Semiconductor Engineering

Predicting And Preventing Process Drift

Increasingly tight tolerances and rigorous demands for quality are forcing chipmakers and equipment manufacturers to ferret out minor process variances, which can create significant anomalies in ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Process Variation Analysis Of Device Performance Using Virtual Fabrication — Methodology Demonstrated On A CMOS 14-nm FinFET Vehicle

A new methodology to assess the impact of fabrication inherent process variability on 14-nm fin field effect transistor (FinFET) device performance. August 18th, 2021 - By: Coventor A new methodology ...
EDN

Tool characterizes process variability

Start-up Stratosphere Solutions has announced that it is delivering its StratoPro platform, which targets design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for yield (DFY) by characterizing process ...
EDN

Modeling process variability in design flow

It is becoming more and more difficult in nanometer designs to reliably print the image intended by the designer. This task is demanding enough under normal conditions; maintaining pattern fidelity ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Unit Manufacturing Processes: Issues and Opportunities in Research

The ability to produce quality products hinges on four key competencies: modeling of process form and precision levels, design tolerancing of parts and products, selecting production processes that ...