Nigel Coe Email & Phone Number

Ottawa

Chipworks

• Reverse Engineering
• Removing dielectric and metal layers one at a time generating mosaic optical and SEM micrographs at each step to allow the reconstruction of circuit design and fabrication methods for client patent litigation.Process.
• Improved silicon removal process that resulted in an increase in product quality, reduced chemical usage, increased safety and reduced time to generate product.Design
• Developed new handling procedure for small parts that improved product quality, saving cost and increasing quality.Process Engineering
• Wrote procedural documentation for new processes and presented power point document to work group for training in the new procedures.
• Developed a calibration regiment for plasma etchers to match the four units, to determine etch rates and determine a preventive maintenance schedule. Patents

Santa Barbara, CA USA

• Reverse Engineering
• Display backplane analyzed to match design parameters for front plane OLED materials. Design
• Implemented photolithography processes for patterning of metals and dielectric layers.
• Designed CAD layouts for active and passive matrix OLED display photo masks, evaporative shadow masks, laser masks and print screen designs.Process Engineering
• Implemented photolithography and wet and dry etching processes for an OLED pilot line.
• Developed inspection protocols for all stages of the process using optical inspection and thin film thickness interferometry.

Beaverton, OR USA

• Shift engineer responsible for SVG 8600 and 8800 coater and developer tracks: programming, documentation and sustaining production.
• Phase out program engineer for the GCA DSW 4800 4” wafer steppers: programming, documentation and decommissioning.
• Commissioned new metrology equipment. KLA 2552 wafer inspection station, responsible for programming and data analysis.

Etobicoke, ON Canada

• Developed new designs and processes for CdSe AMLCD.
• Designed photo masks and stepper reticules for the display pilot FAB.
• Selected equipment and implemented new photolithography pilot line.
• Provided engineering support and documentation for process development and sustaining of pilot FAB.
• Have three internal patent applications involving the design and manufacture of AMLCDs.
• Member of the technical transfer team, responsible for photolithography design and fabrication.

Ottawa, ON Canada

• Operated and programmed two hydride gas epitaxial reactors, growing custom wavelength GaAsP wafers for LED displays.
• Ran and maintained Ion Implanter making deep junctions silicon implants in GaAs and zinc tellurium implants in multilayered GaAsP wafers.
• Analysis of cross sectional samples of photoresist, metal and semiconductor structures using optical and SEM.
• Member of the Health and Safety Committee.

Diploma, Chemical Technologist (Biochemistry)

Chemical Technologist (Biochemistry), Biochemistry

Biology, General, Incomplete