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ABACUS

ABACUS - Assembly of Basic Applications for Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors is a tool-based curricula designed to introduce interested scientists from Academia and Industry in advanced simulation methods for understanding of semiconductors.

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  1. ABACUS PN Junctions (Winter 2021)

    13 Dec 2021 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

    In this session, Dr. Gerhard Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the PN Junction Lab. With the PN Junction Lab, students can explore band edge diagrams and charge distributions as a function of bias...

  2. ABACUS Overview and Crystal Structures (Winter 2021)

    08 Dec 2021 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

    In the first session, Dr. Klimeck will briefly overview ABACUS and demonstrate the crystal viewer tool. With crystal viewer, students can start with the visualization of a standard Silicon textbook unit cell, then expand the view to a larger crystal and immerse themselves into the various...

  3. Recitation Series for Semiconductor Education

    08 Dec 2021 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

    The objective of this recitation series is to enable faculty to enhance existing or new semiconductor classes with interactive simulations. Simulations and animations can immerse students into “what if” scenarios and engage them in more active forms of learning, including...

  4. Comparing the Operation of p-i-n vs. p-n Junction Diodes Using PN Junction Lab in ABACUS

    23 Aug 2017 | | Contributor(s):: André Schleife, Materials Science and Engineering at Illinois

    In this activity, students use the PN Junction Lab simulation tool in ABACUS on nanoHUB to simulate different p-i-n or p-n diode structures.  Plots of hole concentration and electric field as a function of position, along with the gand structure with and without applied bias, will be...

  5. Verification of the Validity of the BJT Tool

    24 Aug 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    A pnp BJT in Common-Base configuration is analyzed both analytically and numerically using BJT Lab. DC current gain and Output characteristics are computed.MATLAB script used is also available for download.

  6. ABACUS: Test for Drift Diffusion Lab

    12 Aug 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    The objective of this test is to give an idea to a self-learning students or to instructors in the case this test is used in a classroom the level of understanding of this topic when students have gone through the learning material, worked exercises and have completed the assignments and the...

  7. ABACUS: Test for Periodic Potential Lab

    05 Aug 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    The objective of this test is to give an idea to a self-learning students or to instructors in the case this test is used in a classroom the level of understanding of this topic when students have gone through the learning material, worked exercises and have completed the assignments and the...

  8. ABACUS Exercise: Bandstructure – Kronig-Penney Model and Tight-Binding Exercise

    20 Jul 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    The objective of this exercise is to start with the simple Kronig-Penney model and understand formations of bands and gaps in the dispersion relation that describes the motion of carriers in 1D periodic potentials. The second exercise examines the behavior of the bands at the Brillouin zone...

  9. Crystal Viewer Tool: First-Time User Guide

    01 Jun 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Abhijeet Paul, Benjamin P Haley, Gerhard Klimeck

    This first-time user guide is an introduction to the Crystal Viewer Tool lab. It provides basic definitions, including a definition of crystals. Any suggestions for changes and corrections are welcomed.

  10. Piece-Wise Constant Potential Barriers Tool: First-Time User Guide

    01 Jun 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Samarth Agarwal, Gerhard Klimeck

    This supporting document for the Piece-Wise Constant Potential Barriers Tool serves as a first-time user guide. Some basic ideas about quantum mechanical tunneling are introduced in addition to how device geometry influences tunneling probability. The transfer matrix and tight-binding...

  11. MOSCap: First-Time User Guide

    30 Mar 2009 | | Contributor(s):: SungGeun Kim, Benjamin P Haley, Gerhard Klimeck

    This first-time user guide provides an introduction to MOSCap. The MOSCap tool simulates the one-dimensional (along the growth direction) electrostatics in typical single and dual-gate Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor device structures as a function of device size, geometry, oxide charge, temperature,...

  12. Carrier Statistics Lab: First-Time User Guide

    09 Mar 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck, Benjamin P Haley, Saumitra Raj Mehrotra

    This first-time user guide is an introduction to the Carrier Statistics Lab . It provides basic definitions, guidance on how to run the tool, and suggested exercises to help users get accustomed to the idea of distribution functions as well as how these functions are used in determining the...

  13. a TCAD Lab

    29 Oct 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck, Dragica Vasileska

    An Assembly of TCAD tools for circuit, device, and process simulation

  14. ABACUS - Assembly of Basic Applications for Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors

    16 Jul 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Xufeng Wang, Daniel Mejia, Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    One-stop-shop for teaching semiconductor devices

  15. Bulk Band Structure: a Simulation Exercise

    03 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    This simulation exercise teaches the students about band structure of indirect and direct bandgap materials, the optical gaps, the concept of the effective mass and the influence of spin-orbit coupling on the valence bandstructure. NSF

  16. BJT - Simulation Exercise

    03 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    This simulation exercise teaches the students the operation of BJT transistor, what is current gain and how one extracts current gain from the Gummel plot. It also provides output device characteristics from which students have to extract the Early voltage. Furthermore, it makes the students...

  17. Hall Effect - Theoretical Exercise

    03 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    www.eas.asu.edu/~vasileskNSF

  18. BJT - Theoretical Exercise

    03 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    www.eas.asu.edu/~vasileskNSF

  19. MOSFET - Theoretical Exercises

    03 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    www.eas.asu.edu/~vasileskNSF

  20. MOSCAP - Theoretical Exercises 3

    02 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck