DEVSIM Manual

This is the manual for the DEVSIM TCAD Semiconductor Device Simulator. For more information, please visit https://devsim.org. The PDF version is available from https://devsim.org/introduction.html#manual.

Contents:

• Front Matter
  • Contact
  • Copyright
  • Documentation License
  • Disclaimer
  • Trademark
• Release Notes
  • Introduction
  • Release 1.4.9 (June 5, 2020)
  • Release 1.4.8 (May 24, 2020)
  • Release 1.4.7 (March 29, 2020)
    • Models
    • Platforms
  • Release 1.4.6 (January 14, 2020)
    • Version Information
    • Extended Precision
    • Python Formatting
    • Platforms
    • External Meshing
  • Release 1.4.5 (December 18, 2019)
  • Release 1.4.4 (December 1, 2019)
    • Bug Fixes
    • Documentation
    • Internal changes
  • Release 1.4.3 (Novermber 16, 2019)
  • Release 1.4.2 (September 12, 2019)
  • Release 1.4.1 (July 7, 2019)
    • Math Functions
    • Element Model Memory Leak
    • Python 3 API Memory Leak
  • Release 1.4.0 (May 27, 2019)
  • Release 1.3.0 (May 18, 2019)
    • Python 3 Examples
    • Tcl Support Deprecated
    • Binary Releases
  • Release 1.2.0 (May 8, 2019)
  • Release 1.1.0 (April 30, 2019)
  • Release 1.0.0 (December 18, 2018)
    • Documentation
    • Version
    • Operating Systems
    • Python Support
    • GMSH Support
    • CGNS Support
  • July 20, 2018
    • Documentation
    • Python 3 Support
    • Element Information
    • Interface Boundary Condition
    • Interace Equation Coupling
    • Interface and Contact Surface Area
    • Bug Fixes
    • Extended Precision
  • May 15, 2017
    • Platforms
    • Binary Releases
    • Bug Fixes
    • Enhancements
    • Example Availability
  • February 6, 2016
  • November 24, 2015
    • Python Help
    • Manual Updates
  • November 1, 2015
    • Convergence Info
    • Python Interpreter Changes
    • Platform Improvements and Binary Availability
  • September 6, 2015
  • August 10, 2015
  • July 16, 2015
  • June 7, 2015
  • October 4, 2014
    • Platform Availability
  • December 25, 2013
    • Binary Availability
    • Platforms
    • Source code improvements
  • September 8, 2013
    • Convergence
    • Bernoulli Function Derivative Evaluation
    • Default Edge Model
  • August 14, 2013
    • SYMDIFF functions
    • Default Node Models
    • Set Node Value
    • Fix Edge Average Model
  • July 29, 2013
    • DEVSIM is open source
    • Build
    • Contact Material
    • External Meshing
    • Math Functions
    • Test directory structure
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Goals
  • Structures
  • Equation assembly
  • Parameters
  • Circuits
  • Meshing
  • Analysis
  • Scripting interface
  • Expression parser
  • Visualization and postprocessing
  • Installation
  • Additional information
  • Examples
• Equation and Models
  • Overview
  • Bulk models
    • Node models
    • Edge models
    • Element edge models
    • Model derivatives
    • Conversions between model types
    • Equation assembly
  • Interface
    • Interface models
    • Interface model derivatives
    • Interface equation assembly
  • Contact
    • Contact models
    • Contact model derivatives
    • Contact equation assembly
  • Custom matrix assembly
  • Cylindrical Coordinate Systems
• Parameters
  • Parameters
  • Material database entries
  • Discussion
• Circuits
  • Circuit elements
  • Connecting devices
• Meshing
  • 1D mesher
  • 2D mesher
  • Using an external mesher
    • Gmsh
    • Custom mesh loading using scripting
  • Loading and saving results
• Solver
  • Solver
  • DC analysis
  • AC analysis
  • Noise/Sensitivity analysis
  • Transient analysis
• User Interface
  • Starting DEVSIM
  • Python Language
    • Introduction
    • DEVSIM commands
    • Advanced usage
    • Unicode Support
  • Error handling
    • Python errors
    • Fatal errors
    • Floating point exceptions
    • Solver errors
    • Verbosity
    • Parallelization
• SYMDIFF
  • Overview
  • Syntax
    • Variables and numbers
    • Basic expressions
    • Functions
    • Commands
    • User functions
    • Macro assignment
  • Invoking SYMDIFF from DEVSIM
    • Equation parser
    • Evaluating external math
    • Models
• Visualization
  • Introduction
  • Using Tecplot
  • Using Postmini
  • Using Paraview
  • Using VisIt
  • DEVSIM
• Installation
  • Availability
  • Supported platforms
  • Binary availability
  • Source code availability
  • Directory Structure
  • Running DEVSIM
• Additional Information
  • DEVSIM License
  • SYMDIFF
  • External Software Tools
    • Gmsh
    • Paraview
    • Tecplot
    • VisIt
  • Library Availablilty
    • BLAS and LAPACK
    • Python
    • SQlite3
    • SuperLU
    • zlib
• Command Reference
  • Circuit Commands
  • Equation Commands
  • Geometry Commands
  • Material Commands
  • Meshing Commands
  • Model Commands
  • Solver Commands
• Bibliography
• Example Overview
  • capacitance
  • diode
  • bioapp1
  • vector_potential
  • mobility
• Capacitor
  • Overview
  • 1D Capacitor
    • Equations
    • Creating the mesh
  • Setting device parameters
    • Creating the models
    • Contact boundary conditions
    • Setting the boundary conditions
    • Running the simulation
  • 2D Capacitor
  • Defining the mesh
  • Setting up the models
  • Fields for visualization
  • Running the simulation
• Diode
  • 1D diode
    • Using the python packages
    • Creating the mesh
  • Physical Models and Parameters
    • Plotting the result

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page