Advanced Materials Research Lab     .

                            (AMRL).             .           

Thin Film Processing Facilities (AMRL)

iPLAS MPCVD System

Ø      4” plasma source

Ø      Manual EH tuner

Ø      Deposition up to 4’’ wafers

Ø      6 KW microwave generator (2.45 GHz)

Ø      Substrate heated up to 800°C

Ø      Dedicated for growth of nitrogen doped nanocrystalline diamond.

 

 

ASTeX MPCVD System

  • 1 KW microwave generator (2.45 GHz)

  • Deposition up to one inch wafer

  • Manual tuning

  • Dedicated to grow boron doped micro/nano diamond coating

 

Pulsed Laser Deposition System

 

 

  • Substrate heated up to 650°C

  • Multi-target holder system

  • Deposition Chamber can be pumped up to 10-7 Torr

 

 

 

CMS-18 Sputtering System with Load Lock

  • 3 Sputter guns (One RF and two DC power supplies)

  • Substrate holder for up to 6 inch substrates

  • Pneumatic deposition source shutter, switch activated 

  • Optional heating and control of substrate

  •  Process Gas Inlet/ Pressure Control

   

 
Carbon Nanotube Growth Facility

  • Lindberg Blue Furnace

  • Maximum Temperature 1200°C

  • Programmable Temperature Controller

  • Dedicated for Carbon Nanotube Growth

  

 
Sol Gel Deposition System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Spinner rotation speed is 10000 rpm

  •  Hot plate temperature 400°C

  • Dedicated for sol-gel deposition for ferroelectric thin films

 

Metrology and Characterization (AMRL)

Renishaw MicroRaman Spectroscopy

  • Ar ion laser, 514.5 nm

  • He-Ne laser, 633 nm

  • Semiconductor diode laser, 785 nm

  • -70° Centigrade Peltier cooled CCD detector

  • XYZ motorized mapping stage

  • 100 cm-1 cutoff notch filter

  • Magnification up to 1000x (x5, x20, x50, x100 objectives)

  • Grams 32 spectral analysis software, and geological spectra database

  • 8000 cm-1 extended scanning range

  • 1800 l/mm and 1200 l/mm gratings

 

FTIR Spectroscopy

  • Wavelength Range- 7800-350 cm^-1

  • Resolution- 0.5 to 64 cm^-1

  • Wavelength accuracy- 0.1 to 1600 cm^-1

  • Sealed and desiccated optical unit.
     

 
UV-VIS Spectrophotometer

Optical system: Double beam, single monochromator

with a 1200 grooves/mm concave grating and modified
Rowland mount
Spectral bandwidth: 2 nm
Wavelength range: 190 - 1100 nm
Halogen lamp for VIS range (330 - 1100 nm)
Wavelength accuracy: ± 0.5 nm
Photometric accuracy: ± 0.002 Abs (0 - 0.5 Abs)
Detector: Silicon photo-diode (S1337)
 

 
Agilent 4294A Impedance Analyzer &

Micro Manipulator 6000 series probe station

Frequency Range 40Hz to 110MHz.

Dedicated to measure the electrical properties of materials

 

 
PARSTAT2263 Electrochemical Analyzer

Potentiostat/Galvanostat/FRA that consists of

hardware which is capable of ±10 V scan ranges,

200mA current capabilities, and  Electrical measurements up to 1 MHz.

Powered to be operated with an AC/DC converter, or with a DC power supply for remote/field applications

Modules available :PowerCV , PowerSTEP , 

PowerCORR, PowerPULSE (electroanalytical software), and PowerSINE

 
Gas Sensor Testing Facility

Dedicated for Toxic gases sensing applications

4-gas inlet valves

 

 

 
CMP/Tribometer Benchtop Tester

                

Rotational Speeds - 0.1 - 600 rpm,

Slider velocity range - 5 - 600 mm/min,

Down force range - 1 - 100 N (Changeable)

Slurry Flow rate - 30 - 200 ml/min

Wafer Diameter - 2" wafers

Pad diameter - 6" pad coupons

Acoustic emission and Temperature sensors available

Dedicated to investigate metrology issues of CMP Processes

Can be used as a Pin-On-Disk to measure the

tribological properties 

 

 
MTS NanoIndenter XP

Maximum applied load is 500 mN
Indenter load resolution of 50 nN
Displacement resolution of <.02 nm
Testworks 4 software is  used for analysis of

collected data

Dedicated to measure mechanical properties of thin

films using CSM and DSM modes

 

 
Four Point Bending Tester

4-point delaminator with load actuators

Data acquisition box-SCXI-1000

Computer System with DTSI software

Dedicated to measure adhesion and fracture properties of thin film coatings

 
 

                      NNRC Facilities                 

 

   Analytical Materials Characterization Instruments  

FEI Transmission Electron Microscope

 

Dual FEI Focus Ion Beam

 

Philips Xpert X-ray Diffraction

 

HITACHI S-800 Scanning Electron Microscope

 

Digital Instruments Atomic Force Microscope

 

JOEL E-Beam Lithography

 

                    Cleanroom Facilities