Simulation Standard

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

24 years ago

ATLAS Simulation of a Schottky Contact

ATLAS allows the user to define a contact with a number of different boundary conditions; ohmic, Schottky, current controlled, floating or reflecting. The Schottky contact boundary condition realizes that at

25 years ago

Verilog-A Release in SmartSpice

We give in this article an introduction to the Verilog-A SmartSpice interface. This new feature in SmartSpice allows the user to write their own physical models in the Verilog-A language.

25 years ago

New Ferroelectric Capacitance Model frmc from Ramtron Corporation in SmartSpice

Ramtron International Corporation has developed a ferroelectric capacitance model with a new concept of double distributions of domain reversal voltages.

25 years ago

Multiple Linear Solvers Introduced in SmartSpice

Acknowledging the need for more flexibility, SmartSpice now provides three numerical methods for linear system solution. The additional solvers provide for greater capacity by minimizing memory requirements and reducing the

25 years ago

BSIM4 RF CMOS Modeling with UTMOST III

The BSIM4 model provides a RF CMOS modeling capability. Prior to the BSIM4 model the RF modeling was accomplished by using macro models. The macro models were complex, contained many

25 years ago

Enhanced LVS Reports in Guardian and Their Inspection

It is well known that analyzing LVS reports is often a difficult and brain-teasing task because the "global" nature of connectivity. Unlike DRC reports, where geometrical violations are usually restricted

25 years ago

Antenna Rule Checks in Savage

Antenna rules is a common name for rules that check ratios of amounts of material in two layers from the same node. They are used to limit the damage of

25 years ago

Expert’s Application Programming Interface (Expert API)

Expert API is intended for customizing and extending the existing software functionality by functions written by the users of Expert using C/C++.

25 years ago

Add Custom Commands to Expert’s Menu

A simple way to add custom commands to Expert's menu is implemented. It is possible to add menu items that execute xi-commands or procedures. To do this, you must put

25 years ago

Non-Stationary Transport Effects: Impact on Performances of Realistic 50nm MOSFET Technology

We analyze quantitatively the real impact of technology on the needed level for carrier transport modeling. The results, based on theoretical analyses, are applied to existing devices. This work shows