CFDRC has developed a comprehensive suite of semiconductor device modeling tools for simulation and analysis of silicon bipolar and CMOS, heterostructure, optoelectronic, and nanoelectronic devices, as well as field-emission devices.

CFDRC's Nano-scale Technology CAD (NanoTCAD) software provides capabilities to model silicon transistors and heterostructure devices, including HBTs and HEMTs. Electronic transport models support drift-diffusion, energy-transport, and full Boltzmann solution for homo- and heterojunctions. The moment-based methods include additional models for thermionic and tunneling currents, and a full quantum transport model. Thermal modeling allows for anisotropic heat conduction and Newton-cooling boundary conditions. CFD-Micromesh allows fast and convenient 3D model building directly from EDA layouts (CIF or GDSII) of integrated circuits.

Structured and unstructured arbitrary-polyhedral meshes with multiple domains are supported. Comprehensive models of optoelectronic devices are available for lasers (VCSELs) and photodetectors. Multi-mode transverse and longitudinal optical mode solution is available using the effective frequency and weighted index methods. A full quantum gain model has also been developed.

Radiation Effects in Semiconductor Devices

Radiation-Hardening TCAD (RH-TCAD)