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Semiconductor Back End of Line Processes, Process and Thin Films Characterization, Film Stresses and Reliability. PVD, ALD, CVD, HiPIMS
Back-End-of Line (BEOL) Integration in SRAM, Spin-Torque, Resistive Random Access Memory. PVD, CVD and ALD thin film deposition. Film micro-structure and properties. Stress-related problems in BEOL. DC, RF and HiPIMS sputter deposition. Arc evaporation. Plasma-Surface interactions. 13 years academic experience…
Failure Analysis, Product Design, Industrial Machinery, Appliances, Heaters and Patents
Expert has engineered, built and patented many types of automated industrial machines. These systems range from machines to make Compact Discs and DVD’s to machinery for making plastic cutlery, to other devices for automated assembly and processing of parts. He…
Magnetron Cathode Design, Magnetic Field Modeling, PVD, Sputtering, Ion Beam Etch, Vacuum Technology
Expert has developed and supported production thin film sputtering systems and processes since 1989. He has led the development and deployment of a production PVD cluster tool used by the IC, MEMS, and magnetic memory industries. He developed one of…
New Product Development, Lean, Six Sigma Blackbelt, Semiconductors/MEMS
Expert has had extensive process engineering experience with a variety of types of CVD reactors, including atmospheric, vacuum/thermal, and plasma enhanced. He has developed copper CVD precursors, developed low-stress/controlled stress dielectric films, and metal films. He wrote a book on…
Semiconductor Wafer and Packaging Materials, Process, Equipment & Quality
Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes and Control Electronic Assembly and packaging Project / Program Management Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Senior Western USA Consulting Manager for Digital Equipment Engineering and Manufacturing - likely 20+ major clients like Intel, Motorola, US Navy, Signetics, Medtronics,…
Nanomanufacturing Processes
Expert has 20 + years of experience in technical and business aspects of nanomanufacturing. He has been involved in the implementation of thin film technologies in various devices such as semiconductors, sensors, magnetic recording heads, displays (OLEDS,TFT),HB-LED, photovoltaics (CIGS,..) EUV…
Thin Film Deposition, Specializing in Reactive Sputtering
Expert D. Expert has extensive experience in magnetron sputtering of aluminum and in the high-rate reactive sputtering of aluminum compounds such as aluminum oxide. He was the first to show that aluminum oxide with excellent film properties can be reactively…
Semiconductor Processing and Equipment
Expert has more than 23 years experience in the semiconductor industry, much of this time in a technical management position at Intel. He has hands-on experience with nearly every facet of processing silicon wafers to manufacturing semiconductor devices. His strength…
Electron Microscope, Light Microscopy, EBEAM Lithography and Nanofabrication, Scanning Electron
Expert has extensive experience in designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and interpreting experiments involving novel applications in all fields of biological microscopy (TEM, SEM). He also has expertise in confocal, fluorescence, DIC (Nomarski-Polarized), and other light microscopy techniques. His current work centers…