DC Area FIB SEM Users Group

Inventory

Army Research Laoratory
Adelphi
Micrion 9500 50kV
H2O etch
W dep
8” wafer
Little automation
Ex situ liftout
Contact Mark Wood, Matt Ervin
Access Collaborators and Gov’t organizations, US citizens only
Applications semiconductor device + material characterization and failure analysis
SEM cross-section and TEM sample prep
Device modification of MEMS and electro-optic devices

Army Research Laoratory
Aberdeen
TBD 50kV
H2O etch
W dep
8” wafer
Little automation
Ex situ liftout
Contact Brian Schuster
Access Collaborators and Gov’t organizations, US citizens only
Applications semiconductor device + material characterization and failure analysis
SEM cross-section and TEM sample prep
Device modification of MEMS and electro-optic devices

Johns Hopkins University
MRSEC Facility
FEI Nova 600 NanoLab HW:
Magnum ion column (5-7 nm resolution, 5-30 kV)
FEG SEM
Detectors: ETD, TLD
GIS: Pt, TEOS
OmniProbe (Analog system)
SW:
AutoSlice&View
AutoTEM
AutoFIB
NPGS lithography (available in August 08)
Contact Prof. C. L. Chien, clc@pha.jhu.edu
Dr. Frank Zhu, qzhu@pha.jhu.edu
Access Outside users can access through collaboration with MESEC PI/students ($70/hr)
Non-collaboration users can access it after approval ($210/hr)
Applications TEM Sample Prep
Nano-electronics and nano-biomaterial characterization
Nano stencil mask fabrication

Micron
Hitachi FB-2000A Swapable side entry stage
E.J.Fjeld S-4700 stage
FEI FIB200

magnum ion column
FEI V600

FEI Quanta 200 3D

DualBeam with Xtreme Access systems
FEI Strata 235

DualBeam with AutoProbe200, Sirion column upgrade
FEI Strata 237

DualBeam with flipstage, LV-STEM, EDAX EDS
FEI Strata 400

DualBeam
GIS: IEE, EE, Pt, C, SCE, DE, TEOS
Contact David MacMahon, dmacmaho@micron.com
Access Internal Use Only
Applications Passive voltage contrast on NAND Flash
Failure Analysis and TEM Sample Prep

National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Cell Biology
FEI Nova NanoLab 200
HW:
Magnum ion column
FEG SEM
Detectors: ETD, TLD
GIS: Pt
Cryo system
SW:
AutoSlice&View
Contact Sriram Subramaniam, subramas@mail.nih.gov
Access Internal Use Only
Applications Primarily for biological applications

National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute Frederick
TBD
Contact
Access Internal Use Only
Applications Biological applications
Nano characterization

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Center for Nanoscale Scinece and Technology (CNST)
Zeiss NVision 40 CrossBeam HW:
Seiko Zeta FIB (4 nm resolution at 0.1 pA)
Gemini FEG SEM (2.5 nm resolution at 1 KV)
STEM detector
Deposition: Pt, C, SiO2
Etching: H2O, XeF2
Omniprobe liftout tool
4 inch load lock
SEM imaging while FIB milling (high current mode/high depth of field)
No magnetic field projected outside SEM column
SW:
Raith lithography system
Contact Mike Hernandez, michael.hernandez@nist.gov
Alex Liddle, Liddle@nist.gov
Access Collaborators & User Facility
Applications Cross-sectional imaging
TEM sample prep
Micro/nanomachining
Nanophotonic structure fabrication

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL)
FEI Nova 600 NanoLab HW:
Sidewinder ion column (2 KV – 30 KV, 21 nA)
FEG SEM
Detectors: ETD, TLD, CDEM, STEM
GIS: Pt, C, SCE
Autoprobe 200
Klinediek Micromanipulator
Oxford Incax-sight EDS system
Quorum Polaron Cryo system
SW:
AutoSlice&View
AutoTEM
Contact Babak Nikoobakht (babak.nikoobakht@nist.gov)
Access Collaborators
Applications Biological room temp and cryogenic 3D imaging and analysis
Microanalysis
Nanowire research
Particle analysis
Materials science and geology
TEM sample prep

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL)
FEI Helios 600 NanoLab HW:
Sidewinder ion column (4 nm resolution at 1 pA)
Helios FEG SEM (better than 1 nm resolution)
Detectors: ETD, TLD, STEM, STEM II
GIS: Pt
Bruker XFlash SDD system
Quorum Polaron Cryo system
Laser interferometer stage
drift and vibration compensation
38 pm resolution
SW:
Contact Andras Vladar (andras.vladar@nist.gov)
Access Collaborators
Applications Metrology

Naval Research Laoratory
Materials Science and Technology Division
FEI Nova 600 NanoLab HW:
Magnum ion column
Detectors: ETD, TLD, Removable STEM
GIS: Pt, Selective Carbon Etch, Enhanced Etch, Carbon Dep
Oxford Incax EDS system
HKL EBSD/Forward Scatter Diode Detectors (ECCI)
Raith E-beam/I-beam writer (Nanolithography tool)
Ascend Micromanipulator
SW:
HKL Suite
Auto Slice and View
Auto TEM
Contact Rhonda Stroud, 202-404-4143
Nabil Bassim
Konrad Bussmann
Access Collaborators
Applications EBSD Mapping/Reconstruction
TEM sample preparation
Nanowire research
Patterning/Device design
Defect analysis
ECCI imaging of dislocations/crystal defects

University of Maryland
Institute for Reseach in Electronics and Applied Physics
Micrion FIB-2500
Ion column (50 kV, 5nm)
FEI 620 DualBeam Ion column (30 kV)
FAI NanoFab-150 150 kV linear accelerating column (~100nm)
Arsenic-Palladium-Boron source
Contact
Access
Applications