Multi-etch process using material-specific behavioral parameters in 3-D virtual fabrication environment

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A virtual fabrication environment for semiconductor device structure development is discussed. The insertion of a multi-etch process step using material-specific behavioral parameters into a process sequence enables a multi-physics, multi-material etching process to be simulated using a suitable numerical technique. The multi-etch process step accurately and realistically captures a wide range of etch behavior and geometry to provide in a virtual fabrication system a semi-physical approach to modeling multi-material etches based on a small set of input parameters that characterize the etch behavior.

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Breit, Stephen R Wayland, US 9 82
Faken, Daniel Peabody, US 10 80
Fried, David M South Salem, US 72 3273
Greiner, Kenneth B Arlington, US 16 135

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