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===Uniformity and break down voltage ''by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29''===
===Uniformity and break down voltage ''by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29''===
Mathias made 105.62nm SiO2 on a test silicon wafer and on his sample wafer. The sample wafer had gold/Cr on the surface and that had to be electrically isolated. The uniformity over the wafer of the oxide was 0.19% over 9 points - this is better than he has achieved when oxidizing in a furnace. He anodic bonded the wafer without problems. He measured the breakdown voltage and got 0.82+/+ 0.13 V/nm over 24 points. This is just as good as the oxide from the furnaces. Before his deposition he ran a 20min heat up and 40min dummy deposition to clean the target. This was done with a bright new target and with the small deposition grids mounted.<br>
Mathias made 105.62nm SiO2 on a test silicon wafer and on his sample wafer. The sample wafer had gold/Cr on the surface and that had to be electrically isolated. The uniformity over the wafer of the oxide was 0.19% over 9 points - this is better than he has achieved when oxidizing in a furnace. He anodic bonded the wafer without problems. He measured the breakdown voltage and got 0.82+/+ 0.13 V/nm over 24 points. This is just as good as the oxide from the furnaces. Before his deposition he ran a 20min heat up and 40min dummy deposition to clean the target. This was done with a bright new target and with the small deposition grids mounted.<br>
[[File:breakdownvoltage.png|thumb|Left|400px| Breakdown voltage over the wafer, ''by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29'']]
[[File:breakdownvoltage.png|thumb|left|400px| Breakdown voltage over the wafer, ''by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29'']]
[[File:Ibsd uniformity SiO2.jpg|thumb|500px| Thickness uniformity over the wafer, ''by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29'']]<br>
[[File:Ibsd uniformity SiO2.jpg|thumb|none|500px| Thickness uniformity over the wafer, ''by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29'']]<br>

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Acceptance test for SiO2 deposition (2011):

. Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Result 1

Acceptance Result 2

Substrate information
  • 50 mm SSP Si wafer
  • 525 µm thick
  • Supplied by Danchip
  • 100 mm SSP Si wafer
  • 525+-25 µm thick
  • 100 mm SSP Si wafer
  • 525+-25 µm thick
Material to be deposited
  • SiO2

The purpose of the SiO2 is to be part of a mirror: <br\> 5 quarterwavelength pairs of <br\> SiO2 <br\> TiO2 <br\> Extra quarterwavelength layer of <br\> TiO2 <br\> 5 quarterwavelength pairs of <br\> SiO2 <br\> TiO2 <br\> Design wavelength (for refractive indices and layer thicknesses): 1300nm <br\> The acceptance criteria is set up for the single SiO2 and TiO2 layers. <br\> Five runs in a row for each material.

  • SiO2
  • SiO2
Deposition thickness
  • 222nm
  • ~215nm
  • 224nm
Deposition rate
  • 6 nm/min
  • 7.42nm/min +- 0.04nm/min

One standard deviation

  • 7.73nm/min

Only made once

Thickness uniformity
  • <+-1%
  • +-(0.46% +-0.10%)
  • +-0.45%
Reproducibility
  • <+-1.5%
  • +-0.6%
  • Not measured
Stress
  • <500MPa
  • ~600MPa
  • 475MPa
Refractive index .
  • 1.490+-0.004 (stddev wafer to wafer)
  • 1.482+-0.002 (stddev on wafer)


Recipe 1 Recipe 2
Platen angle 15 degrees 10 degrees
Platen rotation speed 20rpm 20rpm
Ar(N) flow 4 sccm 4 sccm
Ar(dep. source) flow 9 sccm 8 sccm
I(N) 310mA 320mA
Power 675W 700W
I(B) 310mA 280mA
V(B) 1200V 1100V
Vacc(B) 400V 400V
Deposition time 29min 37min



Other results

Roughness of the surface

Measured with the Optical profiler - PSI mode (on one sample from the acceptace test): Sa= 0.6nm

Uniformity and break down voltage by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29

Mathias made 105.62nm SiO2 on a test silicon wafer and on his sample wafer. The sample wafer had gold/Cr on the surface and that had to be electrically isolated. The uniformity over the wafer of the oxide was 0.19% over 9 points - this is better than he has achieved when oxidizing in a furnace. He anodic bonded the wafer without problems. He measured the breakdown voltage and got 0.82+/+ 0.13 V/nm over 24 points. This is just as good as the oxide from the furnaces. Before his deposition he ran a 20min heat up and 40min dummy deposition to clean the target. This was done with a bright new target and with the small deposition grids mounted.

Breakdown voltage over the wafer, by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29
Thickness uniformity over the wafer, by Mathias Engholm 2016-11-29