The Process Library includes three types of processes:

Base Processes

Base processes are the lowest-level processes we offer: our atoms. They usually refer to a specific recipe on a specific machine at one of our fabs. Choose these when you must, but modular processes will usually be easier to work with.

Modular Processes

These are the most convenient and powerful processes we offer. Modular processes allow you to add a bundled subsequence of steps all at once. For processes like lithography that involve a sequence of many base processes, this is a huge advantage. Because they help you to assemble combinations of base processes that are designed to work together to meet your specifications, modular processes are preferred.

Uncharacterized Processes

Uncharacterized processes are "blank" base processes for special requests. If you can't find what you're looking for as a modular process or a base process, you should use an uncharacterized process to specify a processing step that would, if available, meet your needs. We will query our fabs to see if any of them are able to perform the process that you specified, and at what cost.