CORE--FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, AND TESTING SUPPORT

核心单位的研究工程师将是为所有项目设计组装和测试专门知识的中心资源。研究工程师在固态工程实验室(SSEL)拥有超过8年的硅、玻璃和聚合物光刻制造方面的专业知识。人员还具有仪器设计、电路设计和化学加工方面的经验。研究工程师将确保在隔离和集成设备内对组件进行一致的测试和判断。因此，项目之间的组件测试将引用公共基准。核心设施还将允许汇集昂贵的资本资源，这些资源目前存放在不同的实验室，或在几个地点复制成本高昂。核心单位有四个具体目标：1)为所有项目提供光刻制造支持。支持将包括培训和协助SSEL程序以及大规模生产硅片。核心单元人员提供的制造工艺将在每次制造运行的质量控制评估后得到支持。2)为所有项目提供设备组装支持。核心将协助解决所有项目的组装和制造后问题。这将包括流动问题、热和/或质量传输问题以及宏观到微观尺度的对接。将提供生产级组装，包括晶片切割、引线键合、封装粘合和质量评估。3)为所有项目提供标准化试剂、检测方法和运行支持。在每个项目的设计阶段都有核心人员可供咨询。该核心将协助使用生物样本的设备的操作，包括提供经过质量测试的通用试剂。还为实验室仪器提供计算机软件支持。4)提供设备测试的通用平台。核心将允许来自所有项目的学生和研究工程师使用一套通用的测试和分析设备。核心人员将开发仪器电子设备和用于设备测试的统一测试平台。测试平台将在项目过程中不断改进。

The Core Unit research engineers will be a central resource for devise assembly and testing expertise for all Projects. The research engineers have over 8 years of combined expertise in silicon, glass, and polymer photolithographic fabrication at the Solid State Engineering Laboratory (SSEL). Personnel also have experience in instrumentation design, circuit design, and chemical processing. The research engineers will assures that components are tested and judged consistently, both in isolation and within integrated devices. As a consequence, component testing between projects will references a common benchmark. The Core facility will also allow a pooling of expensive capital resources that are currently held in separate laboratories or are expensive to replicate at several locations. The Core Unit has four Specific Aims: 1) Provide photolithographic fabrication support for all Projects. support will include training and assistance in SSEL procedures as well as large-scale production runs of silicon wafers. Fabrication processes provided by the Core Unit personnel will be backed upon quality control assessment of each fabrication run. 2) Provide deice assembly support for all Projects. The Core will assist in solving assembly and post-fabrication problems for all projects. This will include flow problems, heat and/or mass transport problems, and macro-to-micro scale interfacing. Production level assembly will be available, including wafer dicing, wire bonding, package gluing, and quality assessment. 3) Provide standardized reagents, testing methods, and operation support for all Projects. Core personnel are available for consultation in the design phase of each Project. The Core will assist in the operation of the devices using biological samples, including provision of quality tested common reagents. Computer software support for laboratory instrumentation is also provided. 4) Provide a common platform for testing of devices. The Core will allow students and research engineers from all Projects to use a common set of testing and analysis equipment. Core personnel will develop instrumentation electronics and the uniform test platform for device testing. Test platforms will be constantly improved over the course of the project.