From news at discount-educational-software.net Wed May 14 03:14:27 2008 From: news at discount-educational-software.net (Education Software News) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 06:14:27 -0400 Subject: Education Software News - May 2008 Message-ID: Computer Products for Education is pleased to provide Academic Software News to qualified students, faculty, staff, and schools for current news on pricing and availability of Academic Edition Software from Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Corel, Quark, FileMaker, EndNote and many other major software manufacturers. Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been released and is now included in all Vista versions. Full versions of Windows Vista are now available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions at discounted educational prices. Autodesk recently reorganized their educational software program and discontinued many of their programs at the educational price level. See below for details on currently available AutoCad programs. 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However, if you do not wish to receive any more newsletters from CPE, please use the following link: http://www.discount-educational-software.net/rem.asp?a=remv&e=SEM4160 at snf.stanford.edu Or call 800-679-7007 for additional options. __________________________ Sincerely, Computer Products for Education 5325 140th Avenue North Clearwater, Florida 33760 Tel: 800-679-7007 Fax: 800-679-6996 newsletter at discount-educational-software.net ___________________ THANK YOU!!! From jwc at snf.stanford.edu Wed May 14 19:01:51 2008 From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu (James Conway) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 19:01:51 -0700 Subject: new Thread: My contamination dots appear as strange single pixel lines and why. In-Reply-To: <28d3ece90805141053x10ba047ew20f9dbaabc7f51ae@mail.gmail.com> References: <482A4081.9060205@snf.stanford.edu> <28d3ece90805131837l6cc32b35l220d7f33daf108b1@mail.gmail.com> <482B2603.9060500@snf.stanford.edu> <28d3ece90805141053x10ba047ew20f9dbaabc7f51ae@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <482B998F.9060102@snf.stanford.edu> Hi Andrei and RAITH Users: Likely this effect could simply be astigmatism? Make the imaged feature as /'round ' /or circular/ /as you can using focus, seeking the 'center of focus' where the blur is neither vertical (focused above the feature) nor completely horizontal. (Focused below the feature) Now try to carefully translate the stigmation controls in X-Y and try to create a sharper and properly stigmated SEM image. Then check your focus again. Users may have to reiterate this process several times until they obtain a nearly perfect contamination dots. Users are reminded that your Ebeam Lithography writing result will only be as good as your focus, so it is worth the time and effort to ensure you are carefully focused and properly stigmated on your sample before performing a write field alignment and finally beginning your exposure. Good Question and I will make it a FAQ. in the near future! Good Evening, James Conway Andrei Faraon wrote: > OK... > > So why when we burn contamination dots they look like lines instead of > dots? > > Andrei > > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:48 AM, James Conway > wrote: > > The stage is not drifting. The image is due to cooling loop > fluctuations. > > Best, > > JWC > > > Andrei Faraon wrote: >> Hi James, >> >> I used the Raith yesterday and today and I noticed that the stage >> drifts considerably during SEM-ing and while burning >> contamination dots (sometimes dots come out as lines). Do you >> think that this current problem is correlated to the stage drift >> problem? >> >> Andrei >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:29 PM, James Conway >> > wrote: >> >> Greetings Users: >> >> The system just came down with problems in the Laser stage >> virtual motor control software or possibly a real hardware >> issue with the X-Y Laser stage assemblies. >> Xinran W. could not complete his Load Lock Procedure and >> currently his sample and the transfer arm are inside the >> system chamber. >> >> System is down for users overnight while I figure out the >> best approach to resolve this problem. I also just email >> Raith USA Inc. >> >> So have a nice quiet evening, >> >> James >> >> >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Comment raith SNF 2008-05-13 18:14:46: x y Laser >> stage motor issues surfacing >> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:14:47 -0700 >> From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu >> To: raith-pcs at snf.stanford.edu >> >> >> >> >> today during my test session I encountered several x motor SW flags which indicate a possible motion or SW control problem. >> This may or may not be related to the lost ceramic ball inside the stage rack. Hopefully it is sitting on the system chamber floor... >> >> monitoring overnight ... >> James >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrei Faraon >> >> Stanford University, Applied Physics >> 316 Via Pueblo Mall >> Stanford, CA, 94305 >> Mobile: 650 714 7881 >> Office: 650 723 2279 >> www.stanford.edu/~faraon > > > > > -- > Andrei Faraon > > Stanford University, Applied Physics > 316 Via Pueblo Mall > Stanford, CA, 94305 > Mobile: 650 714 7881 > Office: 650 723 2279 > www.stanford.edu/~faraon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 1653 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ahazeghi at stanford.edu Wed May 14 19:11:10 2008 From: ahazeghi at stanford.edu (Arash Hazeghi) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 19:11:10 -0700 Subject: new Thread: My contamination dots appear as strange single pixel lines and why. In-Reply-To: <482B998F.9060102@snf.stanford.edu> References: <482A4081.9060205@snf.stanford.edu> <28d3ece90805131837l6cc32b35l220d7f33daf108b1@mail.gmail.com> <482B2603.9060500@snf.stanford.edu> <28d3ece90805141053x10ba047ew20f9dbaabc7f51ae@mail.gmail.com> <482B998F.9060102@snf.stanford.edu> Message-ID: <062501c8b630$f169d730$d43d8590$@edu> James, I observed the drift during my SEM session today and also on Monday, I am attaching two images obtained a few hours ago, while focus was prefect and I was able to see very sharp grains (these are 5-20nm Pd grains) in continuous averaging mode speed 4~5 the image would drift during slow scan and thus loosing sharpness. Features would drift ~10-25nm during a slow scan speed 9. Best, Arash ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Arash Hazeghi PhD Candidate Stanford Center for Integrated Systems CIS-X 300, 420 Via Palou Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 phone: +1-650-725-0418 web: http://www.stanford.edu/~ahazeghi From: James Conway [mailto:jwc at snf.stanford.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:02 PM To: Andrei Faraon Cc: Raith SNF Mailing list; sem4160 at snf.stanford.edu; semhitachi at snf.stanford.edu Subject: new Thread: My contamination dots appear as strange single pixel lines and why. Hi Andrei and RAITH Users: Likely this effect could simply be astigmatism? Make the imaged feature as 'round ' or circular as you can using focus, seeking the 'center of focus' where the blur is neither vertical (focused above the feature) nor completely horizontal. (Focused below the feature) Now try to carefully translate the stigmation controls in X-Y and try to create a sharper and properly stigmated SEM image. Then check your focus again. Users may have to reiterate this process several times until they obtain a nearly perfect contamination dots. Users are reminded that your Ebeam Lithography writing result will only be as good as your focus, so it is worth the time and effort to ensure you are carefully focused and properly stigmated on your sample before performing a write field alignment and finally beginning your exposure. Good Question and I will make it a FAQ. in the near future! Good Evening, James Conway Andrei Faraon wrote: OK... So why when we burn contamination dots they look like lines instead of dots? Andrei On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:48 AM, James Conway wrote: The stage is not drifting. The image is due to cooling loop fluctuations. Best, JWC Andrei Faraon wrote: Hi James, I used the Raith yesterday and today and I noticed that the stage drifts considerably during SEM-ing and while burning contamination dots (sometimes dots come out as lines). Do you think that this current problem is correlated to the stage drift problem? Andrei On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:29 PM, James Conway wrote: Greetings Users: The system just came down with problems in the Laser stage virtual motor control software or possibly a real hardware issue with the X-Y Laser stage assemblies. Xinran W. could not complete his Load Lock Procedure and currently his sample and the transfer arm are inside the system chamber. System is down for users overnight while I figure out the best approach to resolve this problem. I also just email Raith USA Inc. So have a nice quiet evening, James -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Comment raith SNF 2008-05-13 18:14:46: x y Laser stage motor issues surfacing Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:14:47 -0700 From: jwc at snf.stanford.edu To: raith-pcs at snf.stanford.edu today during my test session I encountered several x motor SW flags which indicate a possible motion or SW control problem. 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