Resources
Resources to learn semiconductor device simulation
The proof behind Silvaco’s semiconductor device simulation and circuit design tools: application notes, published papers, the Simulation Standard journal, webinars, training and worked examples you can run yourself. Read it, run it or pass it on.
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Semiconductor device simulation splits by physics as much as by tool. Pick the device or effect you’re working on and
trace it back to the method. For a quick definition, the glossary is faster.
The Simulation Standard
Issues run back to 1998, written for engineers who model processes and devices. Most articles take a single problem and work it through on Silvaco tools, at whatever length the physics demands.
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Papers and application notes
Silvaco’s own application notes and white papers sit here with papers from outside journals that used Silvaco tools. Each one stands alone, so it can go straight to whoever approves the tool.
Webinars and videos
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Training
The TCAD quick-start guides let you learn at your own pace. If you teach or run a research group, the University Program is the way in; over 200 universities are on it.
Installation and license problems are a job for Silvaco support, not training.
Worked examples by tool
Years of benchmark work and published results went into these examples, and each one
shows a tool on a real problem. They’re as useful for an evaluation as for teaching or self-study.
Each Silvaco software package installs the example set for its own version. If one listed here
is missing from your installation, you’re on an older release. Update from Support and Downloads, or ask Silvaco
support which version you need.
TCAD
Atomistic, Meshing, Process and Device
Circuit Simulation
SmartSpice
Analog and Custom IC
Gateway
Analog and Custom IC
Guardian DRC
Analog and Custom IC
Guardian LVS
Analog and Custom IC
Expert
Analog and Custom IC
Hipex
TCAD
Utmost IV
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