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- 6.152j
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EECS course "Microelectronic Processing Technology." Prerequisite for Using the Microsystems Technology Laboratories' fabrication facilities.
A
- Admin
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Shorthand for "administrative assistant."
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Another term shown on glossary page.
- AO
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Administrative Officer
B
- Booties
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Shoe covers
- Bunnysuits
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White suits worn in cleanrooms. Also known as cleanroom suits and cleanroom gowns.
C
- CAD
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Computer-Aided Design
- ChemE
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Department of Chemical Engineering (Link)
- CHP
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Chemical Hygiene Plan
- CICS
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Center for Integrated Circuits and Systems (Link)
- CIM
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Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- CMOS
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Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- CMP
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Chemical-Mechanical Polishing
- CORAL
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Common Object Representation for Advanced Laboratories. Suite of software tools designed to help with the management and operation of MTL. (Link)
D
- DACCA
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Consolidated Salary Expense Analysis (a monthly payroll report)
- DICS
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Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems
- DLC
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Departments, Labs, and Centers
- DMSE
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Link)
- DOT
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Department of Transportation
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- EBL
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Electron Beam Lithography Laboratory
- EDA
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Electronic Design Automation
- EECS
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Link)
- EHS
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Environmental Health & Safety Office. Overseers of safety policy at MIT. Also known as EH&S. (Link)
- EML
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Exploratory Materials Laboratory. Located on fifth floor of Building 39. Broad range of devices fabricated here.
- EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
- ERT
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Emergency Response Team
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- Fab
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Shorthand term for Fabrication Facilities
- FFA
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Fabrication Facilities Access (Link)
- FO
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Fiscal Officer
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I
- IAB
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Industrial Advisory Board (Link)
- ICL
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Integrated Circuits Laboratory. Located on second floor of Building 39. Class 10 cleanroom. CMOS and CMOS-compatible devices fabricated here.
- Identicard
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Thin plastic card with magnetic stripe. These cards are used for access to lab and other restricted areas. (Link)
- Identicard form
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Form used for requesting and updating a user's lab/restricted area access.
- ITRC
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Intelligent Transportation Research Center
J
M
- Machine Charge Chart
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Matrix detailing what the usage rates are for MTL equipment. (Link)
- MechE
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Department of Mechanical Engineering (Link)
- MEMS
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Micro-electro Mechanical Systems
- MEMS@MIT
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MEMS@MIT is a research group focusing on MEMS.
- MIG
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Microsystems Industrial Group (Link)
- MIT
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Link)
- MOSFET
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Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
- MSD
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Materials, Structures and Devices Focus Center
- MSDS
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Material Safety Data Sheets
- MTL
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Microsystems Technology Laboratories
- MUMMS
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MTL-NANO User Machine Management System (Link)
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P
- PI
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Principal Investigator
- Process Flow Matrix
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Matrix made by the PTC to illustrate MTL machine capabilities. (Link)
- Process Unit
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Measurement used within MTL to determine cost of machine usage and process variables.
- PTC
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Process Technology Committee
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S
- Safety Diamond
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Symbol used by the NFPA to classify various hazard ratings. The diamond is broken into four sections. Numbers in the three colored sections range from 0 (least severe hazard) to 4 (most severe hazard). The fourth (white) section is left blank and is used only to denote special fire fighting measures/hazards. also known as the NFPA Safety Diamond.
- Si
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Symbol for the element silicon
- SOE
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School of Engineering. Also abbreviated as SoE. (Link)
- SOI
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Silicon-on-Insulator
- SOP
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Standard Operating Procedure
- SPR
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Semiconductor Process Representation
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- TCAD
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Technology Computer-Aided Design
- TNA
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Training Needs Assessment
- TRL
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Technology Research Laboratories. Located on fourth floor of Building 39. Class 100 cleanroom. CMOS-compatible, optoelectronic, MEMS devices fabricated here.
U
V
- VLSI
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Very-Large-Scale Integration
- VLSI Seminars
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Semi-weekly seminar series held in the spring and fall, hosted by MTL. (Link)
W
- Wafer
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A small thin circular slice of a semiconducting material, such as pure silicon or quartz, on which an integrated circuit can be formed.