DEVSIM
DEVSIM: A TCAD Semiconductor Device Simulator - Published in JOSS (2022)
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TCAD Semiconductor Device Simulator
Basic Info
- Host: GitHub
- Owner: devsim
- License: apache-2.0
- Language: C++
- Default Branch: main
- Homepage: https://devsim.org
- Size: 51.7 MB
Statistics
- Stars: 215
- Watchers: 16
- Forks: 72
- Open Issues: 24
- Releases: 88
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Metadata Files
README.md
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:
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 Please do not cite this Github Repository as it will be moving in the future.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 | AlmaLinux 8 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Compatible) | aarch64, x86_64 |
Code of Conduct:
Please see CODEOFCONDUCT.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 | | --- | --- | | devsimbjtexample | Bipolar Junction Transistor example | | devsimdensitygradient | Quantum Corrections to Drift Diffusion simulation | | devsim_3dmos | 3D Mosfet example used in publication | | devsim_misc | Miscellaneous scripts |
Owner
- Name: devsim
- Login: devsim
- Kind: organization
- Location: Austin, TX
- Website: https://devsim.org
- Repositories: 17
- Profile: https://github.com/devsim
Citation (CITATION.md)
# DEVSIM Citation ## Peer Reviewed Articles Sanchez, J. E., (2022). DEVSIM: A TCAD Semiconductor Device Simulator. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(70), 3898, [https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03898](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03898) J. E. Sanchez, and Q. Chen, “Element Edge Based Discretization for TCAD Device Simulation,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2021, [https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2021.3094776](https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2021.3094776) ## Citing A Software Release This software has been issued a DOI which is citable in publications. Please see the instructions at [Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1186952) for citing this version, or all versions of this simulator. ## Citing The Documentation The documentation has been issued a DOI which is citable in publications. Please see the instructions at [Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4583208) for citing this version, or all versions of this simulator. ## Other References Please visit this projects [Official Website](https://devsim.org/introduction.html#documentation) for additional references concerning this work.
GitHub Events
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- Create event: 6
- Issues event: 4
- Release event: 2
- Watch event: 36
- Issue comment event: 31
- Push event: 20
- Fork event: 10
Last Year
- Create event: 6
- Issues event: 4
- Release event: 2
- Watch event: 36
- Issue comment event: 31
- Push event: 20
- Fork event: 10
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Last synced: 7 months ago
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| Juan E. Sanchez | j****n@t****m | 651 |
| Juan E. Sanchez | j****z@g****b | 99 |
| Juan E. Sanchez | t****r@g****b | 11 |
| simbilod | s****0@p****u | 6 |
| Noe Nieto | n****o@n****m | 3 |
| Ryan3141 | r****s@g****m | 1 |
| Gaurav Somani | g****i@i****n | 1 |
| Juan Sanchez | j****z@h****p | 1 |
| Juan E. Sanchez | j****z@g****b | 1 |
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Issues and Pull Requests
Last synced: 6 months ago
All Time
- Total issues: 130
- Total pull requests: 20
- Average time to close issues: 5 months
- Average time to close pull requests: 24 days
- Total issue authors: 27
- Total pull request authors: 8
- Average comments per issue: 2.48
- Average comments per pull request: 2.7
- Merged pull requests: 12
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
Past Year
- Issues: 13
- Pull requests: 0
- Average time to close issues: 10 days
- Average time to close pull requests: N/A
- Issue authors: 4
- Pull request authors: 0
- Average comments per issue: 3.85
- Average comments per pull request: 0
- Merged pull requests: 0
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
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DEVSIM: TCAD Device Simulator
- Homepage: https://devsim.org
- Documentation: https://devsim.net
- License: Apache License, Version 2.0
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Latest release: 2.9.1
published over 1 year ago