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Into Return box 2 in MyCourses.
PowerPoint presentation is a very welcome form for submitting the exercises.

2. Q1: Thin film vs. epitaxy
Explore how thin film deposition and epitaxy are related.
What are the similarities ?
What are the differences ?
Materialswise ?
Equipmentwise ?
Applicationwise ?
Fundamentally ?

3. Q2: Resistivity and resistor
a) What are the resistivities of the two tantalum films of Fig. 5.1 ? Why are they different ?
b) Resistor design: choose one of the tantalum films and make a 10 kOhm resistor out of it using a 3 µm linewidth process. How long is the resistor ?

4. Q3: Polysilicon resistor
Circuit designer has reserved 100x100 µm area for a resistor. If the resistor is made of polysilicon, and minimum linewidth is 3 µm, what are the largest and the smallest resistance values that can be obtained ?

5. Q4: Silicon wafers
Silicon wafers were delivered to you during the lecture.
Study (from Introduction to Microfabrication and other sources) properties of these wafers:
Measure the thickness of your wafer !
Assuming the wafer is n++ with arsenic dopant, how many grams of arsenic is there in the wafer ? n++ ? Read the textbook!
If USA from New York to Los Angeles was polished to same finish as the silicon wafer, how high would the highest mountains be ?
Before the silicon wafer was taken out of the box, how many particles and what size were there on the wafer ?
What was the problem with the wafer, i.e. why did Okmetic donate it to teaching and not sell to a customer ? You should list at least 5 possible reasons.

6. Q5: PECVD deposition
If silane (SiH4) flow in a single wafer PECVD reactor is 5 cm3/min (also known as sccm), under standard temperature and pressure, what is the theoretical maximum deposition rate of amorphous silicon on a 150 mm wafer ? Calculate via the number of atoms: gas molecules flow into reactor, and solid film grows on wafer. In the end, explain which processes reduce the deposition rate from the theoretical maximum, and give a guess of a practical deposition rate.