Specific Process Knowledge/Lithography/Baking
90 C 4" hotplate
Hotplate is mostly used for baking of single wafer at 90 deg. as a soft baking step after a spinning of photo resist.
120 C 4" hotplate
120 deg. hotplate is used for 2 different things, hard bake of resist and image reversal baking between two exposure. It is recommended to hard bake for 2 min. for image reversal it is recommended at least 100 sec. some bake at 120 sec.
Hotplates
SU8 hotplates
We have two hotplates, there are possibilities for adjusting time, temperature and temperature slope.
Ovens
90 C oven
The oven is mostly used for baking of several wafers at a time at 90 deg. as a soft baking step after a spinning of photo resist. For 1.5µm resist the baking time is 30 min. for most of the other resist thicknesses it is also 30 min.
120 C oven
120 deg. oven is used to hard bake of resist of several wafers at time. It is recommended to hard bake for 30 min.
250 C oven for pretreatment
The oven is typically used for pretreatment of silicon and glass substrates to promote the resist adhesion. We recommend to place the wafers in metal carrier in the oven at least for 4 hours, better during the night, and spin the resist on them asap.
250 C oven for burning resist
This oven is used for "burning" the resist, therefore not considered clean.