From mtang at snf.stanford.edu Mon Oct 6 08:41:14 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 08:41:14 -0700 Subject: Process Staff Meeting Message-ID: <3F818D1A.92D084CD@snf.stanford.edu> Hi all -- How about a process staff meeting? Does Wednesday, Oct. 8, 12-2 pm, work for y'all? (Pizza, CIS 101.) Agenda: 1. Welcome Colby!!! 2. Update from SNF AdCom meeting. 3. Training videos - - Update: Uli, Maurice, Mike (?) - Video training topics and priorities: All 4. Operating procedures/qualification tests - I've attached an Excel spreadsheet here (Operation.xls) which lists all the tools in the lab (hopefully) and whether there are operating procedures posted on the website and how recently they've been updated (now this is a guess, based on my sketchy web update records) and whether there is a written test. Please look at your tools, correct the status where necessary (recognizing that not all tools require operating procedures, such as the balzers, or written tests.) And could you all please think about updating operating procedures on those tools in your area? 5. Cross-training matrix - I'm attaching the Excel spreadsheet from Feb. '03, listing everyone's qualifications... Could you please update your qualifications? 6. Problem children in the lab. And hey, did I send you all Part I of the latest Intro/Safety training manual? And the accompanying written test? If not, let me know -- Thanks, Mary -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network 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 snf.stanford.edu Wed Oct 8 09:20:16 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 09:20:16 -0700 Subject: Process Staff Mtg - reminder Message-ID: <3F843940.89E8136B@snf.stanford.edu> Hi all -- Just a reminder... Today, 12:15, in CIS 101. Mary -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network 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 snf.stanford.edu Mon Oct 13 10:22:13 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:22:13 -0700 Subject: [Fwd: Today's Speaker for Bioengineering/Biodesign Seminar] Message-ID: <3F8ADF44.4063171D@snf.stanford.edu> Steve Quake does microfluidics on silicone elastomers -- very showy stuff. He also gives good talks. M -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Today's Speaker for Bioengineering/Biodesign Seminar Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:43:24 -0700 From: "Christine Q. Kurihara" To: biodesign-faculty at lists.Stanford.EDU The Department of Bioengineering, the Division of Biomechanical Engineering (ME) and the Biodesign Program are pleased to announce the second speaker for the weekly Bioengineering & Biodesign Seminar Series, ME 389. The seminar is held at 4:15 PM - 5:05 PM in the auditorium of the new James H. Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Sciences. Speakers this quarter are candidates for faculty positions in the Bioengineering Department. October 13Speaker Stephen QuakeTitleAssociate Professor, Applied Physics and Physics, Cal TechTalkBiological Large Scale Integration A short reception will be held following the talk at 5:05 pm. -christine -- Christine Q. KuriharaAssociate Director for Academic AdministrationBiodesign Program - http://biodesign.stanford.edu/Stanford UniversityClark Center Rm E128, MC 5428(650) 723-9645 (650) 724-8696 fax -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mtang at snf.stanford.edu Mon Oct 13 10:26:04 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:26:04 -0700 Subject: [Fwd: Short Courses for Semiconductor Personnel] Message-ID: <3F8AE02C.80CEA910@snf.stanford.edu> Hi all -- Some of these may be interesting to you, in particular: CMP -- We're getting one of these, and though it won't be here at SNF (it'll be at Ginzton) or maintained by us, it would be good, I think, to have some familiarity with this method, since we'll be sending people over there to use it... MEMS Design and Fab -- Hopefully, this won't get cancelled again. This is taught, I believe, by Kris Pister, and I've been told is a very good, intro class. Microcontamination Control -- We don't really focus much on contamination in our lab, but this will no doubt start attracting more attention soon! Photolithography Fundamentals -- Introductory course. SPC -- We don't do this, at least not yet... (Just wait until we start logging data into Coral.) Extremely useful stuff if you have not seen this already. Wet & Dry etch fundamentals -- Introductory course. If you're interested, let me know. We've still got one course credit and we can get a group discount if several people want to go (even if you take different classes.) Mary -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Short Courses for Semiconductor Personnel Date: 09 Oct 03 08:09:22 -0500 From: "Mark Masters" To: Greetings Mary Tang , Pinnacle Training International Seminars - PTI Seminars For more details about any of these training sessions call 636-343-1333 in the United States and ask for Mark Masters. 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Contact PTI to Discuss: Offering them ONSITE or ATTENDING these courses Contact us at (636) 343-1333 in the USA. Ask for MARK MASTERS. * Fax (636) 343-8642 * Email: mark at pti-inc.com Pinnacle Training International Seminars, Inc. (PTI Seminars) "We Exceed Your Expectations!" This mail is for mutual benefit. If you have received this message in error and/or if you wish to be removed from our list, please reply with "remove" in the subject line of your e-mail. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. From mtang at snf.stanford.edu Tue Oct 14 16:41:06 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:41:06 -0700 Subject: Vacation schedules Message-ID: <3F8C8992.9258BF26@snf.stanford.edu> Hi all -- I was thinking... To avoid mixed messages and confusion, let's all write our vacation schedules (or other planned schedules, such as jury duty) on the master calendar in Mahnaz' office. And we should also try to all abide by some guidelines about scheduling. May I suggest the following: 1. At least two weeks' notice for vacation days -- preferably four weeks' if you're taking off for a week or more. Please send an email out to other process staffers so that everyone can double check against their own schedules. Yes, sometimes things can be unpredictable (unexpected relatives in town, etc.) but it would minimize disruptions and would only be courteous to let each other know vacation plans as they are made. 2. Write vacation dates on the white board. If you're taking off for one day, then the previous day is fine. If you're taking off for a week or more, please try to write the schedule on the board at least a week in advance, so that labmembers know you won't be available. 3. If you are taking off a week or more, please use the "vacation" message utility on your email. This way, people can redirect their inquiries to you to the appropriate backups. If you don't know how to use this, let me know. 4. If your planned vacation schedule overlaps with that of another staff member's, let's meet up to discuss how this might affect coverage in the lab and work out a compromise, if needed. What do you think? Anything else? Mary -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu From jwc at snf.stanford.edu Wed Oct 15 12:26:28 2003 From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:26:28 -0700 Subject: discontinue 950K References: <3F8D9930.F3721971@snf.stanford.edu> Message-ID: <3F8D9F64.89451267@snf.stanford.edu> Hi everyone: Just to clarify Mahnaz's last email... - Microchem Corp. materials are more consistent lot to lot :: batch to batch. In the future we will only order PMMA from Microchem and NOT Arche or Gallade Chemical. - This work refers to the 2% 950,000 Molecular Weight PMMA material only and has no reference to the STD. 5% 495,000 Molecular weight PMMA. The 2% 950K MW PMMA is our high resolution Ebeam resist used in single and bi-layer processing in our lab here. The 5% 495,000 Molecular weight PMMA is our Standard PMMA material system to result in slightly thicker films to ~300 - 250 nm thickness and it is the workhorse Ebeam resist we use here at SNF. While the 9% 950,000 MW PMMA is inventoried here and is currently 'in the house'. I see little to no apparent need for us to stock it, as that most users of this material are using it for planarization and surface protective films, and we have no process defined to work with it. We should carefully review the need to determine if we wish to stock, provide process support, and track results of this material with users. I occasionally see users confused with the various viscousities and molecular weights of these materials resulting in application of the material types in error leading to various process results. THANK YOU, James Conway Mahnaz Mansourpour wrote: > Hello all, > > It has been decided to discontinue the order of OCG PMMA 950k 2%. > Apparently the batch to batch does not produce the same result and James > gets better result from Pmma 495K mw 2%. > We still have 3 small bottles of these materials and one whole big > bottle in the box that Dave will try to see if we can send it back ( if > not we will use it up, but please no more ordering of these from Gallade > Chemical Inc.). > Please any problem or issue with this let James or me know. > Apparently that goes for pmma 9% as well, do we need it? the usage is > very low? > > mahnaz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mtang at snf.stanford.edu Wed Oct 22 10:46:28 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:46:28 -0700 Subject: Lab Tours? Message-ID: <3F96C274.A9560E2D@snf.stanford.edu> Hi all -- It's that time again... The Berkeley-Stanford-MIT Nanotech Forum is having a symposium next Thursday evening, 10/30 (check out the website at: http://www.quantuminsight.com/_MSB/) and its organizers have requested lab tours before the event. The registration has been limited to 8 people per tour, with tours departing at 5 pm, 5:30 pm, and 6 pm. These tours are inside the lab and we're expecting them to run about 45 minutes. Needless to say, I'm trawling for volunteers to lead these tours. Anyone interested? Tours so far have been a mix of long-time semiconductor engineers and investment people (i.e., VC's.) Considering that we are hoping to launch an SNF Affiliates program targeting VC's and like-minded folk, these tours may be an opportunity for us to gage the interest of this target audience and maybe sell them a little of the magic of "Stanford" and "Nano-". By the way, the symposium lineup is an .... interesting group of people (one of the distinguished speakers once told me that my thesis work was "bull$%^#" at a conference poster session, but then offered me a job at his startup by the end of the conference, so maybe he didn't think it was so bad...) One more thing -- lunch, on me, downtown, for tour guides. Thanks, Mary -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu From latta at snf.stanford.edu Wed Oct 22 11:06:13 2003 From: latta at snf.stanford.edu (Nancy Latta) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:06:13 -0700 Subject: Lab Tours? In-Reply-To: <3F96C274.A9560E2D@snf.stanford.edu> References: <3F96C274.A9560E2D@snf.stanford.edu> Message-ID: <3F96C715.50208@snf.stanford.edu> Mary Tang wrote: >By the way, the symposium lineup is an .... interesting group of people >(one of the distinguished speakers once told me that my thesis work was >"bull$%^#" at a conference poster session, but then offered me a job at >his startup by the end of the conference, so maybe he didn't think it >was so bad...) > Touring blowhards? I am in! Can I get one of the earlier tours, say, 5:30? >One more thing -- lunch, on me, downtown, for tour guides. > Oh yeah!! --- Nancy Latta Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Bldg, 145 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford, CA, 94305 - 4070 (650) 725-6727 Fax (650) 725-6278 From mtang at snf.stanford.edu Wed Oct 22 11:27:26 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:27:26 -0700 Subject: Lab Tours? References: <3F96C274.A9560E2D@snf.stanford.edu> <3F96C715.50208@snf.stanford.edu> Message-ID: <3F96CC0E.48EEA341@snf.stanford.edu> Cool! You're down for 5:30 (thanks!) So, how's Three Seasons? Any other takers? M Nancy Latta wrote: > Mary Tang wrote: > > >By the way, the symposium lineup is an .... interesting group of people > >(one of the distinguished speakers once told me that my thesis work was > >"bull$%^#" at a conference poster session, but then offered me a job at > >his startup by the end of the conference, so maybe he didn't think it > >was so bad...) > > > Touring blowhards? I am in! > Can I get one of the earlier tours, say, 5:30? > > >One more thing -- lunch, on me, downtown, for tour guides. > > > Oh yeah!! > > --- > > Nancy Latta > Stanford Nanofabrication Facility > CIS Bldg, 145 > 420 Via Palou Mall > Stanford, CA, 94305 - 4070 > (650) 725-6727 > Fax (650) 725-6278 -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu From mahnaz at snf.stanford.edu Wed Oct 22 16:23:26 2003 From: mahnaz at snf.stanford.edu (Mahnaz Mansourpour) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:23:26 -0700 Subject: lab tour Message-ID: <3F97116E.717EA231@snf.stanford.edu> Hello all, Iwill take the 5 pm. mahnaz From mtang at snf.stanford.edu Fri Oct 24 11:40:29 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:40:29 -0700 Subject: Process Staff Meeting Message-ID: <3F99721D.9EB43F85@snf.stanford.edu> Hi all -- How's next Wednesday, 10/29, at noon, for a process staff meeting? I propose the following agenda: 1. Metrics that would be useful (training or staff activity recharges? Usage on specific tools?) and routine reports which can be derived from the Coral databases that we can now access. 2. Projects. Let's compile a list of projects that process staff members are working on. It can be something you're working on by yourself or with someone else (another staff member, a labmember, a faculty member). It can be something to streamline training, improve documentation, characterize processes -- just about anything that is proactive. 3. Regular reports. We used to do these weekly, but needless to say, we've fallen off the track (and I'm just about the guiltiest party.) I propose a monthly report -- maybe a regular project update? but let's discuss this. Any other agenda suggestions? Let me know how the date/time works for you... I've got 215 reserved and we'll have the usual pizza, unless I hear otherwise. Thanks, Mary -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu From mahnaz at snf.stanford.edu Fri Oct 24 13:08:38 2003 From: mahnaz at snf.stanford.edu (Mahnaz Mansourpour) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:08:38 -0700 Subject: Process Staff Meeting References: <3F99721D.9EB43F85@snf.stanford.edu> Message-ID: <3F9986C5.FB084606@snf.stanford.edu> Hi mary I will not be able to attend due to EV presentation in the morning and presentation in lab in front of the tool at 1:30 pm. mahnaz Mary Tang wrote: > Hi all -- > > How's next Wednesday, 10/29, at noon, for a process staff meeting? I > propose the following agenda: > > 1. Metrics that would be useful (training or staff activity recharges? > Usage on specific tools?) and routine reports which can be derived from > the Coral databases that we can now access. > 2. Projects. Let's compile a list of projects that process staff > members are working on. It can be something you're working on by > yourself or with someone else (another staff member, a labmember, a > faculty member). It can be something to streamline training, improve > documentation, characterize processes -- just about anything that is > proactive. > 3. Regular reports. We used to do these weekly, but needless to say, > we've fallen off the track (and I'm just about the guiltiest party.) I > propose a monthly report -- maybe a regular project update? but let's > discuss this. > > Any other agenda suggestions? Let me know how the date/time works for > you... I've got 215 reserved and we'll have the usual pizza, unless I > hear otherwise. > > Thanks, > > Mary > > -- > Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. > National Nanofabrication Users' Network > 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 snf.stanford.edu Fri Oct 24 13:23:38 2003 From: mtang at snf.stanford.edu (Mary Tang) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:23:38 -0700 Subject: Process Staff Meeting References: <3F99721D.9EB43F85@snf.stanford.edu> <3F9986C5.FB084606@snf.stanford.edu> Message-ID: <3F998A4A.22AA67F5@snf.stanford.edu> Wups! A couple people can't make next Wednesday -- how about the following Wed., 11/5? Mary Mahnaz Mansourpour wrote: > Hi mary > > I will not be able to attend due to EV presentation in the morning and > presentation in lab in front of the tool at 1:30 pm. > mahnaz > > Mary Tang wrote: > > > Hi all -- > > > > How's next Wednesday, 10/29, at noon, for a process staff meeting? I > > propose the following agenda: > > > > 1. Metrics that would be useful (training or staff activity recharges? > > Usage on specific tools?) and routine reports which can be derived from > > the Coral databases that we can now access. > > 2. Projects. Let's compile a list of projects that process staff > > members are working on. It can be something you're working on by > > yourself or with someone else (another staff member, a labmember, a > > faculty member). It can be something to streamline training, improve > > documentation, characterize processes -- just about anything that is > > proactive. > > 3. Regular reports. We used to do these weekly, but needless to say, > > we've fallen off the track (and I'm just about the guiltiest party.) I > > propose a monthly report -- maybe a regular project update? but let's > > discuss this. > > > > Any other agenda suggestions? Let me know how the date/time works for > > you... I've got 215 reserved and we'll have the usual pizza, unless I > > hear otherwise. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mary > > > > -- > > Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. > > National Nanofabrication Users' Network > > Stanford Nanofabrication Facility > > CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 > > Stanford, CA 94305 > > (650)723-9980 > > mtang at stanford.edu > > http://snf.stanford.edu -- Mary X. Tang, Ph.D. National Nanofabrication Users' Network Stanford Nanofabrication Facility CIS Room 136, Mail Code 4070 Stanford, CA 94305 (650)723-9980 mtang at stanford.edu http://snf.stanford.edu