Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient lattice kinetic monte carlo simulations for epitaxial growth
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Application No.: US15829560Application Date: 2017-12-01
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Publication No.: US10776539B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Ignacio Martin-Bragado
- Applicant: Synopsys, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
- Agent Warren S. Wolfeld; Andrew L. Dunlap
- Main IPC: G06F30/20
- IPC: G06F30/20 ; G06F17/18 ; G06F30/23 ; G06F30/392 ; G06F30/394 ; G06F30/3323 ; G06F111/08 ; G06F111/10

Abstract:
A method for simulating an epitaxial process in a body having a crystal lattice structure. Roughly described, an enlarged version of the crystal lattice structure is formed, having a lattice constant increased by a lattice enlargement factor N>1. The subject fabrication process is simulated by a Lattice Kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm in which various factors have been scaled in accordance with N. The simulation speed increases by a factor around N3, without significantly degrading the accuracy of the resulting simulated structure. The simulated epitaxial process can later be performed on a physical crystalline body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180157774A1 Efficient Lattice Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations for Epitaxial Growth Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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