An animation (mostly slideshow style) that delves into the basics of the IC industry, including semiconductors, transistors, manufacturing, and resolution enhancement. Uses pygame for 2D animation, VPython for 3D animation, and a little numpy.
Recording link of the entire project with music and captions (with corrections) added in post: https://youtu.be/QrnPwcHAjC4
- https://www.anandtech.com/show/8223/an-introduction-to-semiconductor-physics-technology-and-industry
- http://faculty.chem.queensu.ca/people/faculty/mombourquette/FirstYrChem/Molecular/bands/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_and_conduction_bands
- https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Advanced_Theoretical_Chemistry_%28Simons%29/02%3A_Model_Problems_That_Form_Important_Starting_Points/2.02%3A_Bands_of_Orbitals_in_Solids
- https://www.anandtech.com/show/8223/an-introduction-to-semiconductor-physics-technology-and-industry/2
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4oO7PT_nzQ
- https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/48646/in-an-nmos-does-current-flow-from-source-to-drain-or-vice-versa/48671#48671
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_(electricity)#Circuit_ground_versus_earth
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZyGL1K5QI
- https://anysilicon.com/introduction-to-nmos-and-pmos-transistors/
- https://vlsiuniverse.blogspot.com/2013/10/regions-of-operation-of-mos-transistors.html
- https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-VDD-in-electronics
- https://www.anandtech.com/show/8223/an-introduction-to-semiconductor-physics-technology-and-industry/3
- https://www.anandtech.com/show/8223/an-introduction-to-semiconductor-physics-technology-and-industry/4
- http://www.lithoguru.com/scientist/lithobasics.html
- http://www.lithoguru.com/scientist/glossary/default.htm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBKhN4n-EGI
- https://kayakuam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ebr.pdf
- https://science.jrank.org/pages/3960/Lithography.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_end_of_line
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_end_of_line
- https://intlvac.com/Applications/Ion-Beam-Etch-and-Milling/Delayering-IC-Chips
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsaOWZv9vH0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcBl6yhFrDo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6iL_oE6z5A
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIlwGFcDLhI
- https://www.newport.com/n/deep-uv-photolithography
- https://avs.scitation.org/doi/10.1116/1.590465
- https://semiengineering.com/knowledge_centers/manufacturing/process/issues/edge-placement-error/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_lithography
- https://www.synopsys.com/glossary/what-is-electronic-design-automation.html
- https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-29-11-17440&id=451280
- https://semiengineering.com/knowledge_centers/manufacturing/lithography/photomask/optical-proximity-correction-opc/
- https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9461507
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_proximity_correction
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B58FRviIPOE
- http://www-video.eecs.berkeley.edu/papers/gao/SPIE-2008.pdf
- https://cseweb.ucsd.edu//~rshi/resume/OPCrule.pdf
- https://www.asml.com/en/technology/lithography-principles/lenses-and-mirrors