DEVSIM

Introduction:

DEVSIM - TCAD Device Simulator

DEVSIM is a tool for TCAD Device Simulation, using finite volume methods. The source code is provided by DEVSIM LLC.

Website:

The official website is here:

https://devsim.org

Software Features:

Python scripting
DC, small-signal AC, impedance field method, transient
User specified partial differential equations (PDE).
Extended floating point precision
1D, 2D, and 3D simulation
1D, 2D mesher
Import 3D meshes.
2D cylindrical coordinate simulation
ASCII file format with PDE embedded.

Usage In Research:

Please see this link for a list of published research papers using or referring to the DEVSIM simulator.

Installation:

Please see INSTALL.md for installation instructions. Please see BUILD.md for instructions to build from source.

Citing This Work:

Please see CITATION.md. Please do not cite this Github Repository as it will be moving in the future.

License:

DEVSIM is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. Example scripts are also provided under this license. Other files are subject to the license terms of their copyright owners. Please see LICENSE and NOTICE for license terms.

Documentation:

The PDF documentation is located in doc/devsim.pdf. An online version of the documentation is available at https://devsim.net. A list of documentation resources is available online. Recent changes are available in CHANGES.md.

The repository for the documentation is at https://github.com/devsim/devsim_documentation.

Supported Platforms:

OS	Version	Architecture
macOS	Monterey 12.5	`arm64`, `x86_64`
Microsoft Windows	Windows 10	`x64`
Linux	Red Hat 7 (Centos Compatible)	`aarch64`, `x86_64`

Code of Conduct:

Please see CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.

Support:

For support and general discussion, please join our forum: https://forum.devsim.org

Contributing:

Please see: Contribution guidelines for this project

Testing

Please see TEST.md.

Related Projects

Used directly by the simulator

Name	Description
symdiff	Symbolic differentiation engine for the simulator
devsim_documentation	Documentation for the simulator

Extended examples

Name	Description
devsim_bjt_example	Bipolar Junction Transistor example
devsim_density_gradient	Quantum Corrections to Drift Diffusion simulation
devsim_3dmos	3D Mosfet example used in publication
devsim_misc	Miscellaneous scripts

devsim's Projects

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