This article demonstrates a new feature of TonyPlot3D. This feature enables the automated, syntax driven export of 2D structure slices from 3D structures. Also demonstrated in this article is the subsequent extraction of 2D volume data maps with regular spacing using a combination of EXTRACT commands, system commands and loops.
Amorphous silicon Thin-Film Transistors (a-Si TFTs) are widely used as the switching device of liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. For development and analysis of a-Si TFTs, many research groups are trying to understand the physical mechanisms of a-Si TFTs. In particular, leakage current behavior is a major consideration for switching devices like a-Si TFTs. To analyze the leakage current mechanisms, calibration with numerical simulation is required.
Both flexible and touch panel displays have become popular for portable applications. To meet various functional requirements, system-on-panel (SOP) design has become essential [1] and different layouts as well as material have been used in the last few years [2]. Although various design and physical effects [3-5] have been successfully analyzed using 2D Technology-Computer-Aided-Design (TCAD) software, it becomes important to start to analyze and predict device performance dependent on layout effect with 3D TCAD.
In 1975, screen printing was first applied to solar cells for the formation of the front and rear contacts replacing expensive vacuum metallization [1]. The encapsulate used in a photovoltaic (PV) module has many requirements. It must be optically transparent, electrically insulating, mechanically compliant, adherent to both glass and cells, and sufficiently robust to withstand 20–30 years in the field. Since the early 1980s, the encapsulate in all PV modules has been ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) [2, 3].
Single-photon counting detectors are used in a wide range of applications, including astronomy, optical communications, biological sensors, and military uses. Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) have fulfilled these needs in the past. Now, avalanche photodiodes (APDs) operating in Geiger mode as single-photon counters offer advantages over PMTs which include higher quantum efficiency, smaller size, and lower breakdown voltages. Geiger mode APDs have demonstrated single-photon sensitivites from the far infrared to the deep ultraviolet wavelengths.
In this paper, a two dimensional (2-D) generic model of quantum well light emitting diode (LED) based on ZnO, II-VI compound semiconductors has been reported. The structure has been designed and analyzed using ATLAS in conjuction with the BLAZE and LED modules of SILVACO software. A closed model has been developed for electrical and optical characterization of the device. The model includes all the relevant material physics and solutions of non-linear decoupled semiconductor transport and Poisson’s equations. All the radiative and non radiative recombination mechanisms have been given their due consideration in this analysis. The results obtained on the basis of numerical simulation exhibits the potential advantages of wide band gap ZnO material based LEDs over its competitive GaN material based LEDs.
To break through the material limits of Silicon and to realize the drastic performance improvement needed to meet the severe requirements in the future, wide bandgap semiconductors such as SiC and GaN have attracted much attention. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs are generally promising candidates for switching power transistors due to their high breakdown strength and the high current density in the transistor channel giving a low on-state resistance. Further, there exists a high requirement for simulation tools to accurately predict device performance prior to fabrication because of the high inherent cost of the cut-and-try method.
The analysis and characterization of stress effects have become an integral part of semiconductor technology and device design. In a typical semiconductor process flow the stresses are generated primarily due to volume expansion or contraction of the adjacent materials during temperature variations. Stresses could also be generated during oxidation, silicidation, etching, and deposition processes or due to lattice expansion or contraction after introducing large doses of dopants. Simulation of process induced stresses is an important component of traditional TCAD analysis since these stresses could have adverse or positive effect on individual process steps or on final device characteristics.
OLEDs have been researched for application in display devices due to their considerable advantages. In order to further improve and optimize devices for practical applications, the electrical and optical parts have to be considered.
Since lighting is estimated to account for 20% of the world’s electricity consumption, the search for reliable and efficient lighting technologies to replace incandescent and fluorescent modules is intense.