Overview
A PADRE input deck is composed of one or more of the following
commands:
- adapt - automatically regrid with each new
bias point
- alloy - creates a new material alloy
- analysis - analyzes IV or AC log files
- check - compares two solutions
- comment - comment in the input deck
- contact - modifies electrode properties
- continuation - use continuation method
to trace IV curves
- contour - add contour lines to the most
recent plot.2d
- doping - define doping within a device
- electrode - specify position of an electrode
- eliminate - terminate mesh lines in
a rectangular grid
- end - mark the end of the input deck
- extract - extract electrical data from
a solution
- interface - specify properties along
interfaces
- interpolate - interpolate the current
solution onto a new mesh
- linalg - specify parameters for the
numerical solution methods
- load - load previous solutions for plotting
or further simulation
- log - save IV or AC characteristics in a logfile
- lump.element - add a lumped element to the
external circuit
- material - define material parameters
- mesh - load a simulation mesh
- method - set parameters for nonlinear
iteration and transient discretization
- models - set parameters for physical models
- movie - log all subsequent bias points in
a view2d file
- options - set options for an entire run
- plot.1d - plot quantities along a 1D line
within a device, or plot device characteristics
- plot.2d - plot a 2D area within a device
- plot.3d - create a "scatter" file containing
3D device data
- print - print quantities within a device
- p.track - define a particle track for
transient simulations
- region - define material regions
- regrid - refine or coarsen a mesh
- solve - obtain solution for one or more
bias points
- spread - distort rectangular grids in
the vertical direction
- surface - define the location of an
interface or electrode
- system - define which partial differential
equations to solve
- title - specify a title for printed output
- vector - add vector arrows to the most
recent plot.2d
- x.mesh - define location of x-grid lines
in a rectangular mesh
- y.mesh - define location of y-grid lines
in a rectangular mesh
- z.mesh - define location of z-grid lines
in a rectangular mesh
An example deck looks like this.