A mixed TCAD/Electrical simulation laboratory to open up the microelectronics teaching

Jean-Marc J.-M. Galliere (1) , Jérôme Boch (2, 3)

1 SysMIC - Conception et Test de Systèmes MICroélectroniques
2 IES - Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes
3 RADIAC - Radiations et composants

In classical microelectronics engineer curriculum, students have to acquire skills in device physics as well as in analog and digital IC design. As a rule, each course is illustrated in a dedicated CAD tools laboratory. Over time, this method leads to a compartmentalizing of the teaching by putting conceptual barrier in the student's mind. This article proposes a laboratory in which students can mix TCAD electrical and SPICE simulation. With this tutorial, the instructor is able to highlight the possible interdependence between these tools but overall he demonstrates students that associated teachings are linked and share the same objectives.

Mots clés: Education; Computational modeling; Design automation; Hardware design languages; Physics; SPICE; Computer simulation; Partial differential equations

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Jean-Marc J.-M. Galliere, Jérôme Boch. A mixed TCAD/Electrical simulation laboratory to open up the microelectronics teaching. MSE: Microelectronic Systems Education, Jul 2009, San Francisco, United States. ⟨10.1109/MSE.2009.5270836⟩. ⟨hal-01709636⟩