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How are devices prototyped?

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Tanj

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Where would an inventor go to get a device structure fabricated in experimental quantity? At 40, 28, or 20 nm (the device functionality at small geometry is something to be proven)?

I would assume that this would be using something like an electron beam fab, and I found some of that on line but they don't seem to do much except etching, so when it comes to getting help with creating some oxides, polysi, a few interface devices next to the sample, that kind of thing requires a house with some chip fabrication capabilities. Are such facilities around and do they offer services to customers outside their own org?
 
Are you in US, asia or Europe ? In EU there are programmes running to get access to advanced tech. If interested I can give you some contacts. Regards John
 
Are you wanting a device with different semiconductors, dopants and/or dielectrics from standard, or to make a non-standard structure in an existing process?

If the former, you need to work with/through a research group that do this sort of thing (e.g. IMEC in Europe). If the latter you can use standard MPW runs for the purpose.
 
Tanj said:
Where would an inventor go to get a device structure fabricated in experimental quantity? At 40, 28, or 20 nm (the device functionality at small geometry is something to be proven)?

I would assume that this would be using something like an electron beam fab, and I found some of that on line but they don't seem to do much except etching, so when it comes to getting help with creating some oxides, polysi, a few interface devices next to the sample, that kind of thing requires a house with some chip fabrication capabilities. Are such facilities around and do they offer services to customers outside their own org?
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Have you tried FPGA's? If your design is too large for one FPGA you can use a prototyping board:

https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/content/section/4303-s2c.html

(everything you wanted to know about FPGA Prototyping)
 
Thanks John, George, Daniel. No I am not in Europe. The device may be relatively standard, it is a kind of NAND cell along with some test circuits to establish its performance with a different approach to layout than other NANDs but much the same chemistry. FPGA is irrelevant, it is a particular device.
 
Hi Tanj

You can use the Europractice IC service or MOSIS to do this. Check out their websites.
 
U235 said:
Hi Tanj

You can use the Europractice IC service or MOSIS to do this. Check out their websites.
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Yes, MOSIS can help with MPW's. If you have a University connection that can help too. You may also consider partnering with an ASIC company such as Open-Silicon. If it is truly ground breaking technology or a big customer backing you can talk to the foundries directly. TSMC has a very active IP group.
 
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