Optoelectronic Processing Facility

The Optoelectronic Processing Facility is a multi-user cleanroom outfitted with advanced equipment for fabricating semiconductor and optoelectronic devices on a wafer to die level. The 2500 square foot facility includes both Class 100 photolithography room and Class 1000 Cleanroom. In the Class 1000 cleanroom, capabilities include wet chemical processing, dry etching process, thin film Physical Vapor Deposition (including thermal oxidation and annealing), metrology, dicing saw and wire bonding. To view the OPF Lab Hood safety training, please click the following link: OPF Laboratory Hood Safety Training. The password can be obtained from the OPF lab manager.

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Address: 8 Saint Mary’s St., Room 816, Boston, MA 02215
Contact: Paul Mak, pmak@bu.edu, Tel: (617) 353-8869

Class 100 Photolithography Cleanroom

Instrument Make and Model SOP Training Videos
Photoresist Spinner Hood Headway Research CB-15 & PWM32 Coming Soon
Spinner/Hotplate System Karl Suss Delta 80T2/200 Coming Soon
Mask Aligner Karl Suss MA6 Coming Soon
Microscope System w/Video Measuring Nikon Optiphot LV150 Coming Soon
Maskless Aligner Heidelberg Instruments SOP

Manual

Coming Soon
Wet Bench Salare WPB-1500 Coming Soon
Nano Imprinter Lithography Nanonex NX-B200 Coming Soon
UV Flood Exposure Newport 69910 & 97434-1000 Coming Soon

 

Class 1000 Cleanroom

Thin Film Deposition and Analysis Equipment

Instrument Make and Model SOP Training Video
Thermal Evaporator Edwards Auto 306 Turbo Coming Soon
Electron Beam and Thermal Evaporator CHA Solution SOP Coming Soon
Thermal Oxide Furnace MRL Industries HT 1012 SOP Coming Soon
DC/RF Magnetron Sputter Denton Vacuum Discovery 18 Coming Soon
Electron Beam Evaporator Angstrom Engineering EVOVAC SOP Coming Soon
Rapid Thermal Processor Modular Process Technology RTP-600S Coming Soon
Surface Profiler KLA Tencor Alpha Step 500 Coming Soon
Spectroscopic Ellipsometer J.A. Woollam V-Vase SOP Coming Soon
CVD Furnace Mellen Split Tube N/A
Surface Profilometer Veeco Dektak8 SOP Coming Soon
Rapid Thermal Processor   Allwin21 AccuThermo AW 610M Coming Soon
Reflectometry Filmetrics F40-UVX SOP Available

Plasma Etching and Cleaning

Instrument Make and Model SOP Training Video
Reactive Ion Etcher Plasma-Therm 790  SOP Coming Soon
Plasma Asher PVA TePla America M4L SOP Coming Soon
Wet Bench Salare WPB-1800 N/A
Critical Point Dryer Tousimis Tousimis Autosamdri – 815 N/A

Wirebonding and Electrical Testing

Instrument Make and Model SOP Training Video
Ball Bonder Kulicke & Soffa 4124 SOP Coming Soon
Wedge Bonder Kulicke & Soffa 4523 SOP Coming Soon

Post Processing Equipment

Instrument Make and Model SOP Training Video
Manual Scriber Karl Suss HR100 N/A
Stereo Microscope Nikon SMZ800  N/A
Dicing Saw Disco Dad 3220 Available