May 24th, 2013

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Training Programs

Training Program Overview

The purchase of the AFP tool includes 5 days of installation and training. In addition it includes 5 days acceptance procedure once installed.
Level 1: For Tool Owners and Service Representatives (two weeks).
  1. AFP Components; Performance presentation (AFP heads, active vibration table, acoustic enclosure, A-Zoom, mechanical calibers, controllers ...).
  2. AFM fundamentals (close loop piezo positioning, imaging, image filtering, contact and non-contact feedback mode, tip handling and tip exchange, laser alignment).
  3. Sample Preparation (AFP specific sample preparation tutorial with tool interaction).
  4. Sample Navigation; how to mark a sample, how to locate a mark with the AF, and how to use the SNAP stage.
  5. Probing operation ( working with multiple and multiple groups of AFP heads, MultiScan, image overlay, I-BOX ramping, PicoCurrent imaging with multiple heads, transistor theory, transistor measurements, contact resistance.
  6. Troubleshooting the AFP; Recognize a hardware failure form a user mishandling. Preliminary test to solve a problem.
Level 2: Service and Support Diagnostics
(for Service Representatives only - one week)
This training is also available to advanced users (at an additional cost).
  1. Orthogonality Calibration (grid sample scanning with appropriate scan angles, orthogonality parameters settings).
  2. Calibration Suite diagnostic software. (Static calibration, ramping calibration, NI hardware troubleshooting.)
  3. Leakage in an AFP head. Triax cable.
  4. Built In Self Test. (AFP piezoelectric crystal range, piezoelectric stack coupling characterization, checking the laser alignment adjustments.)
  5. Head defects and their impacts on Image Quality.
  6. Test the environmental impacts on AFP tool (vibration characterization with accelerometer and spectrum analyzer, air conditioning control...). Choosing the optimal location for the instrument.
  7. Instrument Tear Down and Set Up from scratch. Ground loop settings. AFP head handling & shipping cover.