WEEKLY REPORT
Name: Mary Tang
Date: 1/23/02
Weekly Report for: 1/14/02 - 1/18/02
1. Accomplishments:
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Lab Cleanup: We are short about 20 bins, but can't order through Sterilite because
there's a minimum order of $250 (with 20 bins, we're at $150). Does anyone have or
see a need to have extra bins on hand? (Small bins are sold in groups of 6, for
$25.20, mediums are sold in groups of 4 for for $25.20, and large bins in groups of 4
for $9 -- if we can't see a need for another $100 worth of bins, it will mean several
trips to Target instead.) Still need to address the loose ends (earthquaking tall
shelving, keycard lock on the CAD room, fastening down remaining the drawer bins.)
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Hiring: Dick is collecting resumes for the electronics person. Dick and I also met
with HR to discuss the position/level for the job we are calling (for now) the
Laboratory and Administrative Services Manager. HR will get back to us later this
week.
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Student helpers. We've got seven resumes so far, and I'm just about to email four of
them to invite them in for a chat. The goal is to get at least two students out of this
round.
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Wafersaw: Trained 6 people this week. Got a recommendation from K&S via Don
Arnold (who very nicely tracked this down) to use a different blade for cutting quartz
(diamond grit imbedded in resin). Need to talk with K&S and Len about the pros and
cons (need a different mounting setup.)
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Consulting activities: Met with three students with MEMS projects. And gave tours
to two companies (Nanogram and XLOptics) who are considering doing work here.
2. Problems:
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LPCVD Nitride. Jim worked with Nancy and Eehern to run and analyze a couple
of high temperature runs. The data is unclear (Jim wants to study the wafers more
carefully -- the thickness/RI seem to lie in a dead region of the ellipsometer), but
it does seem that the temperature strongly modulates the film characteristics.
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Moe's runs. A series of nitride mishaps concluding with a major on the nitride
tube late last year managed to kill off all of Moe Badi's supply of devices. We
volunteered to support processing a new batch for Moe. Nancy has very
generously been coordinating this. More tube problems (no phosphorous in LTO,
debatably early tube pull on poly) conspired against getting this batch done. We
need to find ways to prevent these tube problems from occuring. We also need to
re-educate people to respond to alarms.
3. Projects:
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Mike McGehee/Joe Klein's reverse MOS chips - No progress...
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Regnier chips: A second batch requested.
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DNA Lecture for MSE. Need to work on this. Need to find out which class this is!
4. Plans:
1. Wet bench safety station. Wups! Still need to pester the Coral development team to
hookup the displaced Coral terminal (now located next to its sister terminal across
from wbdiff.)
2. SNF Affiliates. No progress, although Lourdes is collecting info!
3. Cross-Training: We (the process staff) should discuss how we might be able to
support each other and adjoining areas through backup training. I'll arrange a pizza
lunch meeting, say for 1/28 or 1/29, to discuss this or any other process issues.
5. Equipment Issues:
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Karlsuss: Submitted a request to cancel this order. The accounts people told Tony
we could not do this, and he said he would talk with them. I need to follow up to
make sure it's done and gone.
6. Other:
1. EE 410. Gladys has things under control. It turns out that the process flow requires
Tylan 7 for metal-compatible anneal, so this puts a little glitch in plans to
decontaminate Tylan 7 for use as a clean oxidation and anneal tube, while Tylan bank
1 is moved. Will need to double check with Jim McV on contamination and
qualification concerns.