[labnetwork] LED lights in photosensitive areas - yellow lens needed?

[Dennis Grimard]

Frank:

LED’s do emit in the UV … see spectral response below … thus they need filters …

These are for 4000K and 5000K LED’s.

The lower the temperature the broader the spectral output in the visible range and the lower the peak output is in the 400 to 450 nm range.  There is also a shift to the visible for the lower temperatures towards higher wavelengths (toward 500 nM).

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4000K

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5000K

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From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Nava Ariel-Sternberg
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 3:07 PM
To: 'Frank Gavin' <fgavin at wafabintl.com>; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: Re: [labnetwork] LED lights in photosensitive areas - yellow lens needed?

Hi Frank,

We have installed LED lights in our litho area and heard the same claim but we checked with photoresist manufacturers and their recommendation was to have amber filers and block all wavelength below 500nm.

Although LED lights do not emit in the UV, some of the photoresists are sensitive to the lower part of the visible range.

We ended up purchasing amber plastic filters and installed them on top of the LED lights.

Hope this helps,

Nava


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From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu<mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu> [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Frank Gavin
Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 12:58 PM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu<mailto:labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu>
Subject: [labnetwork] LED lights in photosensitive areas - yellow lens needed?

Hello everyone

We are suppliers of wet process equipment and one of our vendors of HEPA and ULPA fan/filter units tells us that we do not need to add yellow lens covers over LED light because such lights do not emit ultraviolet light.  I am always suspicious of simple convenient solutions so I want to put this statement out to this learned community and learn if this statement is true.  Perhaps some members have experience using LED lights in photosensitive areas of their fab and would care to comment?


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