From kocabas at stanford.edu  Sun Dec  2 10:54:02 2007
From: kocabas at stanford.edu (S. Ekin Kocabas)
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:54:02 -0800
Subject: Raith Free Today (Sunday Dec 2) 14-19, tomorrow (Monday Dec 3) 8-9
Message-ID: <4752FF4A.5060403@stanford.edu>

I just realized that P5000 was down. I should've checked earlier. 
There's not much point for me to do  EBL at this stage.

Sorry about the late notice.

Ekin


From raneeyoo at stanford.edu  Sun Dec  2 11:30:18 2007
From: raneeyoo at stanford.edu (Kyeongran Yoo)
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:30:18 -0800
Subject: Raith Free Today (Sunday Dec 2) 14-19, tomorrow (Monday Dec 3)
	8-9
In-Reply-To: <4752FF4A.5060403@stanford.edu>
References: <4752FF4A.5060403@stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <20071202113018.j55am36kg00sgk4k@webmail.stanford.edu>

i will take it
thanks


Quoting "S. Ekin Kocabas" <kocabas at stanford.edu>:

> I just realized that P5000 was down. I should've checked earlier.
> There's not much point for me to do  EBL at this stage.
>
> Sorry about the late notice.
>
> Ekin




From anikak at stanford.edu  Mon Dec  3 10:49:57 2007
From: anikak at stanford.edu (Anika Kinkhabwala)
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:49:57 -0800
Subject: 8:30am-1p tomorrow free
Message-ID: <20071203104957.njunkupggkwo08gg@webmail.stanford.edu>




From ifushman at stanford.edu  Mon Dec  3 11:11:10 2007
From: ifushman at stanford.edu (Ilya Fushman)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:11:10 -0800
Subject: 8:30am-1p tomorrow free
In-Reply-To: <20071203104957.njunkupggkwo08gg@webmail.stanford.edu>
References: <20071203104957.njunkupggkwo08gg@webmail.stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <bf3d86240712031111q62fc4ed0o5fdf03dd99c6a17d@mail.gmail.com>

taken.

On Dec 3, 2007 10:49 AM, Anika Kinkhabwala <anikak at stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>



-- 
Ilya Fushman
Applied Physics
Stanford University
cvitae.org/ilya/


From vsih at stanford.edu  Mon Dec  3 17:25:26 2007
From: vsih at stanford.edu (Vanessa Sih)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:25:26 -0800
Subject: Raith free tonight 8-10pm
Message-ID: <354289b40712031725n1e06e2e4ne81b97a30062e81c@mail.gmail.com>


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From raneeyoo at stanford.edu  Mon Dec  3 22:00:14 2007
From: raneeyoo at stanford.edu (Kyeongran Yoo)
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:00:14 -0800
Subject: I will be late to my session but I NEED it. 10pm session.
In-Reply-To: <354289b40712031725n1e06e2e4ne81b97a30062e81c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <354289b40712031725n1e06e2e4ne81b97a30062e81c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20071203220014.pgh1zl36680ogs8w@webmail.stanford.edu>

Dear All,

I will be late for my late session less than 30min today because  
urgent deadline file preparing.
Definitely, I need it.  Please let me use this session.
thanks,
Kyeongran


From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Tue Dec  4 09:44:03 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:44:03 -0800
Subject: REMINDER:   "Take A Spin with Me" -- Ebeam Resist Handling Training
 on the Headway.  Tuesday  December 4, 2007 from 10:15  - 12:30
Message-ID: <475591E3.3080809@snf.stanford.edu>

*ANNOUNCEMENT:  "Take A Spin with Me" -- Resist Handling Training on the 
Headway Coater.*

Greetings SNF Lab Users,

I will be conducting my bi-monthly *"Take A Spin with Me" *training 
class Tuesday December 4, 2007 from 10:15 AM  - 12:30 PM. There is a 
sign up sheet posted on the white board in my office if you desire to 
sign up in advance.

This is a great opportunity for you to get acquainted with the specific 
points to employ when working with our Ebeam or Optical Resist materials 
in order to obtain high quality thin film coatings over your wafers for 
Electron Beam, Scanning Probe (SPL), and optical Nano-Lithography. In 
these applications accurate control of polymer thickness is important in 
order to obtain consistent high quality lithography results.

We will be conducting this training on the Headway Spin Coater.  Users 
attending this session will gain their qualification on this tool and 
also learn to perform thin film measurements on the Nanospec TFA 
measurement tool.
This is a Hands-On Lab Session, please have your substrates clean and 
ready to coat on the Headway Coater.

Schedule of Events:

10:15 - 11:00 I will start with substrate cleans on WET BENCH NONMETAL 
performing Pirhana substrate cleans and HF etching of the intrinsic 
native oxide on Silicon wafers.  All users must have their substrates 
cleaned and ready to go for spinning by the session time; either coming 
out of the 150 degree Singe oven, or if you are working on oxides or 
nitrides, coming out of the YES HMDS Prime oven directly.

11:00 - 12:00 We can apply what ever Ebeam or Optical Resist system you 
desire for your work.

12:00 - 12:30 Thin Film Measurements on the Nanospec Thin Film Analyzer

All interested parties are welcome to attend this session.
Thank you for your interest in Ebeam and Optical Lithography at Stanford 
Nanofabrication Facility,

James W. Conway
Ebeam Technology Group
Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
650-725-7075  office hour M-F 8:30 - 9:30 AM CIS 31

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From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Tue Dec  4 14:23:16 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:23:16 -0800
Subject: Read Me:   Warning  for ALL USERS on the HEADWAY2 coater. Be sure
 to return bottles to solvent storage and also be sure to clean spinner chucks
 after use.
In-Reply-To: <4755CE2B.8050909@stanford.edu>
References: <4755CE2B.8050909@stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <4755D354.3040406@snf.stanford.edu>









*Greetings All Headway Users:*

*This goes out as a specific warning to all Ebeam Resist Users  and not 
just Optical Lithography Users!

Please make sure you return the PMMA supply bottles to the yellow 
cabinets provided in the rear chase. *
I have have had a number of evening, and even a few early morning, calls 
telling me they are out of resist when in fact the material is either on 
the Headway deck or left in the Carts.

*ALL USERS WORKING ON HEADWAY are responsible to clean the chucks and 
wipe down the deck of the bench after EVERY USE.*
If you find a dirty or contaminated chucks -- go ahead, clean then too.
If you find grossly contaminated chuck(s) you cannot remove by solvent 
cleaning and/or resist residues on the WBMISCRES bench decks, please 
'make a comment' on CORAL.

Users having difficulties in completely stripping residues off the 
Headway Chucks should see Mario or James for assistance.

Thank you for your support!


James Conway
SNF





Mahnaz Mansourpour wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
>
> We found total of I think 6 bottles of  resist sitting on the bench 
> this morning. Mario cleaned up as usual. I like to remind  you  that 
> we are not suppose to store bottles on the bench. Please take them 
> back as soon as you are done with the chemical bottle that you are using.
> Secondly,  CLEAN UP THE  CHUCKS, I am getting many complains from lab 
> members and staffs.
>
> Consider this email as last warning.
>
> mahnaz
>
>
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From zhangy at stanford.edu  Wed Dec  5 00:52:12 2007
From: zhangy at stanford.edu (Yuan Zhang)
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:52:12 -0800
Subject: Raith free now till 4am
Message-ID: <20071205005212.3791juw57owk8wog@webmail.stanford.edu>

Sample not working well. Have to stop using it.

-Yuan

Yuan Zhang
EE department



From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Wed Dec  5 09:52:52 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:52:52 -0800
Subject: Please return all RAITH off line dongles to me 
Message-ID: <4756E574.1060709@snf.stanford.edu>

Greetings Xinran and Ekin and possibly other RAITH Users:

Please return all RAITH off line dongles to me so ASAP.
Just place then on my desk at the bottom tray of my monitor...

Thank you,

James Conway




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From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Wed Dec  5 11:31:51 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:31:51 -0800
Subject: Please remove all samples from the Ebeam Lab Pass Through by Friday
 December 14th.
Message-ID: <4756FCA7.4000506@snf.stanford.edu>


Greetings Ebeam Lab Users:

Please be sure to remove all samples from the Ebeam Lab Pass Through Box 
by Friday December 14th, 2007.
I will be cleaning out this box the following week and all items found 
will be considered DONATED and/or will be discarded at time of cleaning.

All Users are reminded that this area is for engineering materials and 
'work in progress' only and should not be used for sample storage.

I am also seeking Quartz and SOI substrates for my research work and 
would happily accept your donations with pleasure.

Thank you for your support of the Ebeam Lab,

James Conway
Paul Jerabek






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From raneeyoo at stanford.edu  Wed Dec  5 13:21:33 2007
From: raneeyoo at stanford.edu (Kyeongran Yoo)
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:21:33 -0800
Subject: raith released Friday 2-6am
Message-ID: <20071205132133.w6k1jhoc0s08cwkw@webmail.stanford.edu>

Raith has been released on Friday from 2 to 6am since I took Tuesday  
open slot.

thanks,
Kyeongran


From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Thu Dec  6 12:04:44 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:04:44 -0800
Subject: raith as imaging tool?
In-Reply-To: <4dfce5b30712052017s60bb358wd048f4abc0df1139@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4dfce5b30712052017s60bb358wd048f4abc0df1139@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <475855DC.5050706@snf.stanford.edu>

Good Afternoon RAITH Users:

We have no policy against using the RAITH as a SEM or metrology 
measurement tool.  Any qualified User may utilize his or her reservation 
session time on the system for any purpose within the tools capability.  
The Raith is a full feature metrology and digital imaging system in 
addition to being an Electron Beam writer. It is designed to be used for 
manual and semi-automated to fully automated image, mask or EBL pattern 
inspection and verification. It is also one of the highest resolution 
Scanning Electron Microscopes here at Stanford, and possibly the only 
tool calibrated to NIST traceable standards that is checked regularly. 
As of last Friday the electron beam waist at 10 keV using the 30 um 
aperture is less than 2 nm with a gage of 0.3 - 0.5 nm using a prickly 
Au on carbon resolution standard. This exceeds the manufacturer's 
specification by a factor of Two!  (Raith's Factory acceptance spec. is 
less than 2 nm at 20 keV and less than 4 nm at 10 keV.) That sample is 
mounted on the SEM stud on the Std. Sample Holder feel free to explore 
it and use it in your work on the tool.

However you bring to light a important point regarding the Coral 
Reservations and the Raith community honoring each others Raith 
reservation session times!

My expectation of All Users is this:

If you have a reservation for the current time slot, for example 1 to 6 
PM, then this is your time to be on the tool.  It is expected that you 
would yield the tool to the next user upon their arrival in the lab and 
optimally within a15 minute window on either side of the end of the 
previous users session. (i.e., 5:45 - 6:15)  If the next reserved user 
doesn't show up before the current session ends they may extend into the 
next reservation time slot -- but must begin to unload their sample when 
that next User arrives.  However  please note we do have a specific 
policy for persons whom do not show up for their sessions on time called 
'The 16 Minute Rule'. That policy states if at 'Minute 16' after a 
reservation on Coral starts and that User has not show up for the 
session in the lab, or sent an email to the raith list, and/or posted a 
note on the tool that they intend to use the session; they have lost 
their reservation as it has expired at 16 minutes after the session 
began. Then 'he who is enabled', or the first user to enable the tool on 
CORAL, has the session through the end of the reservation time slot.  It 
is simply upon his or her courtesy to return the tool to the User whom 
lost their session, or to the next User reserved on coral, if their 
tasking is completed before the session times ends.

It is expected of all Users working on the Raith tool would strive to 
work cooperatively together with all other Users and to expedite the 
hand-offs between sessions slots at the times indicated on the Coral 
reservations smoothly.

Users are reminded that there are _no limits on utilization of the tool 
just a limit on the amount of time you can reserve the RAITH tool on 
CORAL_.
This was decided by the Raith Community in 2006 to allow fair and equal 
access to all Users to make a reservation on the tool within a 
reasonable amount of time. In my understanding within a 10 to 14 day 
horizon. However if you are on the RAITH tool when it is free and you 
have enabled on Coral naturally, but do not have a current reservation 
on coral, then any User can fill the slot on Coral reservations and that 
User can request the person to vacate the tool upon their arrival 
immediately.

SNF Staff and management are also currently seeking solutions to fulfill 
the need for High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy and metrology 
tooling here at the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility:

    * We recently had Hitachi High Technologies America Field Service,
      formerly Hitachi Instruments,  perform a complete Preventative
      Maintenance routine on the Hitachi S-4160 Field Emission SEM that
      we call /SEM4160. /This tools brightness and resolution are now
      close to manufacturers specifications. Users returning to this
      tool will rapidly note the improved resolution and imaging
      capability when using it.  We have also performed adjustments to
      the X-Y stage to reduce the stage drift and over travel movement
      and added a Quartz PCI Digital Imaging acquisition package to this
      system. If you have not been on this tool in some time my
      suggestion would be to come back in and try it out, you may find
      it suitable for much of your SEM needs.
    * For the last year Paul Rissman and I have been engaged with
      Hitachi High Technologies America towards identifying and
      obtaining a donation of a newer Digital Scanning Electron
      Microscope. Thus is to meet the metrology needs of all lab members
      working at SNF, but in particular to support the effort on the
      ASML stepper. This effort has started slowly, mainly in
      discussions with contacts at Hitachi in our personal networks at
      conferences and exhibitions, and hope to place as a donation a
      newer instrument into SNF sometime in 2008.

During the next Ebeam Town Hall Meeting, to be held in the New Year, we 
can open for discussion modifications to reservations and usage policies 
on the RAITH tool.  I would also encourage all Users to participate in 
discussions of this nature on the raith at snf.stanford.edu mail list.  
Everyones opinion is valuable to me and to SNF management. Your work and 
success are important to all of us here.

Finally I would request of All Users to please engage in a bit more 
courtesy and diligent effort when coming on and off the tool to do so 
promptly at the end of their reservation's time or when they have 
completed tasking early. With the recent hardware and software upgrade 
that was donated by RAITH GMBH and RAITH USA this year, and the great 
increase in speed and throughput achieved, we now have much more 
capacity on the tool than previously.  If everyone checked the protocol 
files for their write time record, they would know exactly how long it 
takes to run their exposures, and this would certainly increase the 
opportunity for all users to get more work completed on the tool.  
Currently the tool often sits unattended after an exposure ends waiting 
for the next User to arrive and start their session.  Much opportunity 
would be gained if Users worked together more closely.  Should we 
require Users to be present at the end of an exposure and to unload as 
soon as it is completed?

Your opinions and suggestions are invited, please respond to the raith 
e-mail list only.

Thank you for your support!

James Conway

A Raith User wrote:
> Hi James,
> Since when is it considered acceptable to use the Raith as an SEM?  
> The other SEM just sits free and unused all the time, whereas I've 
> noticed that a lot of people have been sneaking in SEM time on the 
> Raith, sometimes between sessions, which delays reserved users while 
> they wait for the SEMers sample to unload.  Every time I have used the 
> Raith in the last month I have had to wait for the previous user for 
> at least 15 minutes.  I am currently sitting and waiting for some guy 
> who thought he'd get in a quick SEM session to unload his sample.  
> Sorry for griping, but i think that the Raith wouldn't be so 
> overbooked if people would stop using it for imaging.
>
> user name deleted by JWC.
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From xinranw at stanford.edu  Thu Dec  6 12:55:49 2007
From: xinranw at stanford.edu (Xinran Wang)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:55:49 -0800
Subject: raith done early, free until 14;30
Message-ID: <22ffcd060712061255l5cebb99cra22aeff6750a57ae@mail.gmail.com>


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From krivoire at stanford.edu  Thu Dec  6 21:41:07 2007
From: krivoire at stanford.edu (krivoire at stanford.edu)
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:41:07 -0800
Subject: robot arm error; raith not usable right now
Message-ID: <20071206214107.5z2gqvcyo84ggggc@webmail.stanford.edu>

Hi all,

I encountered an error tonight when loading my sample. The robot arm  
did not reach the inner position correctly. I followed the  
instructions that came up to manually move the robot arm back out, but  
the error still appears, and I do not have access to reset it (and I  
have not been able to get in contact with James). Raith is not usable  
until James resets this error, so I am putting the tool in red light  
mode. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Kelley


From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Fri Dec  7 09:05:07 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:05:07 -0800
Subject: Please return the RAITH Dongle to me ASAP
Message-ID: <47597D43.4050708@snf.stanford.edu>

Xinran and other RAITH Users:

Whomever has the raith dongle please return it to me ASAP.

Thank you,

James
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From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Fri Dec  7 18:30:45 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:30:45 -0800
Subject: [Fwd: Shutdown raith SNF 2007-12-07 18:14:42: need a second replacement
 loader belt]
Message-ID: <475A01D5.5040104@snf.stanford.edu>

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From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Mon Dec 10 15:14:12 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:14:12 -0800
Subject: Raith will be off line for users through Wednesday AM for repairs.
Message-ID: <475DC844.2040706@snf.stanford.edu>

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From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Tue Dec 11 11:54:56 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:54:56 -0800
Subject: Raith Holiday Shutdown Schedule and Maintenance Plan
Message-ID: <475EEB10.6030805@snf.stanford.edu>

*RIE polymeric micro-pillar formation during RIE etch...



























Greetings Raith User Community:*

We will be starting our Holiday shutdown and annual RAITH  Preventative 
Maintenance activities 7 AM Wednesday December 19th, no student access 
to the cleanroom or the Ebeam Lab after this time.

*1. Action required by Friday December 14, 2007:  Users are reminded to 
clean out all of their samples from the Ebeam Lab Pass Through by the 
end of the Day Friday December 14, 2007:*
All materials left in the dry box after Tuesday  December 18th will be 
discarded and/or considered donations to the Lab.  I am happily 
accepting donations of quality Quartz, SOI, and GaAs substrates 
preferably sized to 100 mm wafers. Please also take a minute to assist 
us to clean up the Ebeam Lab by removing all extra engineering materials 
and wiping down the equipment. Just five minutes of help from each of 
you is all I ask...

*2. Action required by Tuesday  December 18, 2007:  All Users should 
back up their project, GDSII pattern and position list files to another 
host or medium as a precaution before the RAITH visit. I will have 
backed up the entire file system for the RAITH and LEO computers by the 
end of this week, but you should NOT depend on my backups to secure your 
work!*


*
Wednesday December 19, 2007:*

    * *Notice:  All Ebeam Lab users should be out of the lab and
      cleanroom at 7 AM!*

    * RAITH USA Field Service Manager Cole Loomis will arrive to perform
      the complete Annual Preventive Service routine including a
      complete SEM column clean with FE-GUN and aperture replacements.

      In addition we will address several outstanding service and
      maintenance issues related to the Cooling Water loop, replace the
      main chamber turbo pump with a new turbo pump, and check out the
      leveling on all the sample fixtures.  We will then complete the PM
      by starting a 200 hour bake out of the column.  We performed a
      similar extended bake out last year which resulted in optimal Gun
      section vacuum levels and provided us with a clean environment for
      the Gun to operate.  Through the last year we have not had any
      downtime related to the FE-Gun and EHT power supplies and vacuum
      has been maintained in the upper  to middle -010 Torr range.

*Friday January 4th, 2008:*

    * RAITH USA Field Service arrives and brings up the FE-Gun and RAITH
      150 Platform and performs mechanical test of the Load Lock
      transfer arm and electrical test on the system.
      24 hours of FE-Gun operation are required before checking and
      final adjustments can be performed.
    * After 24 hours or more of Beam Time:  All normal SEM E/O card
      adjustments including Field Orthogonality and magnification range
      and stigmation amplifier centering functions check and alignments.
      The second Days adjustments may be deferred to the following Monday...

*
Monday January 7th, 2007:*

    * 10  - 11 AM Raith performs final system adjustments as required.
    * 11 AM - 6 PM James W. Conway performs the RAITH Qualification and
      PCM test procedures following the template in RAITH Notebook NO.
      Two, including factory acceptance testing for maximum SEM Imaging
      Resolution and test Write Field to Write Field and Overlay Layer
      One to Layer Two Stitching test on 100 nm PMMA reference films on
      Silicon.
    * 6 PM to 6 AM January 8th, 2007  Raith Operations restricted to
      RAITH Champions only.  Users test the system and report any noted
      changes or problems encountered.

*Tuesday January 8th, 2007:

*

    *   6 AM to 10 AM:  The system will be available for all Users at
      all levels of skill resuming the Coral reservation schedule.
    *   Users seeking specific application support and training
      assistance during the first week of operations should schedule
      these sessions with James Conway before the December Shutdown.


This plan is much the same plans as in years past and some flexibility 
in the schedule will be required to adapt to changing circumstances as 
they arise.

Hoping everyone will have a Safe and Joyous Holiday Season!

Thank you all for your continuing support through the last year!


James Conway
Ebeam Lab SNF




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From toecutter4ranger at gmail.com  Thu Dec 13 20:16:02 2007
From: toecutter4ranger at gmail.com (toecutter4ranger at gmail.com)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:16:02 +0000
Subject: RAITH is up!
Message-ID: <1821365889-1197605690-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-552651410-@bxe134.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

Evening,
RAITH is up!
Load Lock has been tested and is ready to go.
RAITH champions only tonight or call me.

JWC
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T



From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Fri Dec 14 09:07:32 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:07:32 -0800
Subject: RAITH is up!
Message-ID: <4762B854.9070902@snf.stanford.edu>

Greetings RAITH Users:

The Raith system is back up -- all systems and modules have been tested 
-- and emission at optimal beam currents for the normal apertures. 
Users may use any acceleration voltage from 500 volts through 30 keV.
It is requested that all Users with sessions remaining through next 
Wednesday morning strive to include space and time for those users whose 
work was delayed by the downtime so that everyone that has a urgent need 
to complete their work before shutdown can have some write time.

I am going to 'Share the Ride' on the reservation I have this morning 
through 3 PM, we are loading at 10:00 AM.
Special Thanks to RAITH Champion Shinichi Koseki whom assisted us in 
testing the system overnight.

Thank  you for your support during this difficult period,

James Conway


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: RAITH is up!
Date: 	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:23:42 -0800
From: 	Shinichi Koseki <shinichikoseki at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	koseki at stanford.edu
To: 	James Conway <jwc at snf.stanford.edu>
References: 
<1804794219-1197619160-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1250746946- at bxe134.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> 
<3b532e5a0712140002j563a3b01wccdb9033ac4a9c6f at mail.gmail.com>



Hi James,

I think the machine is great ! I did not encounter any problem.
The beam currents are...
30um-->0.1968nA, 10um-->0.01411nA

I used the machine from 12pm to 8am.

Thanks,

Shinichi
koseki at stanford.edu

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From raneeyoo at stanford.edu  Sat Dec 15 10:06:09 2007
From: raneeyoo at stanford.edu (Kyeongran Yoo)
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:06:09 -0800
Subject: share raith time today 18:00-24:00?
Message-ID: <20071215100609.qt0liz0seck8wwok@webmail.stanford.edu>

Hello!

If you are interested in sharing my raith time today from 18:00-24:00,  
please let me know.

thanks,
Kyeongran


From bilee at stanford.edu  Sat Dec 15 10:22:33 2007
From: bilee at stanford.edu (Byoungil Lee)
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:22:33 -0800
Subject: share raith time today 18:00-24:00?
References: <20071215100609.qt0liz0seck8wwok@webmail.stanford.edu>
Message-ID: <002d01c83f47$75c1eb50$946040ab@BILEEOFFICE>

I will take the "sharing session" offered by Kyeongran.

Thank you,
Byoungil 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyeongran Yoo" <raneeyoo at stanford.edu>
To: "Raith SNF Mailing list" <raith at snf.stanford.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: share raith time today 18:00-24:00?


> Hello!
> 
> If you are interested in sharing my raith time today from 18:00-24:00,  
> please let me know.
> 
> thanks,
> Kyeongran
>


From linyouc at stanford.edu  Mon Dec 17 04:45:27 2007
From: linyouc at stanford.edu (linyouc at stanford.edu)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:45:27 -0800
Subject: Raith time  today 7:30-13:00 released
Message-ID: <20071217044527.s66up4zuckwkwcs0@webmail.stanford.edu>

Sorry for the short notice.

Linyou

-- 
Linyou Cao
PhD candidate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Brongersma Group
Stanford University


From jwc at snf.stanford.edu  Tue Dec 18 17:05:51 2007
From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:05:51 -0800
Subject: Problem raith SNF 2007-12-18 16:53:31: load problems resurface --
 Transfer arm encoder errors at inner position
Message-ID: <47686E6F.8050709@snf.stanford.edu>

*Notice to ALL USERS remaining in the Coral queue before tomorrow's 
Holiday shutdown:*


*System is going off line with the completion of XINRANW's exposures 
this evening.

*This morning we encountered new problems similar to problems 
encountered last week when the LL transfer arm reaches the inner 
exchange position causing load lock errors that are unrecoverable by 
operators.
Sorry to the interruption of your last minute research plans.

CORAL schedule should likely resume in the New Year on Monday January 7, 
2008 18:00 hours for raith champions and Tuesday January 8, 2008 14:00 
hours for all qualified Users.
Please see me during tomorrows office hour if you have any questions.

Thank you,

James Conway



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Problem raith SNF 2007-12-18 16:53:31: load problems resurface 
-- Transfer arm encoder errors at inner position
Date: 	Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:53:31 -0800
From: 	jwc at snf.stanford.edu
To: 	raith-pcs at snf.stanford.edu



Good Afternoon Users:
We are encountering transfer arm encoder issues resulting in errors at the Load Lock transfer arm inner position. 
I manually loaded xinrans Wangs sample using the raith service login...
At the end of XINRAN's exposure the system will go off line to users for the holiday shutdown.  Apologizes to the interruption to the schedule and your research mission.
Thank you for your support!
James Conway


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