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Homework Assignment

Thermal Oxidation

Reading: Chapter 3 of Jaeger (1st or 2nd edition)

Show And Tell: Print and assemble the "Chris Pister" silicon polyhedron (pdf)

Questions:

Note: When problem number  in the 2nd edition of the book differs from the 1st edition, the corresponding 2nd edition number is shown in parenthesis.

Q1-5: Problems 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4(3.14), 3.5(3.11)

Q6: Problem 3.6(3.19) with changes indicated below:

Use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel for the calculation. 

Set up a table like the one below.

 

Dry

 

Wet

 

Temp

Linear

Parabolic

Linear

Parabolic

950

 

 

 

 

1000

 

 

 

 

1050

 

 

 

 

1100

 

 

 

 

1150

 

 

 

 

1200

 

 

 

Q7-8: Problems 3.7(3.13), 3.8(3.18)

Q9: Problem 3.9(3.20) with changes indicated below:

Use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel for the calculation. 

Set up a table like the one below. 

Oxide thickness

0.5 microns

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry

 

Wet

 

Temp

<100>

<111>

<100>

<111>

950

 

 

 

 

1000

 

 

 

 

1050

 

 

 

 

1100

 

 

 

 

1150

 

 

 

 

1200