Electrostatic Training for Micron Nampa Idaho
Introduction - In this proposal, LBL Scientific in collaboration with StaticTech proposes to deliver a training course on The Impact and Mitigation of Electrostatic Charge in the Semiconductor Cleanroom with emphasis on the hardware at Micron Nampa.
The single most important element in an ESD Control Program is training. If the engineers and technicians do not appreciate the reasons for the control program elements, they will not follow them. If the production workers do not know why the program is needed or its importance, they will not follow it. This course is intended to provide that appreciation.
General Organization - The course will be delivered in two segments, each a half day. Each will be delivered twice in a day so that the day shift and night shift can both be trained. The two days of training will be on successive days,. The second segment will include a brief workshop allowing the attendees to interact with the ESD test equipment.
Audience - It is recommended that technicians, process engineers and tool engineers attend the course. The course will be useful to management attendees as well. It will be important for Micron to specify which of these groups will attend so that the training can be tailored to the audience. In the syllabus below, boldface entrees are intended for engineers rather than technicians. If the audience is strictly technicians, a less mathematical treatment will be presented. One option is for managers to attend the second segment only because the second segment begins with a brief summary of segment 1.
The single most important element in an ESD Control Program is training. If the engineers and technicians do not appreciate the reasons for the control program elements, they will not follow them. If the production workers do not know why the program is needed or its importance, they will not follow it. This course is intended to provide that appreciation.
General Organization - The course will be delivered in two segments, each a half day. Each will be delivered twice in a day so that the day shift and night shift can both be trained. The two days of training will be on successive days,. The second segment will include a brief workshop allowing the attendees to interact with the ESD test equipment.
Audience - It is recommended that technicians, process engineers and tool engineers attend the course. The course will be useful to management attendees as well. It will be important for Micron to specify which of these groups will attend so that the training can be tailored to the audience. In the syllabus below, boldface entrees are intended for engineers rather than technicians. If the audience is strictly technicians, a less mathematical treatment will be presented. One option is for managers to attend the second segment only because the second segment begins with a brief summary of segment 1.
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presenting to Process Engineers in Tainan Taiwan.
Workshop - The workshop will involve all of the instrumentation normally used in ESD control, including the measurement of static charge, electric fields, electrical resistance, impulsive (ESD induced) EMI and ionizer performance. Both LBL Scientific (Larry Levit) and with the StaticTech (James Dull) will be available to help to coach the attendees as they familiarize themselves with the instrumentation.
The Instructor - Larry Levit Ph.D. has a Ph.D. in physics and is a NARTE-certified ESD engineer. He has delivered hundreds of seminars and training courses on ESD control programs on three continents. He is proud of the fact that professional organizations have invited him back year after year. Many companies have used him to train production workers. He is one of the two members of the ESD Associtation certified to deliver the “ESD in the Cleanroom” tutorial for the NARTE ESD Engineer and Technician certification programs.
One reason for his success in training stems from his experience as a university professor teaching both highly technical courses to engineers and scientists as well as teaching fundamentals to non technical students. He has taught various courses t at Case Western Reserve University, Louisiana State University and the Napa Valley Junior college.
The Instructor - Larry Levit Ph.D. has a Ph.D. in physics and is a NARTE-certified ESD engineer. He has delivered hundreds of seminars and training courses on ESD control programs on three continents. He is proud of the fact that professional organizations have invited him back year after year. Many companies have used him to train production workers. He is one of the two members of the ESD Associtation certified to deliver the “ESD in the Cleanroom” tutorial for the NARTE ESD Engineer and Technician certification programs.
One reason for his success in training stems from his experience as a university professor teaching both highly technical courses to engineers and scientists as well as teaching fundamentals to non technical students. He has taught various courses t at Case Western Reserve University, Louisiana State University and the Napa Valley Junior college.
Levit at an ESD conference
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Levit at Sematech's ATDF
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James Dull has worked in the static control industry for 17 years having provided static auditing and ionizer maintenance to a variety of high technology firms including Micron. His emphasis has been in cleanrooms. He will support the workshop phase of the course.
Test – Some companies require that the attendees take a short examination to assure that the training was a success. If such a multiple choice examination is required, LBL Scientific can provide it along with a key. It will be the responsibility of Micron to grade the exams (typically done by Human Resources). The exam is quoted as a separate line item.
Hardware demonstrations – The second half of the course will introduce a variety of instruments. It is expected that Micron will supply a digital sampling oscilloscope (500 MHz or more bandwidth and 2 GS/s or greater sampling rate), a charge plate monitor and an electrostatic field meter. Also for the seminar, a resistivity meter, a Faraday Cup, a simple resistance checker, an EMI detector and several samples will be provided by LBL Scientific. At the end of the second session after the instruments have been demonstrated, they will be available for the students to interact with under the supervision of the instructor.
Travel Costs – Travel expenses will be billed against actual expenses. For the purpose of budgeting, estimates are provided in the quotation below.
Additional Sites – There would be a financial advantage to Micron if a second site was added to the agenda. The seminar development (included in the cost of day 1) and the travel could be shared thus making the cost per site somewhat lower.
Test – Some companies require that the attendees take a short examination to assure that the training was a success. If such a multiple choice examination is required, LBL Scientific can provide it along with a key. It will be the responsibility of Micron to grade the exams (typically done by Human Resources). The exam is quoted as a separate line item.
Hardware demonstrations – The second half of the course will introduce a variety of instruments. It is expected that Micron will supply a digital sampling oscilloscope (500 MHz or more bandwidth and 2 GS/s or greater sampling rate), a charge plate monitor and an electrostatic field meter. Also for the seminar, a resistivity meter, a Faraday Cup, a simple resistance checker, an EMI detector and several samples will be provided by LBL Scientific. At the end of the second session after the instruments have been demonstrated, they will be available for the students to interact with under the supervision of the instructor.
Travel Costs – Travel expenses will be billed against actual expenses. For the purpose of budgeting, estimates are provided in the quotation below.
Additional Sites – There would be a financial advantage to Micron if a second site was added to the agenda. The seminar development (included in the cost of day 1) and the travel could be shared thus making the cost per site somewhat lower.
