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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Vito,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Here at ANU ANFF Labs we use the following rules with respect to precious metals:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">All targets (sputter) or precious metals (e-beam evaporator) are owned/purchased by the facility and are accessible to all users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We have calibrated the processes with respect to material usage in both equipment (sputter and e-beam evaporator) and we are charging Pt and Au in
the sputter system <br>
1 AUD/nm and in the e-beam evaporator we started at AUD 1.50/nm and recently reduced it to AUD 1.20/nm as we try to match the generated income from precious metals to their purchase. Btw our e-beam evaporator is a Temescal BJD-2000 with an extended chamber).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Some other facilities are weighing the precious metal before and after every usage and charging the effectively used precious metal. However this adds complexity
of changing target that requires venting the sputter chamber. Also with a sputter system you end with an unusable part of the gold as it erodes unevenly and you end up with a significant amount of scrap.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hope this is helpful,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fouad Karouta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ANFF ACT Node Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ANU-Canberra-Australia
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu">labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu">mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vito Logiudice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 23 December 2014 1:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Labnetwork<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Precious metal targets: how to charge for and keep track of use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">I would be curious to know your thoughts on the following questions regarding precious metal sputter targets:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">1. Who pays for the initial purchase of the target: end user(s) or fab operations?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">2. If the fab owns the target how do you keep track of the amount used per user? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">3. If the user owns the target, is it installed/removed for each run? If it is kept in the chamber, how do you keep non-owners of the target from using it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">4. Any suggestions on how to minimize errors/abuses would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#262626">Vito<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Vito Logiudice MASc, PEng</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Director of Operations, Quantum NanoFab</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">University of Waterloo</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Lazaridis QNC 1207</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Email: </span><a href="mailto:vito.logiudice@uwaterloo.ca"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">vito.logiudice@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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