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2010

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

16 years ago

Hints, Tips, and Solutions – Conversion to Different Units

Q. How do I convert a value from one set of units into another? A. Use the DBINTERNAL CONVERT.UNITS command.

16 years ago

How to Mesh in 2D TCAD

Meshing for process in ATHENA or electrical characterisation in ATLAS is one of the biggest challenges that a user faces. Poor meshing in both ATHENA and ATLAS can lead to

16 years ago

Using VICTORY Process for Plasma Etching Simulations

VICTORY Process, the 3D process simulator now includes a module for plasma etching. The module is designed to simulate plasma etching processes at the feature-scale size. The simulation in the

16 years ago

Hints, Tips, and Solutions – Passing a Variable from an ATLAS deck into a C-Interpreter Function

The Silvaco C-Interpreter (SCI) allows convenient and flexible definition of physical models and material parameters via an ANSI standard C-language interface. The SCI uses sophisticated techniques to assemble user defined

16 years ago

Simulating Negative Bias Temperature Instability of p-MOSFETS

The degradation of MOSFET devices having relatively thin oxide layers is generally accepted as being mainly associated with the depassivation of silicon dangling bonds at the Si/SiO2 interface. These dangling

16 years ago

Coupled Optimization of Diode and IGBT Characteristics Under Clamped Inductive Switching in ATLAS MixedMode and Virtual Wafer Fab (VWF)

Virtual Wafer Fab’s powerful range of optimizers are used to investigate and minimise the coupled switching losses of a TCAD IGBT and its clamping diode in a chopper circuit. It

16 years ago

Using Manual Refinement of Geometrical Mesh in VICTORY Process

VICTORY Process is a 3D process simulation tool which employs the LevelSet technique for manipulating and deforming structures. The structure’s geometry is stored implicitly on the hierarchy of regular (constant

17 years ago

Simulating the Hysteresis effects of Si/SiO2 Interface Traps

The trap states at the interface of Silicon with Silicon Dioxide are usually divided conceptually into interface states and fixed oxide charges [1]. These trap states can cause the degradation

17 years ago

Designing a High-Voltage IGBT Structure with TCAD

The Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), is a power device that combines the high-power characteristics of bipolar transistors with the fast-switching and voltage-drive characteristics of MOSFETs. It is used in

17 years ago

Investigation of the SiGe Waveguide Photodiodes Using FDTD Method for High Speed Optical Communication

Silicon as a photonic medium has unique advantages in telecommunication systems. It is transparent in the range of optical telecommunications wavelength (1.3 and 1.55 um) and has a high index