Terry Manchester Email & Phone Number

Los Gatos, California, United States

Milpitas, Ca

Thin film head manufacturing engineering

San Jose, Ca

GaN power transistor start-up company- Lithography process development and characterization - Lithography Process integration - Metrology - Process control - Sustaining and troubleshooting

San Jose, Ca

LED process development, Die Development Responsible for photo-lithography and metrology of LED process and wafer scale packaging- Developed and integrated 1X scanning projection lithography for chip scale packaging to reduce cost on existing tool set in manufacturing - Mix-and-matched to 5X reduction wafer stepper for best possible overlay performance - Implemented statistical process control (SPC) with corrective actions- Transferred processes to offshore manufacturing

Engineering Associate assigned to Philips Lumileds for LED process developmentIntegrated wafer stepper technology into LED process enabling next generation processes with tightened overlay, CD (Critical Dimension) control and high throughput

Photo-lithography process engineer responsible for integrating state-of-the-art ASML and Canon wafer steppers, step-and-scan tools, and associated processes - Successfully managed multi-million dollar wafer steppers down to 45nm resolution- Transferred processes in development to full-scale manufacturing supported by capability studies- Pioneered automatic process control (APC) and implemented layer-to-layer overlay corrections reducing errors from manual data handling by 80%- Saved company over $100,000 per year by eliminating pilot wafers at masking operations resulting in 40% reduction of error rates and resulting reworks- Continually improved overlay performance down to 13nm layer-to-layer- Key member of lithography tool selection team evaluating equipment for purchase- Established process and tool performance specifications- Performed process and tool performance characterization, modeling and optimization

Member Technical Staff, Sr. Engineer, Process Engineer Photo-lithography, solid-state diffusion, oxidation, doping and cleaning - Evaluated tool performance (vendor demonstrations) resulting in purchase of multi-million dollar process equipment for research and development facility and international manufacturing sites- Negotiated acceptance test specifications with tool vendors- Developed tool recipes for new products allowing tool mix-and-match and maximizing die yields - Established operation and periodic maintenance procedures and specifications- Trained engineers, technicians and operators on running and interpreting performance monitors- Set up and used statistical process control (SPC) methods leading to detection and correction of out-of-control and out-of-specification conditions followed by corrective actions- Studied and reduced product scrap and rework rates - Improved wafer track and photo resist processes for better CD control, increased depth of focus and exposure latitude- Set up chrome on glass wafer process for reticle repeating defect inspection and detection- Brought in and established processes on digitally controlled oxidation, diffusion, and alloy furnaces, pre-diffusion clean sinks and 1st (FSI) acid processors - Performed characterizations, modeling and optimization- Determined and set specifications to meet tool capabilities and product requirements- Process and tool troubleshooting and sustaining