Buying guides
ICP or RIE: choosing a plasma etcher for a university cleanroom
A parallel-plate RIE covers most teaching and dielectric work. An ICP-RIE opens up deep, anisotropic and III-V etching. How to decide which to buy used.
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Blog
Notes on buying, running and moving process tools, page 2
Buying guides, process comparisons, maintenance checklists and export notes for people who choose and run semiconductor equipment.
Buying guides
Used, refurbished or new semiconductor equipment: how to choose
As-is, Inspected, Refurbished, Certified or new. What each option actually includes, where the risk sits, and how to match it to your lab.
Maintenance and upgrades
Replacing the mercury lamp in a mask aligner with UV-LED
What a UV-LED conversion changes on a mask aligner, from wavelength and dose to uniformity and lamp-house cooling, and how to requalify your resists afterwards.
Buying guides
Buying a used mask aligner: what to check
Lamp house, stage, alignment optics and mask holder sizes decide what an older aligner can still do. A checklist for your inspection visit.
Company news
Introducing SemiXperts, refurbished semiconductor equipment and service
SemiXperts refurbishes, upgrades, maintains and installs process tools for university cleanrooms, pilot lines and small fabs. What we do and how we work.