Mask Design
Mask Design
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I would like to know about the mask design and software used for designing the mask. At the moment we are using diode mask the simplest mask possible with the back side electrode. I need to redesign the mask and provide the design for fabrication. I would appreciate if any body have any information on this issue.
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Thank in advance.
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Thank in advance.





RE: Mask Design
> The lowest tech approach is to draw the design of the layout on gridded mylar at 1270x or some nice multiple converting from metric to english dimensioned mylar. Then, you can send the layout to a digitizing house, who will convert it to the appropriate format for mask generation, which depends on your specific process and equipment, e.g., contact, 1x, 5x, 10x, pos/neg, +/-compensation.
> Lowest overall cost, which we did in a college lab, was to do each layer in black/white and used a copy camera for 10x reduction. Obviously, only suitable for onesy-twosy.
> Buy GDSII compatible layout program/design system and do it all yourself on the computer.
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RE: Mask Design
Two question left for me?
1- what is the appropraite softwarecompatible with GDSII
2- where can i get appropriate sources regarding mask design?
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RE: Mask Design
What type of sources are you refering to? If you are refering to expertise in layout, the above websearch will gather various companies specializing in IC design and layout.
TTFN
RE: Mask Design
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RE: Mask Design
b> MOS transistors are readily possible, since most of your existing fab process is probably very compatible with MOS transistors, although, without ion-implanted junctions and polysilicon gates, you'll wind up with metal-gate devices with about 6 um gate lengths.
Bipolar transistors is whole other ballgame, although you can obviously make lateral devices, but they generally have very pathetical gain. Vertical transistors with high gain require buried layer/epi processes, ion implantation, etc.
TTFN
RE: Mask Design
RE: Mask Design
Could you share with us some of your experience with DXF to GDSII? I am working on a non-VLSI design with donuts and some non-retanglar shapes by using AUTOCAD-type tool and would like to convert it to a GDSII format to incorporate it to be a part of larger mask design. Thanks.