Contents

• Abstract
• Kurzfassung
• Acknowledgments
• List of Figures
• Typography
• Abbreviations
• Terminology
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 What is a TCAD System?
  • 1.2 What is a Data Level?
  • 1.3 Outline
• 2 TCAD System Data Analysis
  • 2.1 General Principles
    • 2.1.1 Tool Integration
    • 2.1.2 Data Flows
  • 2.2 TCAD Users and Tasks
  • 2.3 Tool Data
  • 2.4 Task and Framework Data
    • 2.4.1 Tool Coupling
    • 2.4.2 Framework Internal Data
  • 2.5 Representational Aspects
  • 2.6 Summary
• 3 Concepts of Data Levels
  • 3.1 Interchange Formats
    • 3.1.1 Textual Representation
    • 3.1.2 Binary Representation
  • 3.2 Application Procedural Interface
    • 3.2.1 Client-Server Approaches
  • 3.3 Object-Orientedness
  • 3.4 The VISTA Approach
• 4 VISTA Data Level Architecture
  • 4.1 Design Guidelines
  • 4.2 PIF - The Intersite Format
  • 4.3 PBF - The Intertool Format
  • 4.4 Comparison to Other Approaches
• 5 Software Engineering Aspects
  • 5.1 Software Project Management
  • 5.2 VMAKE
  • 5.3 CVS
  • 5.4 TAC
  • 5.5 UNFUG
  • 5.6 VOOPS
    • 5.6.1 Why Object-Oriented Programming?
    • 5.6.2 Drawbacks
    • 5.6.3 Comparison to Object-Oriented Languages
    • 5.6.4 Architecture of VOOPS
    • 5.6.5 The VOOPS Class Model
• 6 VISTA Data Level Implementation
  • 6.1 PAI - The Layered Procedural Interface
    • 6.1.1 Error Handling
    • 6.1.2 VISTA Operating System
    • 6.1.3 File Layer
    • 6.1.4 Network Layer
    • 6.1.5 Caching Layer
    • 6.1.6 Basic Layer
    • 6.1.7 Interface Layer
    • 6.1.8 Application Layer and Language Bindings
      • FORTRAN Interface
      • LISP Interface
    • 6.1.9 Procedural Interfaces
    • 6.1.10 PIF Binary File Manager
  • 6.2 Semantic Issues
  • 6.3 Grid Representations
    • 6.3.1 Tensor Product Grids
    • 6.3.2 Unstructured Grids
  • 6.4 Performance Evaluation
• 7 High-Level Libraries
  • 7.1 GRS
    • 7.1.1 Architecture
      • The Single Linked List and Array Base Classes
      • Classes derived from the PIF Syntax
      • The PIF Object and PIF Object Reference Classes
      • The Value Declaration Class
      • The Value Definition Class
      • The Attribute Class
      • The Grid Classes
      • The Point List Classes
      • Unstructured Grid Element Representation
    • 7.1.2 Unstructured Grid Reading and Writing
    • 7.1.3 Generic Interpolation
    • 7.1.4 The KIRKPATRICK Point Location Method
      • Retriangulation
      • Efficiency Considerations
      • Applicability for Higher Dimensions
    • 7.1.5 A Practical GRS Example - The MINIMOS Wrapper
  • 7.2 Other High-Level Libraries
    • 7.2.1 GAS
    • 7.2.2 G2S
    • 7.2.3 MAT
    • 7.2.4 CLS
• 8 Example: Integration of VLSICAP
  • 8.1 Theory
  • 8.2 Architecture and Integration Guidelines
    • 8.2.1 Integration Considerations
  • 8.3 Data Level Integration
    • 8.3.1 Input Files needed by VLSICAP
    • 8.3.2 The PIF Geometry Format
    • 8.3.3 VLSICP PIF Output
  • 8.4 User Interface Integration
    • 8.4.1 MESHCP User Interface Integration
    • 8.4.2 VCPGP Integration
    • 8.4.3 VLSICP Integration
    • 8.4.4 Visualizing Results
  • 8.5 Example: A Microstrip Line
  • 8.6 Example: A Parasitic MOSFET
    • 8.6.1 Data Exchange Aspects
  • 8.7 The TCAD Aspects of PIF - A Practical SFC Example
• 9 Conclusion and Future Aspects
  • 9.1 Model Server
  • 9.2 G3S Geometric Library
  • 9.3 Object-Oriented Design Representation
• A The PIF Syntax
• A.1 PIF Language Rules
• A.2 Notation Conventions
• A.3 PIF Syntax Definition
• A.4 PIF Language Rules
• B UNFUG Reference
• B.1 The Template File - UNFUG Expression Evaluation
• B.2 The UNFUG Syntax
  • B.2.1 Looped Code Generation
  • B.2.2 Conditional Code Generation
  • B.2.3 Miscellaneous Functions
• B.3 The Tuple File - Tuple Specification
• B.4 A Simple Example
• C VOOPS Reference
• C.1 The Class Table
• C.2 Methods and the Messaging Concept
• C.3 The VOOPS Syntax
  • The MODULE Statement
  • The ENDMODULE Statement
  • The SUBMODULE Statement
  • The ENDSUBMODULE Statement
  • The DEFCLASS Statement
  • The PARENTCLASS Statement
  • Type Expressions
  • The DEFMEMBER Statement
  • The ENDCLASS Statement
  • The DEFFLAG Statement
  • The DEFMETHOD Statement
  • The ENDMETHOD Statement
  • The DEFPRIVATE Statement
  • The DEFAULTMETHODS Statement
  • The SENDCLASS Statement
  • The SENDPRIVATE Statement
  • The SENDSELF Statement
  • The SEND Statement
  • The SENDID Statement
• C.4 A Simple Example
• References
• List of Publications
  • Author of
  • Co-Author in
  • Edited Book
• Curriculum Vitae
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