MTL Fabrication

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TRL Color Codes

black

Black

rca station only, with CMOS-compatible whole Si wafers. No metals, resist, C1 or sts etched Tube A1, lpcvd allowed after RCA

brown

Brown

In rca for rca clean or acid-hood for piranha-HF clean, with CMOS-compatible clean Si wafers or pieces. C1 films = ok. No resist or metals A2 allows post STS, B3 allows CMOS fusion bond anneal (both tubes req RCA)

green

Green

Si general processing. Resist, BOE = ok. No metals Tube A4 allowed for polyimide only

blue

Blue

CMOS-compatible metals = ok, Si general processing, chrome masks. Resist, BOE = ok. No III-V or Au Tube A3 allowed after resist strip, rinse; Tube B2 after metal and resist strip, rinse

yellow

Yellow

Post KOH, Post CMP, utility clean. Pyrex ok. No III-V or Au

Below items allowed in TRL only, items above may go in either ICL or TRL

red

Red

Au, III-V general processing, including Au post-KOH cleans Tube B1 allowed after RCA in red-dot at acid-hood

purple

Purple

SU-8 only, for “uncured” phase only. After curing and develop, re-classify to pre-SU8 status