February 24, 2022 | 10:00 am – 10:30 am (PST)
This webinar will illustrate through specific published examples of how TCAD device simulation of GaN based devices can be a powerful tool to help explain complex performance limiting device instabilities in both RF and power devices.
February 10, 2022 | 10:00 am – 10:30 am (PST)
In this webinar we are going to review some of the most challenging aspects of FinFET standard-cell layout design, and how Silvaco’s Cello tool can be used to address these issues.
February 17, 2022 | 10:00 am – 10:30 am (PST)
Physical Verification is the most critical stage of microchip design. This webinar introduces SmartDRC/LVS as a highly productive tool to perform physical verification of analog, digital and mixed-signal ICs.
Introduction
Super-junction based devices are a key enabling technology for power devices. Adjacent columns of p and n-type doped material with optimized doping levels enables box-like electric fields, maximizing the breakdown voltage. As the doping of the columns is comparatively high, the on-state losses can be minimized.
Fabrication of such structures in SiC can be particularly challenging. Ideally the p and n-type columns will be uniformly doped. Fluctuations in doping can cause local electric field variation causing the breakdown voltage to be less than ideal. Super-junction structures can be conceived in a number of ways, but current schemes all present challenges [1] in SiC. The simplest method, as used with silicon is to use multiple implants and epitaxy steps. This is quite impractical with SiC due to the low diffusivity of dopants, requiring many sequential implantation steps. Trench etch and refill is an alternative scheme but provides its own challenges with regards to charge control and quality of the trench re-fill.
January 27, 2022 | 10:00 am – 10:30 am (PST)
This webinar gives an overview of Victory Mesh’s Conformal meshing (semi-structured Cartesian-based sampling) and Delaunay meshing (unstructured sampling) and their refinement capabilities.
December 12, 2021
Abstract— Silvaco TCAD simulations are employed to identify relevant current carrying mechanisms in amorphous selenium (a-Se) based detectors, using parameters obtained from experimental data, density functional theory calculations, and in-house bulk Monte Carlo simulations. The steady-state dark current behaviors in various a-Se detectors are analyzed by identifying all relevant current conduction mechanisms (e.g., space-charge limited current, bulk thermal generation, Schottky emission, Poole-Frenkel activated mobility and hopping conduction), as well as “acceptor” and “donor” defect density of states located in the forbidden band gap of a-Se. The theoretical models are validated by comparing them with experimental steady-state dark current densities in avalanche and non-avalanche a-Se detectors.
Location: Seattle/Bellevue, WA – Boston, MA – Phoenix/San Diego, CA
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Abstract— A Singular Point Source MOS (S-MOS) cell concept suitable for power MOS based devices is presented. The S-MOS differs from a standard Planar or Trench MOS cell in the manner by which the total channel width per device area is devised. The S-MOS single cell channel width is defined as the peripheral length of a line running approximately along the N++ source and P channel junction which is positioned on a gated trench side-wall. The length of the line is established from a singular point implant source for forming the N++ source region which geometrically corresponds to the shape of the N++/P junction. The N++ and PChannel profiles achieved are similar to those for a planar cell, but for the S-MOS, they are situated on a trench side-wall. The total device channel width will therefore depend on the total number of gated trench side-walls per chip. The S-MOS provides a unique approach for MOS cell layout designs and is applicable to different MOS based power devices. In this paper, the S-MOS is implemented on a 1200V IGBT by means of 3D-TCAD simulations while providing results highlighting the potential advantages with respect to the device static and dynamic performance.
Keywords – MOS cell, Insulated gate bipolar transistors.
Abstract—During the last few years, oxide-based ReRAM technology has attracted intense industrial and scientific research interest. Therefore, we have performed an in-depth computational study with a focus on data retention besides the resistive switching and the current run-away. Our newly developed comprehensive TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) model provides deep insight into the underlying microscopic processes and is validated against experimental data as an accurate and predictive simulation tool.