Facility Updates

Holiday: Indigenous Peoples Day

Fab.nano will be closed on Monday, October 11th in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day. As usual during Institute holidays, the fabs in Buildings 39 & 12 will not be staffed, so they will be open only to qualified 24-hr users.

Read more in this update.

New tool: Asher ESI

MIT.nano's new ESI asher was started up this week. It is capable of fast ashing from pieces up to 8” wafers, and has a 25-wafer cassette.

Read more about this new tool in this update.

New lower level spin coater

The Spinner-Resist-L10 (new tool) is now online in L10. For usage/what-to-spin, it is identical to Spinner-Resist-U12. This new spinner has a programmable exhaust during spinning, which can be beneficial when optimizing uniformity on thick resists.

Read more in this update.

Major phase II tool moves complete

All of the major phase II tools have now moved from Building 39 to Building 12. Contractors are in the process of connecting the systems. MIT is experiencing delays in the process cooling water installation that will cause some delays. Read more in this update.

Stable conditions reported in MIT.nano during summer heat

Boston saw record or near-record temperatures at the end of June with very high dew points, so it was a good time to check temperature and humidity in MIT.nano's cleanroom. The charts in this update show the stability of the facility's temperature, humidity, and dew point (related to the amount of water in the air), over the last 14 days.

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