Skip Navigation
Penn State
NNIN at Penn State

ACADEMIC FEES

NNIN at Penn State Fee Schedule
Location
Academic Rates
 
per hour unless indicated otherwise
Cleanroom Access
MRI Cleanroom (Daily Entrance Fee)
$15.00
Keck Cleanroom (Hourly Rate)
$15.00
EE West Cleanroom (Daily Entrance Fee)
$15.00
 
Photolithography
Litho Bench Left (Preparation Clean Bench I)
MRI
$15.00
Litho Bench Right (Preparation Clean Bench II)
MRI
$15.00
Litho Bay
Keck
included in $15/hour cleanroom rate
Karl Suss MJB3 Contact Aligner
MRI
$15.00
Karl Suss MJB3 Contact Aligner
Keck
included in $15/hour cleanroom rate
Karl Suss MA6 Contact Aligner
MRI
$25.00
Heidelberg DLW66 Laser Writer
MRI
$30.00
Molecular Imprints Imprio 55 Nanoimprinter
MRI
$60.00
Leica EBPG5-HR E-beam
MRI

$100.00/hr for up to 2 hrs

$25/hr for add'l time >2 hrs

GCA 8000 i-Line Stepper
MRI (Sept 2007)
$50.00
L-Edit Mask Design
MRI
$6.00
OAI Deep UV Flood Exposure
MRI
$10.00
Photomasks   Click here for pricing
 
Wet Benches
Acid/Base Poly Bench I & II
MRI
$15.00
Solvent Stainless Steel Bench I & II
MRI
$15.00
Beco Bench (Deep Silicon Wet Etching)
MRI
$20.00
SC1/SC2 Bench (RCA Wafer Clean)
MRI
$20.00
Spin Rinse Dryer - General
MRI
$5.00
 
Thin Film Deposition
Semicore Electron-beam Evaporator (per run)
MRI
$45.00
Kurt Lesker Thermal and Electron-beam Evaporator (per run)
MRI
$42.00
Spec Coatings Thermal Evaporator - Paralyene (per run)
MRI
$42.00
Electroplating System (Technic Inc.)
MRI
$5.00 (6/1/08)
Kurt Lesker CMS-18 DC/RF Sputtering (per hour)
Keck
$35.00
FEI Dual Beam Focusing Ion Beam (per hour)
MRI
$40.00
 
Chemical Vapor Deposition
MRL LPCVD Silicon Nitride
MRI
$45.00
MRL LPCVD Low Temperature Oxide
MRI
$45.00
MRL LPCVD Polysilicon
MRI
$45.00
Applied Materials PECVD Dielectric
MRI
$30.00
Applied Materials PECVD Liquid Precursor
MRI
$30.00
Trion Technologies ICP PECVD Dielectric
EEW
$25.00
Cambridge Nanotech ALD Dielectric (per run)
MRI
$50.00
 
Thermal Processing
Dry Oxidation Furnace
MRI
$40.00
Wet Oxidation Furnace
MRI
$40.00
MRL (Black Max) Annealing Furnace
MRI
$35.00
N-type Diffusion Furnace
MRI
$40.00
P-type Annealing Furnace
MRI
$40.00
Lindberg Blue M Annealing Furnace
MRI
$25.00
Spin-on Dielectric Curing BCB Oven
MRI
$15.00
Rapid Thermal Processing
Keck
included in $15/hour cleanroom fee
Rapid Thermal Annealing System
MRI
$45.00 ($20.00 min. charge)
 
Dry Etching
M4L Plasma Surface Modification
MRI
$12.00
Plasma Therm 720 - Cl & F
MRI
$20.00
Trion Technologies ICP RIE - Cl & F
MRI
$15.00
Applied Materials MERIE Dielectric
MRI
$22.00
Alcatel Deep RIE Silicon (EEW)
EEW
$55.00
Xactix XeF2 Etcher
EEW
$33.00
Technics Micro RIE - O2 & F
Keck
included in $15/hour cleanroom
Ion Mill (per run)
Keck
$40.00
Tegal 6500 HRe Cluster Etch System
MRI
$50.00 ($25.00 min. charge)
 
Chemical Nanofabrication
Glove Box for Self Assembled Monolayer Deposition
MRI
$25.00
PDMS Processing Bench
MRI
no charge
 
 
Smart Materials Processing (full lab access)
$12/hr for access
UHT MP4150 Ceramic Punch
Keck
Carver Heated Platen Press
Keck
Carsten Tape Caster
Keck
Audion Vacuum Sealer
Keck
PTC ceramic cutter
Keck
Mettler balance
Keck
Presco/AMI Screen Printer 645
Keck
Nicon profile projector V-12
Keck
Schneeider & Marguard Ceramic Punch
Keck
RTC Three Zone Infrared Belt Furnace
Keck
New Long Screen Printer
Keck
PTC Isostatic Laminator 4004
Keck
PTC Isostatic Laminator 4012
Keck
Thinky Rotation/Revolution Mixer
Keck
Optical Microscope w/Motic Digital Camera
Keck
Tencor Profilometer
Keck
Process Inspection
Leitz Optical Microscope I
MRI
no charge
Leitz Optical Microscope II
MRI
no charge
Leica Optical Microscope II
Hosler
no charge
Enviromental Scanning Electron Microscope
Hosler
$33.00
JEOL Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope 6700F
Hosler
$40.00
LEO 1530 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
MRI
$42.00
Sputter Coater for Scanning Electron Microscope
MRI
no charge
Process Analysis
CV/IV Station
MRI
$15.00
Four Point Probe
MRI
$15.00
Cryogenic Electronic Test Station (DLTS)
MRI
$15.00
Gaertner Ellipsometer
MRI
$15.00
Nanospec Ellipsometer
MRI
$15.00
Woollam Ellipsometer
EEW
$20.00
Tencor 500 Profilometer (Nanofab)
MRI
$15.00
Wyko Profilometer
MRI
$33.00
Tencor Surfscan 4500 Surface Partical Inspection Analyzer
MRI
$25.00 ($10.00 min. charge)
Tencor Flexis 2320
MRI
$35.00
Nanometrics 8000X SE
MRI
no charge
Chemical Nanostructure Analysis
Witec NSOM/Raman
MRI
$30.00
Omicron NSOM/AFM
MRI
$35.00
Atomic Force Microscopy
Hosler
$33.00
Atomic Force Microscopy
MRL
$33.00
JEOL AFM/STM 4500
MRI
$40.00
Bruker Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
MRI
$30.00
Field Emission Auger Electron Spectrosopy
MRI
$30.00
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
MRI
$30.00
Philips Pro MRD 4-Circle XRD
MRI
$6.00
Staff Time and Training
Staff Assisted Operation
$37.00
New Fab User Orientation/Safety Training
$125.00
Annual Recertification Training   $50.00
Training
per equipment
PZT
PZT Coating less than or equal to 1um
Keck
$285.00
PZT Coating greater than 1um
Keck
$570.00
PZT solution 120 ml of .4 M Mn-PZT 30/70
Keck
$360.00
PZT solution 120-150 ml of 0.2 M LaNiO3 (LNO)
Keck
$245.00
PZT solution 120 ml of 0.4 M PZT 52/48
Keck
$350.00