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Cleanroom

Modern cleanroom: cleanroom laboratories over 2 floors
Cleanroom class: ISO 4 – 6
White area: 700 m²

Micro- and nanotechnology made in Jena

With its clean room, the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology has excellent infrastructural facilities. Technologically, the entire process chain is covered, from design to mask production, lithography, layer production and structuring through to assembly and connection technology and analytics. The quality assurance of core processes is certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001:2015.

Technology portfolio

Combinations of microlithographic top-down processes are available for the production of sensors and chip components:

  • Metallic and dielectric thin-film technologies
  • Microsystems technology (MEMS)
  • Wafer-scale nanolithography based on electron beam lithography

Lithography

  • Electron beam lithography
  • Optical lithography
    • Mask Aligner
    • Maskless Aligner
    • Wafer stepper

Thin film deposition

  • Evaporation, sputtering, CVD, ALD
  • Metals: Au, Ag, Al, Ti, Nb, Cr, …
  • Dielectrics: SiO2, Al2O3, Si3N4, TiO2, …

Structuring

  • Plasma etching (RIE, IBE, RIBE, ICP)
  • Wet etching
  • Lift Off

Microscopy and analytics

  • SEM, FIB and optical microscopy
  • AFM and ellipsometry

Structure and connection technology

  • Sawing > Dicing
  • Wire bonding

Cleanroom

  • 700m² ISO class 4 (on 2 floors)
  • From single chips up to 6″ wafer size