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

7 years ago

RFSOI Switch Harmonics Simulations with Trap-Rich Substrate

In this paper, in order to understand trap-rich substrate behavior, passive and active device on SOI with trap-rich layer structures were simulated using the Victory Device simulator. Harmonics distortion of

7 years ago

Estimation of Interface Property Changes Between Normally On/Off Hydrogenated Diamond MISFETs

Introduction Diamond is considered to be the ultimate semiconductor material for high power and high frequency devices due to its superior electrical and thermal properties, such as high breakdown field,

7 years ago

TCAD Simulation of Electric Field Distribution in Gallium Nitride Trench-based Power Devices

Introduction Gallium nitride (GaN)-based devices are excellent candidates for high-voltage and high-power applications, due to the superior physical properties of GaN compared to Si, SiC, and GaAs. Recently, GaN vertical

7 years ago

Channel-length Dependence of a-IGZO TFTs with Self-heating Effects

Introduction Amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O thin-film transistors (a-IGZO TFTs) show a high mobility, a small sub-threshold swing, and a low OFF-current, and they are considered to be one of the most promising

7 years ago

Simulation of Different Tunnel Junctions in InGaP/GaAs, InGaP/CdTe Dual Junction Solar Cells

Abstract — Dual junction solar cells were simulated using Silvaco TCAD tool with various tunnel junction material compositions. InGaP/GaAs dual junction solar cells were simulated with 10 different tunnel junction

7 years ago

Hints, Tips and Solutions – July, August, September 2019

Q. Is it possible to emulate a deep reactive ion etch process (e.g. deep trench with scalloped sidewalls) without using a physical based process simulation, such as Victory Process? To

8 years ago

Process Simulation – New Features in 2019 Baseline Release

2019 baseline release of Victory Process includes improvements and extensions to the following modules: Physical etching/deposition Stress simulation Annealing/oxidation

8 years ago

Meshing – New Features in 2019 Baseline Release

The 2019 TCAD baseline release of Victory Mesh now contains Solid Modeling functionality. The term Solid Modeling is used to refer to a methodology that generates or manipulates a device

8 years ago

Device Simulation – New Features in 2019 Baseline Release

The effect of Coulomb interaction in the absorption spectrum of quantum wells (QWs) is responsible for the quantum confined Stark effect (QCSE), which is the physical mechanism underlying the operation

8 years ago

Interactive Tools – New Features in 2019 Baseline Release

DeckBuild is Silvaco’s state of the art simulator interface. It is capable of running all simulators from Silvaco as well as many of the visualization tools. Figure 4-1 shows an