Title :
PRIDE: an integrated design environment for semiconductor device simulation
Author :
Simpson, Mark R.
Author_Institution :
North American Philips Corp., Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA
fDate :
9/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Philips Research Integrated Device Environment (PRIDE) is a computer-aided design (CAD) system for the rapid specification and evaluation of semiconductor devices. Using a windows icons menus pointer (WIMP) based graphical user interface, the environment incorporates a diverse set of semiconductor device simulation programs into one integrated, extensible CAD framework. This framework provides a uniform interface for the engineer interested in device simulation. PRIDE is composed of three independent modules: (i) picasso, a graphical preprocessor used to input the geometry and doping profiles of a device, (ii) various simulation programs in which the semiconductor device equations are solved numerically, and (iii) prism, an interactive color graphics post-processor for the rapid display and analysis of solution results
Keywords :
CAD; digital simulation; electronic engineering computing; graphical user interfaces; integrated software; semiconductor device models; CAD system; PRIDE; Philips Research Integrated Device Environment; WIMP; computer-aided design; doping profiles; graphical preprocessor; graphical user interface; integrated design environment; interactive color graphics post-processor; picasso; prism; semiconductor device simulation; simulation programs; windows icons menus pointer; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Data preprocessing; Design automation; Doping profiles; Equations; Geometry; Graphical user interfaces; Semiconductor devices; Solid modeling;
Journal_Title :
Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
