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== Deposition of Silver ==
== Deposition of silver ==
Silver can be deposited by e-beam evaporation, by sputtering and by thermal evaporation. In the chart below you can compare the different methods on the different deposition equipment.
Silver can be deposited by e-beam evaporation, by sputtering and by thermal evaporation. In the chart below you can compare the different methods on the different deposition equipment.


== Sputter deposition of silver ==
* [[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Lesker |Sputter deposition of Silver in Lesker]].


== Thermal deposition of silver ==
* [[/Deposition of Silver in Thermal Evaporator|Thermal deposition of Silver in the Thermal Evaporator]]
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==Comparison of Deposition Equipment for Silver==
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|-style="background:silver; color:black"


!  
!  
! E-beam evaporation ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Alcatel|Alcatel]])
! E-beam evaporation ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Temescal|E-beam evaporator (Temescal)]] and [[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/10-pocket e-beam evaporator|E-beam evaporator (10-pockets)]])
! Thermal evaporation ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Wordentec|Wordentec]])
! Thermal evaporation ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/thermalevaporator|Thermal Evaporator]])
! E-beam evaporation ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Multisource PVD|PVD co-sputter/evaporation]])
! Sputter deposition ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Lesker|Lesker]])
! Sputter evaporation ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Multisource PVD|PVD co-sputter/evaporation]])
! Sputter deposition ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Cluster-based multi-chamber high vacuum sputtering deposition system|Sputter-system Metal-Oxide (PC1) and Sputter-system Metal-Nitride (PC3)]])
! Sputter evaporation ([[Specific Process Knowledge/Thin film deposition/Wordentec|Wordentec]])
 
|-  
|-  
|-style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"
|-style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"
! Batch size
! General description
|
| E-beam deposition of Ag (line-of-sight, very good thickness uniformity)
*Up to 1x4" wafers
| Thermal deposition of Ag (line-of-sight)
*smaller pieces
| Sputter deposition of Ag (some step coverage)
|
| Sputter deposition of Ag including pulsed DC and HiPIMS
*6x6" wafers or
*6x4" wafers or
*24x2" wafers
|
*4x6" wafers or
*12x4" wafers or
*12x2" wafers
|
*4x6" wafers or
*12x4" wafers or
*12x2" wafers
 
|
*6x6" wafers or
*6x4" wafers or
*24x2" wafers
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|-
|-style="background:LightGrey; color:black"
|-style="background:LightGrey; color:black"


! Pre-clean
! Pre-clean
|RF Ar clean
| Ar ion etch (only in E-beam evaporator Temescal)
|RF Ar clean
| none
|RF Ar clean  
| RF Ar clean  
|RF Ar clean  
| RF Ar clean  
|RF Ar clean
 
|-
|-
|-style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"
|-style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"


! Layer thickness
! Layer thickness
|10Å to 1µm  
|10Å to 1µm*
|10Å to 0.5µm (0.5µm not on all wafers)
|10Å to 0.5µm **
|10Å to 1000Å
|10Å to about 2000Å
|10Å to about 5000Å
|10Å to ?
|10Å to about 3000Å
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|-
|-style="background:LightGrey; color:black"
|-style="background:LightGrey; color:black"


! Deposition rate
! Deposition rate
|2Å/s to 15Å/s
|1 to 10Å/s
|1Å/s to 10 Å/s
|/s
|About 1Å/s
|Dependent on process parameters.
|Dependent on [[/Sputter rates for Ag PVD co-sputter/evaporation|process parameters]].
|Dependent on process parameters.
|Depending on process paramterers (see logbook)
|-
 
|-style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"
! Batch size
|
*Up to 4x6" wafers or
*Up to 3x8" wafers
or
*smaller pieces
|
*Up to 1x8" wafer or 1x6" wafer
*Up to 3x4" wafers
*smaller pieces
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*1x6" wafers or
*1x4" wafers or
*smaller pieces
|
*up to 10x6" wafers or
*up to 10x4" wafers or
*many smaller pieces
 
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!Allowed materials
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*Almost any as long as it does not outgas if you plan to use substrate heating. See cross-contamination sheets in Labmanager.
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*Almost any as long as it does not outgas. See cross-contamination sheet in Labmanager.
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* Almost any that do not degas. See also the [https://labmanager.dtu.dk/function.php?module=XcMachineaction&view=edit&MachID=244 cross-contamination sheet]
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*Almost any that does not degas at your intended substrate temperature. See cross contamination sheets for [https://labmanager.dtu.dk/function.php?module=XcMachineaction&view=edit&MachID=441 PC1] and [https://labmanager.dtu.dk/function.php?module=XcMachineaction&view=edit&MachID=442 PC3]
|-style="background:whitesmoke; color:black"
! Comment
| Pumpdown approx 20 min. Possible to tilt the wafer to achieve tunable step coverage.
| Pumpdown approx 15 min.
|Load and transfer < 10 minutes
|Load and transfer approx. 12 minutes
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|}


'''*'''  ''For thicknesses above 600 nm please get permission from ThinFilm group by writing to metal@nanolab.dtu.dk''


[[/Deposition of Silver|Thermal deposition of Silver]] - ''Process settings for thermal deposition of Silver in Wordentec''
'''**'''  ''For thicknesses above 200 nm please get permission from ThinFilm group by writing to metal@nanolab.dtu.dk''