The All-in-One Cluster Solution

The scia Cluster 200 is a modular platform for coating, etching, and cleaning processes based on advanced ion beam and plasma technologies. A cluster uses multiple identical process chambers to achieve a significant throughput increase, or integrates different process technologies for sequential process steps on a single wafer without a vacuum break.

The scia Cluster 200 system can be configured individually for each customer's application, allowing up to five process chambers and one or two load locks to be installed around the central transfer chamber.

Benefits of a Cluster System

Modular platform with multiple processes in one system or several identical process chambers

Highest flexibility, choosing from an extensive technology portfolio for deeply customized solutions

Scalable platform with individual chamber quantity for increased throughput and efficient production

Less contamination and reduced total cycle time by continuous process chain without vacuum interruption

Lower total cost of ownership with smaller footprint and less utility consumption

Easy-to-use software for centralized recipe-based cross-chamber processing, boosting efficiency and flexibility

You have the choice

Multi-process cluster

  • Multiple process chambers with different processes
  • Cost-effective & scalable production with high consistency and efficiency
  • Several process steps can run sequentially or in parallel on the platform
  • Less contamination by substrate movement without air exposure
  • Reduces process time and increases yield

scia Cluster 200 - the all-in-one multi-process cluster solution

Single-process cluster

  • All process chambers perform the same process
  • High reliability and volume production for processes requiring critical uptime and throughput
  • Increased throughput by simultaneous processing across multiple chambers
  • Process consistency in quality and uniformity

Single-process clusters are available for all our core technologies

CORE TECHNOLOGY MODULES

(Dual) Ion Beam Deposition (DIBD)

Dense, uniform, and defectfree coating of metals, dielectric materials and multilayers

Magnetron Sputtering

Precise and efficient deposition of piezoelectric layers, electrode materials and electrical insulation

Electron Beam Evaporation (EBE)

Ultra-pure coatings from up to 12 evaporation materials for glancing angle deposition (GLAD) and metallization

Ion Beam Etching (IBE)

Structuring, patterning, delayering and smoothing of any material, also for reactive etching (RIBE/CAIBE)

Ion Beam Trimming (IBT)

Localized frequency and film thickness trimming for dimensional correction with Ånstrom precision

ADD-ON MODULES

(Plasma-Enhanced) Atomic Layer Deposition (PE-ALD)

Conformal low temperature coating of nitrides, carbides, standard oxides, metal seeds and dielectrics

Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)

Plasma-assisted reactive process for deposition of encapsulation layers

Pre-Cleaning with Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)

Physically and chemically etching process to improve surface quality

CUSTOMIZED ADDITIONS

  • Integrated measurement systems
  • Third-party chambers

LOADING OPTIONS

  • 4-port handling unit with 1 cassette load lock for up to 3 chambers
  • 7-port handling unit with 2 cassette load locks for up to 5 chambers

Application Examples

Photo masks for nanoimprint lithography
Passivation layers for sensor technology
Josephson Junctions for quantum computing
Research & development

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