Week

(1)

 

Lecture 1

 

 

Introduction (30 min)

 Review of thin film applications and material science.

Chp 1

AY

Lecture 2

 

 

The Process laboratory at MC2; clean room technology and safety

 

 

US

Lecture 3

 

 

Guided tour in lab  

 

US

Week

(2)

Lecture 4

 

 

Properties of thin films

EXTRA

AY

Lecture 5

 

 

Photo-lithography

Chp 2

AY

Lecture 6

 

 

E-beam and other nanolithography (continued)

Chp 2 +extra

AY

Week

(3)

lecture 7

 

 

Diffusion/Oxidation

Chp 3-4

US

 

Wednesday 13-15

Lab 1:  Lithography , group 1

 

AY

 

 

Wednesday 15-17

Lab 1:Lithography ; group 2

 

AY

Lecture 8

 

 

Diffusion oxidation-1h/Ion Implantation 1 h

Chp 4-5

US

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week

(4)

 

 

Wednesday 113-15

Lab 1: Lithography ,group 3

 

AY

 

Wednesday 15-17

Lab 1: Lithography , group 4

 

AY

 

 

Problem solving1 ; Diffusion/Lithography

Chp 3-5

AY

 

 

 

Lecture 9

 

 

 

Vacuum, gas kinetics, pumping, measurements of low pressure ;

30 min display of pumps, gauges, vacuum parts.

EXTRA

AY

Lecture  10

 

 

Discharges, plasmas, ion-surface interaction, sputtering & plasma- and ion-beam processing of thin films, pulsed laser deposition

Chp 6 +extra

AY

Week

(5)

Lecture 11

 

 

Thin-film evaporation processes PVD, Sputter, hardware

Chp 6 +extra

AY

 

Wednesday 13-15

Lab 2: PVD

 

US

 

 

Wednesday 15-17

Lab 2: PVD

 

US

Lecture 12

 

 

MBE/CVD

Ch6 +extra

AY

Lecture 13

 

 

Characterization of thin-films and surfaces

EXTRA

US

Week

(6)

Lecture 13

 

Wednesday 13-15

Lab 2; PVD

 

US

 

Wednesday 15-17

Lab 2; PVD

 

US

 

 

 

Problem solving 2(AY); Vacuum/Plasma processing/Deposition

 

AY

Lecture 14

 

 

Interconnect/Packaging

Chp 7-8

US

Week

(7)

Lecture 15

 

 

MOS/Bipolar

Chp 9-10

US

Lecture 16

 

 

MEMS

Chp 11

US

 

 

 

Project presentations

 

 

Week

(8)

 

 

 

Examination

 

 

HT2006-timetable for FKA-196: 

Microfabrication (5p)

Lectures: 32 h; labs & demonstrations: 8 h; project: 8 h.

 (AY)- August Yurgens, tel. 3474, e-mail: Yurgens-et-mc2.chalmers.se

 (US)- Ulf Södervall, tel. 3431, e-mail: Ulf.Sodervall-et-mc2.chalmers.se