As part of its 20-year anniversary coverage, Compound Semiconductor magazine has a featured article on Crosslight, which also celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

Crosslight is proud to announce that the ability to generate .mdm files compatible with the popular IC-CAP parameter extraction program has been added to the 2015 version. This feature allows users to easily bridge the gap between device-scale modeling with Crosslight TCAD tools and large-scale IC modeling based on SPICE.

We at Crosslight always seek to innovate and expand our product line so we are proud to announce the release of the world’s first commercial 3D TCAD simulator specialized in surface acoustic wave (SAW) device simulation. Our new simulation package SAWAVE aims to provide an accurate and efficient design tool for the SAW industry.

For a 2-month no-obligation free demo of SAWAVE, please fill out the application form in our Downloads section.

Crosslight is proud to announce that our 2015 version is now undergoing final testing.

Model improvements:

• vectorial wave model improved for eigen mode solver (TM)
• metal model improved
• trap AC model improved
• tunneling model improved to better treat wider gap materials
• additional continuous trap types
• improvement of q_transport model to better simulate InGaN LED droop
• periodic boundary conditions in Schrödinger and k.p solvers
• gain calculations of type II superlattices with non-common atom interface effects
• numerous bug mixes

New features:

• trap assisted tunneling model for both inter- and intra-band
• power-dependent LD facet model implemented
• multiple scans of mixmode DC sources
• simultaneous mixmode simulation of multiple TCAD devices
• mixmode AC model
• continuous trap models for interfaces (2D)
• magnetic flux density /inductance computation capability
• arbitrarily-oriented MQW (e.g. V-shaped pits)
• ability to model a compact model from LASTIP and interface with Lumerical simulators
• trap related surface capacitance and leakage model
• new stretch-vertical-line feature for the LAYER program to create complicated, nearly paralleled layer structures
• many convenient features added for GUI and as well as for core simulator

Interested demo users and customers with valid maintenance contracts may contact Crosslight for early access to this version.

Crosslight would like to invite all participants of the upcoming Photonics West conference in San Francisco to attend a free seminar and software tutorial on optoelectronic device simulation. The tutorial gives a hands-on introduction to our high-end simulation tools for electronic and optoelectronic devices: APSYS, LASTIP and PICS3D. These software packages combine electrical, thermal, optical, and quantum-mechanical models in two or three dimensions and can be applied to a large variety of semiconductor devices such as laser diodes, LEDs, solar cells and transistors.

The tutorial will explain and demonstrate the basic operation of these software tools. Strategies for setting the right model options and material parameters to obtain realistic simulation results will also be discussed. Using realistic device examples, deep insight into micro- and nano-scale physical processes will be provided .

The seminar will be held on Thu. Feb. 12th 1PM – 5PM in the Sierra A room of the Marriott Marquis hotel. More information on the tutorial can be obtained at the conference’s Industry Events page.

While the seminar is free, preregistration from interested participants would be appreciated. Attendees who wish to participate in the hands-on part of the tutorial are also advised to bring along their Windows-based laptop and visit the Crosslight booth (#4517) in the North Exhibit Hall prior to the seminar for help in setting up the software.