Celluloid Microenclosure and Microlens Array Fabricated by Suzukiʼs Universal Microprinting Method and XeF₂ Vapor Etching for Microbial Analysis

Akihiro Matsutani¹ and Ayako Takada^2
1 Semiconductor and MEMS Processing Division, Technical Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
² Biomaterials Analysis Division, Technical Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
Sensors and Materials, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2018) 149–155

A celluloid-based biochip for cell trapping is fabricated using Suzuki’s universal microprinting (SUMP) method. Samco tabletop Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) system was used for mold fabrication. Si layer was etched over photoresist and Cr mask in fluorine chemistry.

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RIE Systems

Direct fabrication of diffraction grating onto organic single crystals by electron beam lithography

Yoshihiro Kawata, Kazuki Aoki, Yuhi Inada*, Takeshi Yamao, and Shu Hotta
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 57, 03EH11 (2018)

In this paper, direct fabrication of gratings was performed on HMDS-treated SiO₂/Si substrates. Samco plasma etching system at Kyoto Institute of Technology was used for plasma etching of SiO₂/Si substrates for grating fabrication over an organic semiconducting oligomer 5,5AA-bis(4-biphenylyl)-2,2A:5A,2AA-terthiophene (BP3T). The system was also used for estimate of BP3T etch resistivity.

Nanofabrication of 10-nm T-shaped gates using a double patterning process with electron beam lithography and dry etch

Jinhai Shao¹, Jianan Deng¹, W. Lu² and Yifang Chen^1
1Fudan University (China), ²Ohio State University (United States)
J. of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, 16(3), 033508 (2017).

T-shaped gates with the footprint scaling down to 10 nm were fabricated using a double patterning procedure (electron beam lithography and dry etching). Samco Reactive Ion Etching Tool RIE-10NR was used for pattern transfer of metal nanoslit on SiN_x layer in fluorine-based chemistry.

Sensitivity of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Microsensors with Sol-Gel Derived PZT Films Prepared through Various Pyrolysis Temperatures

Kaoru Yamashita, Shota Nakajima, Jo Shiomi and Minoru Noda
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
2017 IEEE International Meeting for Future of Electron Devices, Kansai (IMFEDK), Kyoto, Japan, 2017, pp. 108-109.

In this paper, MEMS ultrasonic microsensors with sol-gel derived PZT piezoelectric diaphragm was fabricated. In device fabrication, Samco silicon Deep RIE etcher RIE-400iPB was used to form the thin diaphragm structure by silicon plasma etching from the wafer backside.
Stress control of PZT thin film was carried out to investigate high ultrasonic sensitivity of the devices.

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Silicon Deep RIE Process Data

Low-power, low-pressure reactive-ion etching process for silicon etching with vertical and smooth walls for mechanobiology application

Mohammed Ashraf, Sree V. Sundararajan, Gianluca Grenci
National University of Singapore, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore
J. Micro/Nanolith. MEMS MOEMS. 16(3), 034501 (Jul 10, 2017).
doi:10.1117/1.JMM.16.3.034501

Silicon plasma etching was carried out using RIE etcher RIE-10NR. Low-power etching process was newly developed in fluorine chemistry to fabricate vertical smooth sidewalls.

National University of Singapore is one of Samco’s proud customers. As seen in this paper, Samco RIE etcher RIE-10NR shows process versatility with excellent profile control for university lab users. The system can offer a wide range of process window for etching of various materials (silicon, SiO₂, SiN_x, metals and polymer).

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Thin crystalline silicon with double-sided nano-hole array fabricated by soft UV-NIL and RIE

Min Wang^1,2, Yulian Zhang¹, Linfeng Lu¹, Dongdong Li¹ and Xufei Zhu^3
1 Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 99 Haike Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong, Shanghai 201210, People’s Republic of China
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People’s Republic of China
³ School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, People’s Republic of China
Mater. Res. Express (2017) 4 055005

Crystalline silicon nano-hole array was fabricated using UV nanoimprint (UV-NIL) technology for potential silicon solar cell applications. Samco RIE ether, RIE-10NR was used in device fabrication for photoresist ashing and silicon plasma etching processes. Nano-hole array structures were successfully fabricated.

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RIE Plasma Etcher
We provide several systems to meet each customer’s process requirements in plasma etching processes.

Bacterial population solitary waves can defeat rings of funnels

Ryan J Morris¹, Trung V Phan², Matthew Black³, Ke-Chih Lin⁴, Ioannis G Kevrekidis⁵, Julia A Bos³ and Robert H Austin^2
1 School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
² Department of Physics, Princeton University, Jadwin Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States of America
³ Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton, NJ 08544 United States of America
⁴ Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States of America
⁵ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and PACM, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States of America
New Journal of Physics (2017) Volume 19 035002

Circular corral for bacteria made of rings of concentric funnels was fabricated. Nanoslits were etched on a silicon wafer using Samco Deep RIE Tool RIE-800iPB at Princeton University.

Samco offers a couple of silicon Deep RIE systems for R&D and production. Please see the product page below.
Silicon Deep RIE Systems

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Slicon Deep RIE Technology for MEMS and TSV Processing

Fabrication of 25 μm-filter microfluidic chip on silicon substrate

Nguyen Ngan Le^1,2, Kim Khanh Huynh¹, Thi Cam Hue Phan¹, Thi My Dung Dang¹ and Mau Chien Dang^1
1 Laboratory for Nanotechnology, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, Community 6, Linh
Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
² University of Science, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street,
District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Adv. Nat. Sci.: Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8 (2017) 015003

A microfluidic chip device was fabricated using deep silicon etching technology of the Bosch Process. Samco Deep RIE Tool RIE-200iPB was used for silicon etching over silver hard mask. With optimization of process recipe in the silicon etching, vertical silicon channel profile was fabricated.

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Silicon DRIE (Deep Reactive Ion Etching) for MEMS and TSV
Deep Silicon Trench/Via Hole/Pillar Etching using the Bosch Process

Low driving voltage Mach-Zehnder interference modulator constructed from an electro-optic polymer on ultra-thin silicon with a broadband operation

HIROMU SATO¹, HIROKI MIURA¹ FENG QIU² ANDREW M. SPRING², TSUBASA KASHINO³, TAKAMASA KIKUCHI³, MASAAKI OZAWA³, HIDEYUKI NAWATA³, KEISUKE ODOI³, SHIYOSHI YOKOYAMA^1,2
1 Department of Molecular and Material Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen Kasuga-city, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
² Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasuga-koen Kasuga-city, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
³ Nissan Chemical Industries LTD. 488-6 Suzumi-cho, Funabashi, Chiba 274-0052, Japan
Optics Express Vol. 25, Issue 2, pp. 768-775 (2017)

An electro-optic (EO) polymer waveguide using an ultra-thin silicon hybrid was fabricated. A 50 nm-thick silicon layer was deposited on SiO₂ substrates using Samco plasma CVD system, PD-220NL. Then, the silicon layer was patterned as the Mach-Zehnder interferometer using Samco deep silicon plasma etching system, RIE-400iPB.

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Silicon Plasma Etching Data

Influence of top electrodes to vibration modes in impulse responses of MEMS piezoelectric diaphragms for ultrasonic microsensors

T. Nishioka, T. Nishiumi, K. Yamashita and M. Noda
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, 606-8585, Japan
2016 IEEE International Meeting for Future of Electron Devices, Kansai (IMFEDK), Kyoto, 2016, pp. 1-2.
doi: 10.1109/IMFEDK.2016.7521705

Ultrasonic micro sensors with piezoelectric diaphragms were fabricated to investigate the relationship between vibration mode and device structure of electrode and the diaphragms. Samco Deep Reactive Ion Etching system was used for anisotropic silicon plasma etching in the Bosch Process over SiO₂ mask.

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Silicon Plasma Etching Process Data (RIE and ICP-RIE)
Silicon Deep RIE Process Data Using the Bosch Process