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Figure 1-6 Alternate Main Screen Menus

Because Main Menu 3 provides access to functions that can completely redefine a
process, it is available only when the process is stopped.

Spend some time now moving between the three menus. Pay particular attention
to the effects that the Main Menu 2 selections have on the display. We will cover
the setup parameters of Main Menu 3 in the Building a Process section.

1.7 Thin Film Deposition Overview

The SQC-310 stores the recipes, and provides the operating functions, required to
control thin film deposition processes. A typical thin film deposition cycle is shown
in

Figure 1-7

.

Figure 1-7 Typical Thin Film Deposition Cycle

Main Menu 1 Main Menu 2 Main Menu 3

Next

Layer

Start

Zero

Auto /

Manual

Next

Menu

Quick

Edit

Start

Next

Layer

Sensor

Info

Next

Display

Next

Graph

Next

Menu

Start

System

Menu

Film

Menu

Process

Menu

Next

Menu

Zero the thickness

reading on all

channels.

Switch between PID

and Manual power

control.

Access the most

commonly edited

settings.

Select the next layer

in the process.

Start or Stop the

selected layer.

Switch graph between

rate, deviation, and

power.

Switch the readout

below the graph.

Display detailed

sensor information.

Select the next layer

in the process.

Start or Abort the

process.

Start the selected

layer.

Modify instrument

related settings.

Create or edit films to

be used as layers.

Create or edit process

layers.

Third menu available only

when process is stopped.

Main Menu 1 Main Menu 2 Main Menu 3

Layer

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