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--- cleaning [2013/02/27 07:25] – mcmaster
+++ cleaning [2013/11/17 07:18] (current) – mcmaster
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 Optics cleaning gives a lot of general guidelines on cleaning, consider consulting a textbook for more detail.
 ====== Choice of solvent ======
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   * Alcohols, especially isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol) and ethanol
   * Acetone
+====== JM chip cleaning procedure as of 03/09/2013 ======
+  * Fill 10 mL glass vial w/ polyprolyene cap about 2/3 full with acetone
+    * Glass has better acoustic coupling than plastic and removes a lot more
+  * Place chip in above vial and sonicate for 1 minute
+  * Empty acetone out into second identical vial, leaving the chip behind
+  * Fill 50 mL polypropylene (PP) vial with 30 mL water + detergent
+    * glass vial would probably work just as well if not better
+  * Shake chip from glass vial into PP vial
+  * Sonicate for 1 minute
+  * Pour solution from 50 mL PP into second identical PP, leaving chip behind
+  * Flood chip with water in vial, letting it fill past the top and refilling a few times until all suds are removed
+  * Fill another 50 mL PP with 30 mL acetone
+  * Shake chip from empty suds vial into final wash acetone vial
+  * Sonicate for one minute
+  * Pour most of acetone, leaving a few drops, into yet another 50 mL bottle
+  * With lid closed, shake chip so that its near mouth of vial with die facing up
+    * Alternatively carefully slosh it up there before pouring
+  * Use carbon fiber tweezers to grab die and place face up in PP sealable petri dish
+  * Seal petri dish
+Other notes:
+  * All vials are labeled to easily tell apart solutions
+  * The final acetone vial should have a flat surface near the lid to make it easy to grab
+  * Don't use the same acetone solution or vial for the initial and final wash
 ====== Ultrasound ======
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   * Higher initial cost than other techniques presented here
   * Takes a few minutes (but hopefully you aren't THAT impatient)
+===== Choice of container =====
+{{::cleaning:ultrasound:corner_noultra.jpg?300|}}
+{{::cleaning:ultrasound:corner_ultra.jpg?300|}}
+Using a glass container with strong ultrasound cleans the chip well, but may be stronger than needed.  Above left: chip from lot that was not ultrasonic cleaned.  Above right: chip from same lot that was ultrasonic cleaned for 1 minute in glass 10 mL vial.  The corners have been chipped off
 ===== Case study =====
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 Shame on you if you picked up a die with your bare hands but things do happen.  Acetone does not clean off fingerprints very well but soapy water does.  The above picture was taken after putting a fingerprint on a slide and sonicating in acetone for a few minutes.  It has little to no effect.  Fingerprint oils do not respond to polarized light (ie will black out).
 ===== Polymide passivation =====
-Can be removed with strong acids (eg RFNA).  Still, does not come off easily so other methods should be researched.
+General reccomendations:
+  * Oxygen plasma is probably best if you have access to it
+  * If you can deal with safety issues, ethylendiamine may be next best
+  * Fuming nitric aicd works but takes a while.  This can potentially cause chip damage but shouldn't hurt Cu/Al if you keep the concentration high
+  * Piranha eats it quickly but it eats other metals nearly as quickly so its probably best avoided
+==== Ethylendiamine ====
 "find a polyimide layer that was not entirely removed by HNO3 but which can be dissolved with ethylendiamine" ([[http://static.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/smartcard99/full_papers/kommerling/kommerling_html/|ref]])
+Rest from [Beck 23]
+Procedure:
+  * Use straight (how much?)
+  * 100° C for 15-60
+==== Ethylendiamine + hydrazine monohydrate ====
+"Ethylenediamine readily reacts with moisture in humid air to produce a corrosive, toxic and irritating mist, to which even short exposures can cause serious damage to health (see safety)." [Wikipedia]
+From [Beck 23].  Use this if plain ethylendiamine does not work.  Unclear if it has a higher corrosion potential, but heed the safety warning
+Procedure:
+  * Mix (how much?)
+    * 7 mL 80% hydrazine monohydrate
+    * 1 mL ethylendiamine
+  * 100° C for 15-60?
+Notes:
+  * WARNING: spontaneous combustion can occur over 120° C
+==== Ethylendiamine + hydrazine monohydrate ====
+[Beck 23]
+Procedure:
+  * Mix
+    * 3 mL ethylendiamine
+    * 1 mL 98% acetic acid
+  * Cook 120-130° C for 10-30 minutes
+Notes:
+  * Mix slowly (or what?)
+  * Stir vigorously
+==== Caro's acid ====
+[Beck 23]
+Procedure:
+  * Mix
+    * 7 mL (98%?) H2SO4
+    * 1 mL 30% H2O2
+  * Cook at 80° C
+Notes:
+  * Seems like this is same thing as [[Piranha solution]]?  In any case see notes there
+==== Fuming nitric acid (FNA) ====
+When decapping part with WFNA/RFNA the amide layer will usually be simply dissolved [Beck 23, personal experience]
+Beck mentions "imide"?
+==== Oxygen plasma ====
+"Polymides can usually be removed gently without leaving residues by incineration in the oxygen plasma" [Beck 23]
+==== Dimethyl sulphoxide + ethanolamine ====
+[Beck 23]
+Procedure:
+  * Mix
+    * 3 mL dimethyl sulphoxide
+    * 1 mL part ethanolamine
+  * Cook at 110° C
+WARNING:
+  *  Spontaneous combustion above 120° C