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PROCESS REPLAY LAB / SA-PROC-002

Process fundamentals.
Compare the evidence cards.

This lab collects five precomputed process simulations for paper-first review: oxidation/diffusion, lithography, etch, CMP, and implant/anneal.

RUN ONE QUESTION

Pick the process claim first.

Every card keeps a condition, output, method, source, and limitation attached. The point is evidence discipline, not facility operation.

Process / live-precomputed

Thermal oxidation and diffusion budget

Compare dry and wet oxidation growth, silicon consumption, and diffusion broadening before treating thermal steps as reusable evidence.

43 nm / 174 nm / sigma = 86 nm

Open simulation ->
Process / live-precomputed

Photolithography exposure and focus window

Replay a dose/focus matrix to see why a printed CD is only useful when the process window and variation boundary are visible.

18 / 25 / 0 nm / 5 x 5

Open simulation ->
Process / live-precomputed

Etch selectivity and profile

Compare isotropic, directional, and low-selectivity etch cases to keep mask budget, CD loss, and sidewall profile attached.

45 nm / 48 nm / 3:1 to 30:1

Open simulation ->
Process / live-precomputed

CMP removal and planarization

Replay Preston-style removal, pattern-density warnings, radial nonuniformity, and endpoint margin before citing a CMP result.

120 nm/min / 80 nm/min / +/-2.56%

Open simulation ->
Process / live-precomputed

Ion implantation and anneal activation

Replay projected range, straggle, activation, and diffusion broadening to keep doping evidence separate from a recipe.

Rp = 80 nm / 72% / 28 nm

Open simulation ->
Process / live-precomputed

Lithography focus-exposure process window

Replay focus, exposure, CD-error proxy, overlay proxy, and pass/fail window to explain process windows without scanner recipes.

31 / 81 / -80 to 80 nm / -8% to 8%

Open simulation ->
Process / live-precomputed

Plasma etch UQ profile window

Replay aspect ratio, bias class, and wafer location to compare anisotropy, selectivity, CD bias, and pass-probability proxy.

0.7728 / AR 1 / mid / center / 27 cases

Open simulation ->
Process / live-precomputed

CMP pattern-density dishing and erosion replay

Replay pattern density, feature width, overpolish proxy, and pad age to connect layout density with dishing, erosion, nonuniformity, and planarization evidence.

63.168 / 55.524 nm / 54 cases

Open simulation ->
Process / live-browser-interactive

Etch CD bias to DIBL and delay interactive lab

Filter chemistry, pressure, RF power, and overetch to inspect etch-rate, CD-bias, LER, DIBL, and inverter-delay teaching proxies.

108 cases / 16.29-25.76 ps / tradeoff scatter

Open simulation ->

MODEL BOUNDARY

Process intuition is useful only when the boundary is loud.

The public replay is for teaching, figures, and early paper planning. It is not a process recipe, tool instruction, wafer qualification, or signoff result.

allowed

Browse saved datasets

Open thermal, lithography, etch, CMP, and implant/anneal data with their assumptions visible.

allowed

Download model cards

Use the public source notes and limitations when making slides, drafts, or teaching figures.

blocked

No recipe workflow

No process upload, tool account, facility credential, live execution, endpoint control, or qualified recipe claim is present.