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External users: registration to be carried out only through I-STEM portal
Additional information about sample and analysis details should be filled in the pdf form provided in the I-STEM portal under “DOWNLOAD CSRF”

Internal users (IITB): registration to be carried out only through DRONA portal
Additional information about sample and analysis details should be filled in the pdf form provided here.

Make
Zeiss + NPGS
Model
Zeiss Sigma 300 & NPGS v9
Facility Status
Working
Facility Management Division
Centre for Sophisticated Instruments and Facilities (CSIF)-IoE Funded

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Category

  • Fabrication and Processing » Nanofabrication

Booking Details

Booking available for
Internal and External Both
Available Equipment/ Mode of use
3 hour slots will be provided for Electron Beam Lithography. Spin coating, hot plate, Oxygen Plasma ashing are available for sample preparation prior to lithography. Development can be done under fume hood. All processes must be cleanroom compatible.
However faciltites like dry/wet etch, metallisation etc are not part of the faciltiy. The user needs to do these separately.

Facility Management Team and Location

Facility In Charge
Kantimay Das Gupta (Phy) & Suddhasatta Mahapatra (Phy)
Co-convenors
K. Das Gupta
S. Mahapatra
Facility Operator
No dedicated operator. TAs can assist or user has to undergo training to work with own samples
Facility Management Members
K. Das Gupta
S. Mahapatra
Subhabrata Dhar
Dinesh Kabra
Anshuman Kumar Srivastava
Avradeep Pal
Arindam Chowdhury
Dipanshu Bansal
Balasubramanium Kavaipatty
Saurabh Lodha
Department
Physics
Lab Email ID
ebl.phy@csif.iitb.ac.in, ebl.phy@phy.iitb.ac.in
Facility Location
Department of Physics, Ground Floor
Lab Phone No
022-2159-6553

Facility Features, Working Principle and Specifications

Facility Description

Facility Description

Zeiss sigma 300 SEM and NPGS pattern generation software are coupled together to make an Electron Beam Lithography system. Typically small samples of about 1 cm x 1 cm are handled.  The facility is not for full wafer writing.  The user will have to learn the basics of the NPGS system and write their own pattern using integrated QCAD software.  User needs to be familiar with basic features of CAD systems and preparing clean DXF files with layers.

Note: The system is based on the following :

  1. Zeiss Sigma 300 FE SEM  https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/en/products/sem-fib-sem/sem/sigma.html
  2. NPGS v9 external pattern generator  https://www.jcnabity.com/
  3. We do not have metallization/dry or wet etching/gas injection write capabilities.  The facility offers pattern writing on electron beam compatible resists and developing. Subsequent processing steps are to be done by the user separately.
Features Working Principle

Electron Beam sensitive resist (typically PMMA, HSQ) are coated on the sample using a spin coating system. The electron beam is programmed to write the desired pattern on the substrate using specified exposure doses. Pattern is then developed in suitable developer solution for the next phase of processing. 

 

Sample Preparation, User Instructions and Precautionary Measures

Instruction for Sample Preparation

Samples should be within 10 mm x 10 mm in size. The maximum writing field is generally 1 mm x 1 mm

User Instructions and Precautionary Measures

To be added

Charges for Analytical Services in Different Categories

Usage Charges

Electron Beam Lithography System at Physics
Sr. NoCategoryInstrument usage charges (per 3 hour slot) in INR   
1.IITB Students500
2.IITB Students (Facility TAs)250
3. IITB-Monash Students 500 + 18% GST
4.Other Academic Institutes1000 + 18% GST
5.National Labs2500 + 18% GST
6.SINE (Letter from SINE required)2500 + 18% GST
7.Research Park (MSME)  
(Letter from RP required)
2500 + 18% GST
8.Research Park (Big Industry Partners,
Letter from RP required) 
& MSME not associated with RP
(appropriate certificate required)
3750 + 18% GST
9.Industries5000 + 18% GST

Applications

TBA

Sample Details

Chemical allowed

Processing chemicals are typically solvents like Acetone, IPA, PMMA (& similar polymers) , MIBK and DI water. 

Allowed Substrate

Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Glass, Sapphire, Quartz . No biological samples.

Gases allowed

not applicable

Substrate Dimension

1 cm x 1 cm approx. 

Target dimension

na

Contamination remarks

No biological samples

Precursors/ Targets allowed

NA

SOP, Lab Policies and Other Details

Publications