23 years ago
Resistance Calculation Approach in Hipex-NET
Hipex-NET uses two techniques to calculate resistor values. First method of resistance extraction, which is usual for full chip netlist extractors and uses heuristic algorithms to recognize common shapes for
23 years ago
TCAD Simulation of a Dual Band Monolithic HgCdTe Infrared Photodetector
Introduction Mercury cadmium telluride (HgCdTe) is a semiconductor material whose material properties are adjustable through altering its constitutive molar fractions. HgCdTe has found extensive use in optical detection, and in
23 years ago
Mocasim – A Versatile Monte Carlo Simulator for III-Nitride Transport Properties
III-Nitrides have recently attracted attention as a promising material class for high-power, high-frequency microelectronic applications at elevated temperatures. They possess large band gaps, relatively small effective masses in the conduction
23 years ago
Schrödinger Approach and Density Gradient Model for Quantum Effects Modeling
We describe here two approaches to model the quantum effects that can no more be neglected in actual and future devices. These models are the Schrödinger-Poisson and Density-Gradient methods fully
23 years ago
How can I use the EXTRACT commands to find the depletion widths in my MOSFET at different drain biases?
To illustrate the use of this statement to find depletion widths we have used the standard MOSFET example mos1ex01.in to first create the structure. Then the drain voltage was swept
23 years ago
Instructional Approach to Writing Parasitic Capacitance Rules Files Using Exact
1. Introduction The Exact analysis stage extracts the user-required information necessary for the respective parasitic capacitances by probing the Exact database. This is performed via script files written in LISA
23 years ago
Simulation of Silica Microlenslet Formation by Etch and Reflow Using Elite and SSuprem4
Introduction In response to high demand, device designers are developing silica microlenslets that offer efficient coupling between optical fiber bundles and arrays of photodetectors, LEDs, or VCSELs. Microlenslet design involves
23 years ago
Remote ALTER processing
A new parallelization method has been implemented into SmartSpice. Now .ALTERs can be destributed not only over several CPUs (by using -P option), but over a network of computers as
23 years ago
New SmartLIb Library of Models
In all previous versions of SmartSpice the model code (BSIM, diode etc.) was included in the one executable (SmartSpice ). This means any updates to the model code would take
23 years ago
BSIM4 Model Verilog-A Implementation
The Verilog-A hardware description language opens many areas to SPICE users in the field of compact models, allowing manufacturers and universities to study or customize the existing models.