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*Wet anneal with H2O in a bubbler is used for ? and can be done in furnaces:C1,C2,C3.
*Wet anneal with H2O in a bubbler is used for ? and can be done in furnaces:C1,C2,C3.


==Comparing the six annealing furnaces==
==Comparing the seven annealing equipments==
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C3 Anneal bond'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C3 Anneal bond'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C4 Anneal aluminium'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C4 Anneal aluminium'''
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! General description
! General description
|Drive-in of boron deposited in the boron pre-dep furnace(A2) or drive-in of ion implanted boron. Can also be used for dry and wet oxidation.||Drive-in of phosphorous deposited in the phosphorous pre-dep furnace(A2) or drive-in of ion implanted phosphorous. Can also be used for dry and wet oxidation.||Oxidation of gate-oxide and other especially clean oxides. At the moment also used for general oxidation of 6" wafers.||Annealing and oxidation of wafers from the B-stack and PECVD1.||Annealing and oxidation of wafers from NIL.||Annealing of wafers with aluminium on.
|Drive-in of boron deposited in the boron pre-dep furnace(A2) or drive-in of ion implanted boron. Can also be used for dry and wet oxidation.||Drive-in of phosphorous deposited in the phosphorous pre-dep furnace(A2) or drive-in of ion implanted phosphorous. Can also be used for dry and wet oxidation.||Oxidation of gate-oxide and other especially clean oxides. At the moment also used for general oxidation of 6" wafers.||Annealing and oxidation of wafers from the B-stack and PECVD1.||Annealing and oxidation of wafers from NIL.||Annealing of wafers with aluminium on.||||
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! Dry annealing
! Dry annealing
|x||x||x (with special permission)||x||x||x
|x||x||x (with special permission)||x||x||x||x||x
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!Wet annealing with bubler (water steam + N2)
!Wet annealing with bubler (water steam + N2)
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!Process temperature
!Process temperature
|800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C
|800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150 <sup>o</sup>C||800-1150<sup>o</sup>C||?
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! Batch size
! Batch size
|max. 30 wafers of 4" or 2"||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers||max. 30 wafers of 6",4" or 2"||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers
|max. 30 wafers of 4" or 2"||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers||max. 30 wafers of 6",4" or 2"||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers||max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers||?||?
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!style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Which wafers are allowed to enter the furnace:  
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C3 Anneal bond'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C3 Anneal bond'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C4 Anneal aluminium'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''C4 Anneal aluminium'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Nobel furnace'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''RTP'''
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| New clean* Si wafers 4" (6" in C1)||x||x||x (with special permission)||x||x||x
| New clean* Si wafers 4" (6" in C1)||x||x||x (with special permission)||x||x||x||x||x
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| RCA clean** Si wafers with no history of Metals on||x||x||x (with special permission)||x||x||x
| RCA clean** Si wafers with no history of Metals on||x||x||x (with special permission)||x||x||x||x||x
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| From Predep furnace  directly (e.g. incl. Predep HF**)||From A2||From A4||||||||
| From Predep furnace  directly (e.g. incl. Predep HF**)||From A2||From A4||||||||||||
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| Wafers directly from PECVD1||||||||x||x||x
| Wafers directly from PECVD1||||||||x||x||x||x||x
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| Wafers directly from NIL bonding||||||||||x||x
| Wafers directly from NIL bonding||||||||||x||x||x||x
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|Wafers with aluminium on||||||||||||x
|Wafers with aluminium on||||||||||||x||x||x
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|wafers with other metals||||||||||||||x||x
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|wafers with III-V materials||||||||||||||||x
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Revision as of 14:33, 25 January 2008

Annealing

At Danchip we have seven furnaces and an RTP for annealing: A1,A3,C1,C2,C3,C4 noble furnace and RTP. Annealing can take place either by a dry process or a wet process. In a wet annealing you will also get some oxidation.

  • Dry anneal is used for ? and can be done in furnaces:A1,A3,C1,C2,C3,C4, noble furnace and RTP
  • Wet anneal with H2O in a bubbler is used for ? and can be done in furnaces:C1,C2,C3.

Comparing the seven annealing equipments

' A1 Boron drive-in A3 Phosphorous drive-in C1 Gate oxide C2 Anneal oxide C3 Anneal bond C4 Anneal aluminium Nobel furnace RTP
General description Drive-in of boron deposited in the boron pre-dep furnace(A2) or drive-in of ion implanted boron. Can also be used for dry and wet oxidation. Drive-in of phosphorous deposited in the phosphorous pre-dep furnace(A2) or drive-in of ion implanted phosphorous. Can also be used for dry and wet oxidation. Oxidation of gate-oxide and other especially clean oxides. At the moment also used for general oxidation of 6" wafers. Annealing and oxidation of wafers from the B-stack and PECVD1. Annealing and oxidation of wafers from NIL. Annealing of wafers with aluminium on.
Dry annealing x x x (with special permission) x x x x x
Wet annealing with bubler (water steam + N2) x (with special permission) x x
Process temperature 800-1150 oC 800-1150 oC 800-1150 oC 800-1150 oC 800-1150 oC 800-1150 oC 800-1150oC ?
Batch size max. 30 wafers of 4" or 2" max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers max. 30 wafers of 6",4" or 2" max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers max. 30 4" wafers or 2" wafers ? ?
Which wafers are allowed to enter the furnace: A1 Boron drive-in A3 Phosphorous drive-in C1 Gate oxide C2 Anneal oxide C3 Anneal bond C4 Anneal aluminium Nobel furnace RTP
New clean* Si wafers 4" (6" in C1) x x x (with special permission) x x x x x
RCA clean** Si wafers with no history of Metals on x x x (with special permission) x x x x x
From Predep furnace directly (e.g. incl. Predep HF**) From A2 From A4
Wafers directly from PECVD1 x x x x x
Wafers directly from NIL bonding x x x x
Wafers with aluminium on x x x
wafers with other metals x x
wafers with III-V materials x

*New clean: only right from the new clean box. It is not allowed to put them in another box first.

**These wafers must be placed in a "transport box from RCA to furnace" using the RCA carrier when doing RCA or the pre-dep carrier after pre-dep.