Simulation Standard

Computer simulation is used extensively to verify physical phenomena in semiconductor devices. Meshing plays an essential role in obtaining good simulation results. If care is not properly taken, serious errors

ATHENA’s Optolith module is designed to simulate the 3 basic lithography technologies; contact printing, proximity and projection lithography. The imaging calculations within Optolith are flexible enough to handle all three

This paper introduces a CAD framework for co-simulation of hybrid circuits containing CMOS and SET (Single Electron Transistor) devices. An improved analytical model for SET is also formulated and shown

This article focusses on the use of Silvaco International’s schematic capture and editing tool Scholar combined with Verilog A. Verilog A is a standard language used for behavioral level modeling.

This simulation standard will discuss Silvaco International’s post processing application SmartView and will highlight features that identifying it as an important tool to the design engineer. In particular, the integration

The transient simulation uses an adaptive time-stepping algorithm depending on the change in the circuit waveforms (dV/dT). This means the simulated waveform consists of uneven time steps (more time points

DRC Guard Performs "real-time" DRC on Expert Layout Editor. DRC Guard’s real-time design rule check (DRC) verifies entered or modified objects after the objects are edited. DRC Guard detects and

Silvaco’s Expert tool is an extremely powerful layout-editing tool that supports features related to parameterized cells. Parameterized cells, often called P-cells, increase designer productivity by adding enormous flexibility and efficiency

The article "Connectivity options for DRC spacing check operations in Guardian" (Simulation Standard, vol. 11, no. 12) [1] describes layout netlist connectivity based on DRC checks. Earlier versions of Silvaco

We have lots of cells that become off-grid when we do cut-and-paste from other cells. We tried to use the "Tools->Snap Selected to Grid" command, but the cell doesn't get