Specific Process Knowledge/Lithography/SU-8: Difference between revisions
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SU-8 resist is designed to produce low defect coatings over a very broad range of films thickness. | SU-8 resist is designed to produce low defect coatings over a very broad range of films thickness. | ||
[[Specific Process Knowledge/Lithography/Coaters#Spin_Coater:_RCD8|Spin Coater: RCD8]] is dedicated to spin all SU-8 resist formulations, but [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Lithography/Coaters#Manual_Spin_Coaters| | [[Specific Process Knowledge/Lithography/Coaters#Spin_Coater:_RCD8|Spin Coater: RCD8]] is dedicated to spin all SU-8 resist formulations, but one of the [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Lithography/Coaters#Manual_Spin_Coaters|manual spin coaters]] can also be used. | ||
To keep clean room safe and odor free during the spinning please follow the following simple rules: | To keep clean room safe and odor free during the spinning please follow the following simple rules: | ||
* Always use point exhaust above the place you handle the resist. | * Always use point exhaust above the place you handle the resist. | ||
* When you move the wafers to the dedicated hot plates always carry them in a closed container. | |||
* When you move the wafers to the dedicated hot plates always carry them in a | |||
The recommended coating condition: | The recommended coating condition: | ||
* | * Dispense manually from bottle/syringe for the thin resists or use a syringe dispense system for the thick resists. | ||
* | * Use static dispense; approximately 1 ml of SU-8 per inch substrate diameter. | ||
* For SU-8 layers thicker then 100 um use two/step spin coating procedure: | * For SU-8 layers thicker then 100 um use two/step spin coating procedure: | ||
** spread cycle 500rpm, 100rpm/s, 5 sec following by | ** spread cycle 500rpm, 100rpm/s, 5 sec following by | ||
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* For SU-8 layers thinner then 10um the spread cycle can be omitted to improve the uniformity of the films. | * For SU-8 layers thinner then 10um the spread cycle can be omitted to improve the uniformity of the films. | ||
Here are the spinning curves for SU-8 2002 and SU-8 2005. | Here are the spinning curves for SU-8 2002 and SU-8 2005 (for the old KS Spinner). | ||
[[media:Spinning_curves.xls|Spinning curves for SU-8 2002 and 2005.]] | [[media:Spinning_curves.xls|Spinning curves for SU-8 2002 and 2005.]] | ||