In-situ plasma cleaner for SEM, FIB, XPS, ALD, EUVL, and other high vacuum chambers.

In-situ plasma cleaner for SEM, TEM, FIB system — EM-KLEEN

In-situ plasma cleaner for EBI, EBR and CD-SEM system — SEMI-KLEEN

Portable controller for remote plasma source — 75W portable controller

EM-KLEEN and SEMI-KLEEN plasma cleaner and 75W portable controller

CF4, SF6 and hydrogen remote plasma source — SEMI-KLEEN Sapphire

UHV compatible plasma cleaner — SEMI-KLEEN UHV

150W controller for remote plasma source — 150W rack mount controller

SEMI-KLEEN Sapphire, SEMI-KLEEN UHV remote plasma source and 150W controller

SEMI-KLEEN and EM-KLEEN series remote plasma cleaners were based on the high efficiency inductively coupled plasma (ICP) discharge technology developed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Our patent-pending Turbo Discharge™ technology further improves the plasma strength by as much as 3X compared with traditional ICP discharge technology.

Typical applications:

In-situ sample cleaning for FE-SEM, FIB, and TEM
Contamination removal for semiconductor equipment, such as CD-SEM, EBR, EBI, EUVL
High vacuum chamber cleaning to remove water, hydrocarbon, and fluorocarbon contamination, reduce the pump-down time
Sample cleaning for XPS, SIMS, AES
Sample cleaning for ALD and epi-growth after organic solvent cleaning

EM-KLEEEN in-situ plasma cleaner installed on Zeiss Gemini SEM — Plasma cleaner for Zeiss Gemini SEM

EM-KLEEN downstream plasma cleaner for ThermoFisher (FEI) SEM and FIB system. — EM-KLEEN on Thermo Fisher (FEI) SEM/FIB

EM-KLEEN in-situ plasma cleaner installed on JEOL FESEM — EM-KLEEN for JEOL FE-SEM

EM-KLEEN plasma cleaner for Hitachi FESEM — EM-KLEEN on Hitachi SEM

EM-KLEEN in-situ plasma cleaner for TESCAN SEM and FIB — Plasma cleaner for TESCAN SEM/FIB

SEMI-KLEEN remote plasma source for XPS equipment — Plasma cleaner for XPS system

SmartClean™ technology developed by PIE Scientific combines the most advanced plasma discharge technology in nuclear research and the semiconductor industry. EM-KLEEN and Semi-KLEEN plasma cleaners are far more advanced than previous generations of plasma cleaners. Our plasma cleaner can beat competitors on any specification. In addition, many unique features are only available on our products.

In-situ plasma cleaning for InGaAs samples before ALD and epi-growth — More accurate surface analsysis and better interface matching in ALD

Plasma cleaning improves the image contrast of SEM images — Plasma cleaning improves image contrast, reduce charging instability

Plasma cleaning remove carbon deposition on SEM images — No hydrocarbon buildup even in 10-minute long scan

Introduction:

SEMI-KLEEN and EM-KLEEN series plasma cleaner provide a gentle plasma cleaning solution for contamination control in high vacuum systems, such as SEM, FIB, AES, XPS, ALD, EUVL, etc. It consists of a controller and a remote plasma source. A remote plasma source should be installed on the vacuum chamber to be cleaned. The controller provides the RF power to the remote plasma source. It breaks down the process gas such as oxygen, hydrogen, or other gas mixtures and generates reactive radicals. Radical species will then diffuse into the chamber to be cleaned and react with the contaminants. The byproducts are usually low molecule weight, high vapor pressure molecules that can be easily pumped away. Remote plasma cleaner can clean vacuum systems and samples at the same time. Option to support aggressive and sometimes corrosive plasma such as H2, NF3, CF4, NH3 is available.

EM-KLEEN in-situ plasma cleaner — EM-KLEEN

SEMI-KLEEN downstream plasma cleaner — SEMI-KLEEN Quartz

SEMI-KLEEN Sapphire remote plasma source — SEMI-KLEEN Sapphire

EM-KLEEN vs SEMI-KLEEN

EM-KLEEN plasma cleaner provides an affordable contamination removal solution for SEM, FIB, XPS systems. SEMI-KLEEN remote plasma source is designed to meet the tough requirement from semiconductor industry. SEMI-KLEEN plasma cleaner has the upgrade option to eliminate nanometer scale particle generation—-a feature that is critical for semiconductor capital equipment. Automatic impedance matching option is only available for SEMI-KLEEN Series plasma cleaner. SEMI-KLEEN plasma cleaner is very versatile. It can be configured to include sapphire tube option for aggressive process gases such as H2, NF3, CF4 and NH3. We also provide custom design service based on SEMI-KLEEN plasma cleaner to meet specific application requirements. For example, SEMI-KLEEN plasma cleaner can be used for etching and deposition on ALD systems.

Principle of in-situ plasma cleaning for SEM, FIB and TEM system — Principle of remote plasma cleaning for SEM, FIB, TEM and other high vacuum systems

Video presentation:

Principle of remote plasma cleaning for SEM, FIB and the method of operation. The operation of EM-KLEEN and SEMI-KLEEN is the same.

Downstream Plasma Cleaners

In-situ plasma cleaner for SEM, FIB, XPS, ALD, EUVL, and other high vacuum chambers.

Typical applications:

Introduction:

EM-KLEEN vs SEMI-KLEEN

Video presentation:

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