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208HR High Resolution Sputter Coater

for FESEM Applications

208HR with R-P-T, Rotary-Planetary-Tilting Stage and Thickness Controller

The 208HR High Resolution Sputter Coaters from Cressington offer real solutions to the problems encountered when coating difficult samples for FESEM imaging. FESEM applications need extremely thin, grain-free, uniform coatings to eliminate charging and to improve contrast on low density materials. In order to minimize the effects of grain size the 208HR offers a full range of coating materials and gives unprecedented control over thickness and deposition conditions. The 208HR Turbo Pumped High Vacuum System offers a wide range of operating pressures allowing precise control of both uniformity and conformity of the coating, minimizing charging effects. The HIGH / LOW chamber configuration allows easy adjustment of the distance from target to sample. The MTM-20 High Resolution Thickness Controller has a resolution of better than 0.1nm. This enables precise and reproducible thin coatings, especially in the range of 0.5 - 3nm, a thickness desirable for FESEM applications.

Preferred Coating Materials for FESEM Applications are:

• Pt/Pd: General-purpose high resolution coating material for non-conducting specimens
• Cr: Excellent for semi-conductor materials and high resolution back scattered electron imaging
• Ir: Excellent, virtually grain-free coating material

The 208HR system is available in a number of configurations to enable to deliver the best high resolution coatings for your applications. The208HR can be supplied with a standard rotary backing pump or a dry scroll pump for clean room applications. The standard 208HR includes both Chromium and Platinum/Palladium as target materials. There is also a 208HR Iridium including an Iridium target providing excellent grain-free coating for high resolution FE-SEM imaging on a wide variety of samples.

Main features

• Wide choice of Coating Materials. Magnetron head design and effective gas handling allow a wide choice of target materials.
• Precision Thickness Control. Thickness optimized for FESEM operating voltage using the MTM-20 High Resolution Thickness Controller.
• Multi-angle Stage Movements. Separate rotary, planetary and tilting stage movements ensure uniform coating with excellent conformity, even on highly topographic samples.
• Multiple Sample Holders. Four sample holders are provided to accommodate sample sizes as large as 32mm diameter of up to 6 stubs per holder.
• Variable Chamber Geometry. Chamber geometry is used to adjust deposition rates from 1.0nm/sec to 0.002nm/sec to optimize structure.
• Wide Range of Operating Pressures. Independent power and pressure adjustment allows operation at argon gas pressure range of 0.2 - 0.005 mbar.
• Compact, Modern, Benchtop Design. Space and energy saving design eliminates need for floor space, water or specialized electrical connections.
• Ease of Operation. System operation and setup is very similar to standard sputter coating and does not require additional cleaning compared to ion beam coaters.

208HR High Configuration

R-P-T stage with 4 sample holders

MTM-20 High Resolution Thickness Controller

The complete High Resolution Sputter Coater 208HR is a complete solution and includes: pumping system, Thickness Controller MTM-20, Rotary-Planetary-Tilting sample Stage with 4 sample holders, Cr & Pt/Pd targets or Ir target.

Ordering Information

Prod #	Description	Unit	Price	Order / Quote
8000	208HR High Resolution Sputter Coater for FESEM, 115VAC, 50/60Hz, Cr and Pt/Pd target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:
8000-220	208HR High Resolution Sputter Coater for FESEM, 220VAC, 50/60H, Cr and Pt/Pd target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:
8004	208HR High Resolution Sputter Coater for FESEM, Dry-Pumping System, 115VAC, 50/60Hz, Cr and Pt/Pd target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:
8004-220	208HR High Resolution Sputter Coater for FESEM, Dry-Pumping System, 220VAC, 50/60Hz, Cr and Pt/Pd target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:
Additional systems:
8002	208HR Iridium coater for FESEM, 115VAC, 50/60Hz, Ir target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:
8002-220	208HR Iridium coater for FESEM, 220VAC, 50/60Hz, Ir target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:
8008	208HR Iridium coater for FESEM, Dry Pumping System, 115VAC, 50/60Hz, Ir target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:
8008-220	208HR Iridium coater for FESEM, Dry Pumping System, 220VAC, 50/60Hz, Ir target	each	P.O.R.	Qty:

Specifications for the 208HR High Resolution Sputter Coater
Rotary-Planetary-Tilting and Rotary-Tilting Stages
Sputter Targets
Accessories, Spares and Consumables for 208 Series Coaters
MTM-20 High Resolution Thickness Controller

Ted Pella, Inc has been an authorized distributor for the complete range of Cressington vacuum coating systems for over 15 years. Cressington Scientific Instruments Ltd, based in Watford, UK develops, designs and manufactures vacuum coating systems for scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) specimen preparation and thin film research applications. Core competencies of Cressington are vacuum technology, DC magnetron sputtering technology, electron beam evaporation technology for EM, cryo technology for EM and thermal evaporation. The Cressington products range comprises 108 series sputter coaters for standard SEM sample coating, the 108 series carbon coaters for standard EDX coating, the 208HR for field emission SEM (FESEM) sample coating, the 208C high vacuum turbo carbon coater for TEM/EBSD/microprobe carbon coating and the 308UHR and 308R-EM for ultra high resolution sample coating. The 308R vacuum coating system for thin film applications is based on a compact versatile advanced pumping station which accommodates sputtering, thermal evaporation and electron beam evaporation all in a 12" light weight stainless steel chamber. Cressington takes pride in building products which have excellent quality, are compact bench-top systems and are easy to use.