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==Nanoman==
==Nanoman==
[[image:Dektak8.JPG|275x275px|right|thumb|Dektak8: positioned in cleanroom 4 - glass cage no. 4]]
The AFM: Nanoman is a product of Veeco Instruments.
To get some product information from the vendor take a look at Veeco's homepage [http://www.veeco.com/products/details.php?cat=1&sub=1&pid=178]
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===A rough overview of the performance of th eAFM: Nanoman===
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!style="background:silver; color:black;" align="left"|Purpose
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Profiler for measuring micro structures.||style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|
*Single point profiles
*Wafer mapping
*Stress measurements by measuring wafer bow
*Surface roughness on a line scan
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Performance
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range xy||style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|
Line scan x: 50 µm to 200 mm
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range z
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50 Å to 262 µm
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution xy
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down to 0.067 µm
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution z
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1Å, 10Å or 20Å
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Max. scan depth as a function of trench width W
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1.2(W[µm]-5µm)
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Hardware settings
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Tip radius
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*5 µm 45<sup>o</sup> cone
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Substrates
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate size
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*up to 8"
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.|| style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate material allowed
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*In principle all materials
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