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Foundry Services

State-of-the-Art Photonic Fab

Photonic Corp’s foundry provides development, prototyping, and low volume production services, including:

  • Modeling and simulation services
  • Device layout and photomask design
  • Standard and custom photonic device library

We provide single or batch processing of 6” and 8” wafers, including SOI, silicon, glass, or quartz.

To find out more about Photonic Corp’s foundry capabilities and services, please email: sales@Photonic-Corp.com

Foundry Capabilities

Lithography Deposition & Etch More Capabilities


Photolithography

Integrated photocluster set

  • ASML Micrascan II+ high-resolution scanner
  • 0.25um process can achieve 0.18um
    photonic structure resolution
  • Mated with RiteTrack/SVG resist deposition
  • Two robotic 6” and 8” flows

 


PECVD deposition

  • STS Mulitplex PECVD system: Oxide, nitride, oxynitride, TEOS

MRC metallization

  • Al, Ti, W, TiW

Reactive metal oxide sputtering

  • Silica, titania, tantala, Al2O3, etc.

Resist strip

  • Wet and dry processes

RIE etch

  • PlasmaTherm 770 ICP Etcher: Oxide,
    nitride, oxynitride, Si, Al

RIE semiconductor etch

  • SOI, silica, InP, InGaAs, InGaAsP

Wet etch chemistries

  • For Si, SiO2, Au, Ti, Al, InP, GaAs

Optical AR and HR coating


Wafer bonding

  • EVG low-temperature, plasma-activated,
    wafer-to-wafer bonding
  • EVG wafer-to-wafer bonding aligner

MRL furnace annealing

Dicing, lapping, and polishing

Metrology and characterization

  • Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope
  • Contact profilometry
  • KLA/ Tencor stress measurement
  • Leica optical microscopy

Packaging

  • Die attach
  • Wire bond
  • Heat sink
  • Fiber to device optical alignment and
    pig-tailing
  • Final test of packaged devices