Process Hierarchy

  BCB Contact mask align and exposure
Alignment tolerance
Registration of CAD data to features on wafer
3 µm
Feature geometry
Shape of feature with dimensions characterized by the minimum feature size
crosshair
Field geometry
Shape of field with dimensions characterized by the maximum field size
square
Min feature size 35 µm
Wafer size
Wafer size
Equipment Suss Microtec Contact aligner
Equipment characteristics:
Batch sizes 100 mm: 1, 125 mm: 1, 150 mm: 1
MOS clean no
Wafer geometry
Types of wafers this equipment can accept
1-flat, 2-flat, no-flat, notched
Wafer holder
Device that holds the wafers during processing.
vacuum chuck
Wafer materials
List of wafer materials this tool can accept (not list of all materials, just the wafer itself).
alumina, BK7, Borofloat (Schott), ceramic, copper, Corning 1737, Foturan (Schott), fused silica, gallium arsenide, gallium phosphide, germanium, glass (Hoya), glass-ceramic, indium phosphide, lithium niobate, other, Pyrex (Corning 7740), quartz (fused silica), quartz (single crystal), sapphire, silicon, silicon carbide, silicon germanium, silicon on insulator, silicon on sapphire, titanium
Wafer thickness
List or range of wafer thicknesses the tool can accept
200 .. 1000 µm