Bell
Labs' nanofabrication lab is centered around the Jeol 9300 Electron
Beam Lithography Tool:
resolution down to 10 nm
substrate size from 10x10 mm2
up to 300 mm diameter
overlay to existing layers within
10 nm
e-beam field size 500x500 µm2
stitching correction between
e-beam fields below 10 nm
we accept GDS and other file
formats
Access to nano-resolution microscopy:
Hitachi and Jeol High-resolution
Field-Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopes (up to 500,000x
magnification) with EDX system for chemical analysis (shown right)
KLA CD-SEM for automated control
of critical dimensions across 3in to 8in
diameter wafers
Atomic Force Microscope with sub-atomic
resolution
Optical registration measurement
for accurate fitting og multilayer patterns
Access to device fabrication
equipment:
Inductively Coupled Plasma
etchers for various materials
Metal deposition systems
including e-beam evaporation and
sputter of a wide range of materials
Wet chemical stations and
equipment for high quality spin coating
Surface profiler, Optical
microscopes, etc.
Optical lithography
i-line stepper with 0.36 µm resolution
enhanced overlay accuracy of
less than 80 nm
Automated photoresist track with high
uniformity and repeatablity
Contact aligner lithography with proximity
mode option
Testing facilities
on-wafer DC, RF probing up to 110 GHz
specialized communication device
characterization equipment, e.g. load-pull RF power measurements
optical test equipment for 1.3 and 1.55
µm wavelength fiber-coupled devices