Simulation Standard

Know how your circuit behaves across process variation before silicon tells you, with Monte Carlo-accurate results up to 30X faster.

12 years ago

Radiation-Induced Current Leakage Between Two n-MOSFET’s

The Simulation Standard article “Simulating Radiation-Induced Shifts in MOSFET Threshold Voltage”1 gives a brief overview of the ways that ionizing radiation can affect semiconductor devices, and considers insulator charging in

12 years ago

Multiple SEU Strike Simulations on a Six Transistor 20nm SRAM Cell

It is often not realized that more than one Single Event Upset (SEU) statement can be used in a simulation. Each SEU statement can locate a strike anywhere in the

12 years ago

The Physics of Single Event Burnout (SEB)

Single Event Burnout in a diode, requires a specific set of circumstances to occur, since there is no intrinsic current gain in the device itself to amplify the currents created

12 years ago

Hints, Tips, and Solutions – Types of 3D Delaunay Shape Refinement in Victory Process

The Victory Process cell mode Delaunay 3D device meshing algorithm already includes various TCAD-based local refinement algorithms to ensure accurate and robust device simulation. These include junction and interface distance

12 years ago

Hints, Tips and Solutions – Meshing a Non Axis Aligned SEU Beam

Q: I have an SEU beam in a 2D structure; the beam track is at an angle through the device. I don’t want to waste mesh by putting a fine

13 years ago

Hints, Tips, and Solutions – Calculate Light Extraction Efficiency in an OLED or LED with Pure Optical Simulation

Calculation of light extraction efficiency or optical output coupling efficiency is often needed in simulating a light emitting device (LED) such as an organic LED (OLED). It is best to

13 years ago

Hints, Tips, and Solutions – Achieve Publication Quality Plots Using TonyPlot

Yes, TonyPlot has many various display and preference settings that users can adjust, transforming their simulation data into a high quality plot for use in publications.

13 years ago

Simulations of Deep-Level Transient Spectroscopy for 4H-SiC

Silicon carbide is expected to be an excellent device material as high voltage and low-loss power devices. Recently, SBD (Schottky Barrier Diode) and MOSFET based on silicon carbide have been

13 years ago

Generally Applicable Degradation Model for Silicon MOS Devices

The main cause of operational degradation in MOS devices is believed to be due to the buildup of charge at the Silicon-Oxide interface. This leads to reduced saturation currents and

13 years ago

Hints, Tips, and Solutions – Simulation on a Cluster of Computers Using the Distributed Computing Feature

A new feature that is introduced in Silvaco’s TCAD applications allows the user to run a parallel simulation on a cluster of computers within a network.