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SURF-CAL PSL standards for selected SSIS workflows

Use SURF-CAL when the deposition system requires selected high-concentration PSL nodes, then confirm concentration, size, lot and compatibility directly with Applied Physics.

Intended role

Pre-mixed PSL for selected SSIS deposition workflows

Current Applied Physics SURF-CAL content describes selected PSL size nodes in a 50 mL bottle, prepared at high concentration for scanning surface inspection system calibration and monitoring workflows.

Product boundary: SURF-CAL is a suspension input for deposition or SSIS work. It is not itself a finished particle wafer standard.
Current profile

Family-level attributes

Because legacy pages contain inconsistent concentration text, the quotation and current lot documentation must control.
AttributeCurrent Applied Physics description
Bottle volume50 mL
MediumFiltered deionized water
Concentration pathwaysSelected high-concentration options are described; the live page contains legacy inconsistencies that must be confirmed by quote
ApplicationPeriodic size checks, monitoring and deposition for SSIS workflows
DocumentationCertificate with lot-specific calibration and traceability information
Requirement map

What Applied Physics needs to know

  • SSIS manufacturer and model.
  • Wafer deposition system or method.
  • Required particle size nodes.
  • Required concentration option.
  • Wafer diameter and substrate.
  • Monitoring frequency and target counts.
  • Certificate and comparison requirements.
Choose suspension or finished wafer

Two commercial pathways

SURF-CAL suspension

Customer operates a compatible deposition method and needs selected PSL concentration/size nodes.

Calibration wafer standard

Customer needs a delivered wafer artifact with defined deposition pattern, particle nodes and counts.

Review SURF-CAL Review finished wafer standards

Applied Physics technical pathway

Match the standard to the measurement—not the other way around.

Send the instrument, medium, target size, concentration, certificate and packaging requirements to Applied Physics for a technical recommendation.