Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility

INRF Users who have items in the dry boxes,

These dry boxes are intended for wafers and samples that need to be in the dry box.  Please remove any personal belongings including old photoresists, glasswares, cleanroom wipes, utensils and no longer needed wafers/items by 5pm on Thurs April 5 of next week.   After this point in time INRF Staff will work to remove, relocate and/or discard remaining items users do not clean out themselves.

Thank You,

-Staff

All,

In the coming weeks Ushio America, Inc. will be coming on-site to host a free of charge demo session of their  172nm Photo Bonding System that has been located in the BiON of Calit2.   The Ushio, Inc. bonder is a 172nm Photo Bonding System equipped with a UV lamp with an emission wavelength center at 172nm. This is a system that irradiates an object with 172nm light for a specified period of time. Objects to be irradiated can be joined and bonded on top of each other and pressurized using the bonding unit.

This free of charge demo session will include Ushio America, Inc. engineers bonding glass to PDMS, PDMS to PDMS, PMMA to PMMA, and COP to COP. The time and date of this session will depend on RSVPs so please RSVP if any interest to Steven Martinez at stevenm4@uci.edu so that we can begin coordinating the session.

For those interested in bonding additional materials beyond this list, we will also work to see if we can help demonstrate a successful bond with your samples. If interested, please review the additional links at the end of this message and send an email to Steven Martinez at stevenm4@uci.edu with a detailed description of the bond you hope to achieve with this system. Please include as many details as possible (sample dimensions, materials to be bonded, etc.) and send this email as soon as possible / well in advance of the demo session. Depending on interest levels for these additional bonds, either these additional bonds will be demonstrated/tested at the end of the demo session, or additional sessions for these specific applications will be scheduled.

Additional Links Below.

Presentation Slides from Summer 2017: https://www.inrf.uci.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ushio-photobonding-technology.pdf

INRF/BiON SOP: https://www.inrf.uci.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/op-ushio-photo-bonding-system.pdf

Equipment YouTube Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QQW44U-sV4&feature=youtu.be

https://www.inrf.uci.edu/bion/

https://www.inrf.uci.edu/

Thank You,

Steven Martinez

stevenm4@uci.edu

INRF & BiON Users,

Many of you may have already noticed, the Forged System now has a brand new announcements section: https://inrf.forged.systems/dashboard/home/announcements/

You can find this Announcements section within Forged as well under Dashboard–>Announcements on the left Navigation Panel.

This will replace the INRF Website Blog and will be used for MAJOR lab activity updates (Facilities issues, major events / happenings, lab-wide items).  Please continue to check the Equipment Status section for equipment status updates.

FYI, The 3 Wet Processing Rooms in the BiON are now once again available and your keycards will now work on the door locks to these 3 rooms if authorized.  The stainless steel bench in the Metal Etch RM 11422 is still out of service but the others have all been re-certified and are available.  Those still not certified and unavailable for use have signs posted on them.

-Staff

INRF & BiON Users,

In case anybody is interested, Richard will be holding a training session on the INRF’s HF & Inorganic Wet Processes area tomorrow morning at 9:00AM.

rschang@uci.edu

-Staff

INRF & BiON Users,

The 3 wet etch rooms in the BiON are currently temporarily offline as staff looks further into the lab bench re-certifications with TSS and FM. You may notice the electronic key cards not allow access into these 3 wet etch rooms as a result.

HF and Inorganic Wet Processes are available in the INRF. Please email Richard Chang at rschang@uci.edu for access.

FYI, It appears recent blog posts have been being uploaded to the blog on the INRF website but the email notifications didn’t get sent out.  If any question check the INRF Website Blog or contact Staff (and notice physical signs posted where applicable throughout the labs).

-Staff

INRF & BiON Users,

The 3 wet etch rooms in the BiON are currently temporarily offline as staff looks further into the lab bench re-certifications. You may notice the electronic keycards not allow access into these 3 wet etch rooms as a result.

HF and Inorganic Wet Processes are available in the INRF. Please email Richard Chang at rschang@uci.edu for access.

-Staff

BiON Users,

The 3 wet etch rooms are currently temporarily offline as staff looks further into the lab bench re-certifications. You may notice the electronic keycards not allow access into these 3 wet etch rooms as a result.

-Staff

BiON Users,

The 3 wet etch rooms are currently temporarily offline as staff looks further into the lab bench re-certifications. You may notice the electronic keycards not allow access into these 3 wet etch rooms as a result.

-Staff

BiON Users,

The 3 wet etch rooms are currently offline as staff looks further into the lab bench re-certifications. You may notice the electronic keycards not allow access into these 3 wet etch rooms as a result.

-Staff