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Karl Suss MJB-3 Contact Aligner

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Karl Suss MJB-3 Contact Aligner

Process Description:
Lithography is a process for optically projecting an image onto a wafer that has been coated with a thin layer of photosensitive material called photoresist. Contact or proximity printing is the simplest lithography method. When UV light passes through the pattern area of a chrome mask, it exposes the photoresist on the wafer and a chemical process occurs. After a developing solution bath and rinse, a pattern is transferred via the remaining photoresist on the wafer. The next process step, such as etching or ion implanting, can then be performed.
Equipment Description:
The Standard MJB 3 aligner is equipped with a 200 watt mercury short-arc lamp. The filtered light source produces a combination of g-line, h-line and i-line wavelengths (350-500nm). Optimum line/space resolution is 1.5 microns. The alignment range of the X and Y is 6mm and the Theta range is 30°. Alignment is performed manually by manipulating micrometers while observing the wafer and mask with a microscope.

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