Taught by industry professionals, AVS Short courses offer training for technicians, scientists, and engineers in three broad categories:
Vacuum and Equipment Technology— Topics related to vacuum and processing equipment design, operation, and maintenance.
Materials and Interface Characterization— Topics covering chemical, physical, and electrical characterization of films, surfaces, particles, and interfaces.
Materials Processing— Topics covering materials processing, modification, and integration.
Courses that are part of our regularly scheduled 
3-4 offerings a year are noted below.
Alternatively, many AVS courses can be customized through our Onsite Short Courses 
program and taught at your facility.
Don’t see what you are looking for on our current schedule? Then use our Courses by Request 
form to make a request.
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Vacuum and Equipment Technology
Topics related to vacuum and processing
equipment design, operation, & maintenance
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Comprehensive Technology Overviews
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An
Overview of Applied Vacuum Technology
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Fundamentals
of Vacuum Technology |
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Recent
Advances in Vacuum Technology |
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Gauging & Flow Control
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Analysis of Residual Gas Analyzer Spectra |
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Mass Flow
Controllers: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications |
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Partial Pressure
Analysis |
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Total
Pressure Gauging Techniques
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System & Vessel Design
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UHV Design and
Practices |
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Vacuum
Sealing and Joining Techniques |
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Vacuum System
Design |
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Vacuum Vessel
Engineering |
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System & Pump Operation
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Controlling
Contamination in Vacuum Systems |
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Cryopump
Technology |
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Operation &
Maintenance of Vacuum Pumping Systems |
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Process
Specific Pumping Requirements and Design |
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Vacuum Leak
Detection |
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Vacuum Pumps |
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Materials and Interface Characterization
Topics Covering chemical, physical, & electrical characterization of films, surfaces, particles & interfaces
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Characterization Techniques
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A
Comprehensive Course on Surface Analysis by X-Ray
Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA), Auger Electron
Spectroscopy (AES), Focused Ion Beam Analysis (FIB) and
Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS) |
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Atomic
Force and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
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Focused Ion
Beams (FIB) and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) |
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Focused
Ion Beams: Principles and Applications |
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High
Resolution X-ray Reflection and Diffraction Methods for Thin
Film Characterization |
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Materials
and Surface Microcharacterization and Analysis |
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Scanning Electron
Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis |
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X-ray
Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA), and Auger Electron
Spectroscopy (AES) |
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X-Ray
Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS): The Basics and Advanced
Approaches and Applications |
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Instrumentation & Applications
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Full Wafer
Particle and Defect Detection, Review, and Characterization |
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Fundamentals of Semiconductor Characterization: Electrical
and Optical Techniques |
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Surface
Analysis, Interface, and Thin Film Analysis: The Major
Methods |
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Surface
Characterization of Biomaterials |
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Thin and
Ultra-thin Film Analysis, Characterization & Metrology for
the Wafer Processing Industry |
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Materials Processing
Topics covering materials processing, modifications, & integration
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Comprehensive Technology Overviews
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Hard Coatings
by PVD Methods |
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Thin Film
Nucleation, Growth, and Microstructural Evolution |
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Transparent
Conducting Oxides: Their Science, Fabrication, Properties,
and Applications |
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Processing & Equipment Technology
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An
Introduction to Ion Beam Coating Deposition Techniques |
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An
introduction to Ion Sources: Principles and Techniques |
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Application of
Residual Gas Analysis in Thin Film Processes |
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Atomic
Layer Deposition |
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Atomic
Layer Deposition: Basic Principles, Characterizations, and
Applications |
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Atomic Layer
Deposition: Fundamentals, Chemistry and Applications |
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Basics of Radio
Frequency Technology |
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Chemical
Mechanical Planarization for Microelectronics Manufacturing |
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Cleaning and
Surface Conditioning Techniques for Integrated Circuit
Manufacturing |
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CVD for
Microelectronics |
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Ion
Implantation: Fundamentals, Process Controls and Advanced
Applications |
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Ion
Implantation Processing |
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Optical
Diagnostic Techniques for Plasma Processing |
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Photolithography Process in IC Production |
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Physical
and Chemical Vapor Deposition |
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Plasma and
Ion Beam Diagnostics: Principles & Applications |
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Plasma-Enhanced CVD: Fundamentals, Techniques, and
Applications |
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Plasma Etching
and RIE: Fundamentals and Applications |
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Reactive
Sputtering and Deposition |
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Sputter
Deposition |
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Surface
Preparation for Thin Film Deposition |
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Thin
Film Deposition by Evaporation |
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Thin Film
Deposition by Sputter Processes |
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Process & Materials Integration
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An
Introduction to Nanomanufacturing and Nanotechnology |
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Copper
Interconnect Technology |
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Microfabrication Technology for MicroElectroMechanical Systems |
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Nanotribology and Nanomechanics and
Applications to MEMS/NEMS and BioMEMS/BioNEMS |
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Photovoltaics: The Engineering, Technology and Application
of Solar Cells (1 day) |
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Photovoltaics: The Engineering, Technology and Application
of Solar Cells (2 days) |
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Semiconductor Device Manufacturing Overview |
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