant impact on the semiconductor industry. We seek out talented entrepreneurs and potent ideas likely to make a real difference in semiconductor and semiconductor-related markets. By offering deep semiconductor knowledge, direct operating experience and a high degree of availability, Tallwood builds close, active working relationships with our portfolio companies. We have $430 million currently under management in two funds: the $180 million Tallwood II, raised in 2002, and the recently closed Tallwood III, a $250 million fund. This capital management level puts Tallwood Venture Capital on par with the semiconductor segments of the largest venture capital firms in the industry. Tallwood Presenters: Dado Banatao - Managing Partner, Founder Ron Yara - General Partner Luis Arzubi, General Partner Debajyoti (Debu) Pal - Chief Technology Officer Syrus Ziai - Executive-in-Residence David Bergeron, Executive-in-Residence Pete Foley, Executive-in-Residence Paul Vroomen, Executive-in-Residence Natasha Skok , Venture Partner -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu