Temescal FC-4400 Deposition System

System Control

• Temescal Control System (TCS), providing Auto, Manual, and Service Modes plus process datalogging
• TCS-based process variable monitoring (PVM) allows user to set process tolerance alarms
• Inficon XTC/3 deposition controller Electron Beam Source, Power Supply, and Sweep
• Temescal removeable-cover turret source, 4- or 6-pocket
• Temescal model CV-12SLX electron beam power supply
• Temescal SuperSweep64 programmable beam sweep controller

Vacuum Pumping and Control

• Edwards model iGX100L dry roughing pump, with a pumping speed of 62 cfm (105 m³/h^-1)
• Source chamber cryopump: CTI model CT-10 On-Board
• Product chamber cryopump: CTI model CT-400 On-Board
• Edwards Active Inverted Magnetron gauges and Pirani controllers, monitored and controlled by the TCS
• Cryopump temperature monitoring

Water System

• Stainless steel manifold provides cooling water for source and product chamber components
• Separate product chamber circuit for cold and optional hot water

Air System

• PLC-controlled air manifold Load-Lock Systems Optimized for Lift- Off Applications (Gate, Ohmic, TFR)

Miscellaneous/System-Wide

• 5 EMO switches
• Standard 19"-wide electronics rack on casters
• Surfaces exposed to high vacuum are made of 304 SST

Source Chamber

• Drop-down, swing-out source tray, accessible from either front or left side of vacuum cubicle
• Wide-angle 4" viewport for source observation
• Removeable stainless-steel source tray debris shield
• Gate valve with moveable shield
• Source tray diameter: 25.5" (648 mm)

Product Chamber

• 23.5" high x 44" ² (597 mm x 1118 mm²)
• Two sets of product chamber evaporation shields
• Two blanked-off RGA ports
• Left-side door for service access
• Wide-angle viewports on front and left side
• TP-8 90°-angle-of-incidence substrate dome
• One fixed uniformity mask

Temescal Control System

The Temescal Control System (TCS) provides fully intergrated, recipe-driven process and vacuum control. Operating in any of three password-protected modes, the TCS also offers process variable monitoring, process and historical trend tracking, and process data logging.

TCS System Map During Deposition

The TCS Automatic Mode

Auto Mode operation provides fully automated execution of user-programmed recipes consisting of up to twenty process steps, as well as full abort diagnostics. The TCS Auto Mode also offers independent autopump and autovent operations, automated cryopump regeneration, and automated rate-of-rise testing.

Manual Mode Operation

The TCS Manual Mode enables the user to set process parameters, operate major components and subsystems individually with full interlock protection, and execute nonautomated single-film deposition processes.

Service Mode Operation

The TCS Service Mode provides noninterlocked low-level control over any of the system’s valves, pumps, motors, or power supplies.

Options

System Control

• SECS/GEM interface to TCS
• Chamber temperature monitoring
• TCS-controlled auto-blowdown for turret source
• TCS simulator for off-line training and process development
• A second XTC/3 deposition controller to support codeposition

Electron Beam Source, Power Supply and Sweep

• Upgrade to Temescal’s PopTop gun
• Up to three resistance sources
• 4-in. source well extension collar
• One additional fixed e-beam source
• One wire feeder per e-beam source on dual-source systems
• Dual wire feeders on single-source systems
• Power supply upgrade to 15-kW Temescal Simba2
• A second SS64 programmable beam sweep controller

Vacuum Pumping and Control

• Soft roughing and venting under TCS control
• Upgrade to a higher-capacity mechanical pump

Product Chamber

• Substrate heaters
• One 5-cm ion source
• A residual gas analyzer
• A second CT-400 product chamber cryopump
• Cryopump throttling
• Product chamber hot water circulation
• Process gas control for up to three gases

Process

• Additional uniformity (shadow) masks
• Process development and film characterization

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