A virtual factory-based environment for semiconductor device development

The Simulation Experiment Workbench (SEWB), an integrated design environment for rapid prototyping of semiconductor devices, supports device design within a single user environment by offering a device structure editor, an automatic mesh generator, a collection of statistical experimental design packages, a device simulator, and a task dispatcher/monitor. It maintains a library mechanism to organize and record design knowledge about devices, tests, and experiments for future reuse. With SEWB, one can conduct device experiments in the virtual factory by simply sketching the device structure and selecting an experimental design methodology. SEWB handles the remaining operational details, including the automatic generation of structure variations, simulator input files, and discretization mesh. It dispatches concurrent simulation runs to a network of heterogeneous workstations