Tempress S4T3 - Flat Poly 6"

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Tempress S4T3 - Flat Poly 6"
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Equipment Details
Technology LPCVD
Materials Restriction CMOS Clean
Sample Size 150mm
Gases Used N2, SiH4, 5% BCL3/He
Equipment Manual
Overview System Overview
Operating Procedure SOP
Supported Processes P-type in-situ doped polysilicon
Maintenance Maintenance


The Tempress diffusion system is a modular horizontal furnace designed to process silicon wafers as part of the manufacturing technology of semiconductor, optical, MEMS, and solar devices. Polysilicon, Low Stress Poly-Si, and Amorphous silicon are formed by using a process called LPCVD, Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition. Chemical vapor deposition forms thin films on the surface of a substrate by thermal decomposition and/or reaction of gaseous compounds. The desired material is deposited directly from the gas phase onto the surface of the wafer. The important factors are gas ratio, temperature, and pressure.

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Capabilities

System overview

Hardware details

  • N2 - Maximum flow 1000 sccm
  • N2 - Maximum flow 10 slpm
  • SiH4 - Maximum flow 300 sccm
  • 5% BCL3/He - Maximum flow 100 sccm

Substrate requirements

  • Silicon only
  • Can process up to 25, 150 mm (6") wafers
  • Wafer thickness, ~675um for 150mm (6")
All samples must go through the RCA Pre-Furnace clean procedure before being processed in the furnace

Material restrictions

The Tempress S4T3 - Flat Poly 6" is designated as a CMOS Clean class tool. Below is a list of approved materials for the tool. Approved means the material is allowed in the tool under normal circumstances. If a material is not listed, please create a helpdesk ticket or email info@lnf.umich.edu for any material requests or questions.


Supported processes

Process details

Characterization data

Standard operating procedure

Checkout procedure

  1. Create a Help desk Ticket requesting training.
  2. A process engineer will schedule a time for initial training. After completing training the user can attempt a checkout session. It may be necessary for some users to participate in more than one training session, prior to attempting check out.
  3. Schedule a checkout session with a tool engineer via the Help desk Ticket system. If this checkout is successful, the engineer will authorize you on the tool.

Maintenance

  • Maintenance is performed on the tool, after 20µm of accumulated deposition.
  • Maintenance consists of replacing the following quartz parts within the tube.
    • Twin rods
    • Bridge for twin rods
    • Dummy wafers
  • Tube is replaced at 100µm of accumulated deposition.