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2.4 Magwel

Magwel [4] offers simulation software for designing integrated circuits.

EditEM is a very intuitive and versatile design editor. It can read CAD files, it is capable to check three-dimensional structures and the corresponding mesh. Layer based geometries are investigated layer-wise.

SolvEM is a powerful three-dimensional solver for electromagnetic problems. Its capabilities include Maxwell equations computation at high frequencies and drift-diffusion equations in semiconductor domains. Thereby skin effect, current crowding effect, eddy currents, and semiconductor junction space charges can be computed. It provides a coupling between interconnect simulation in conductors, insulators and semiconductors.

ExtractEM provides lumped or S-parameter extraction of the investigated structure. The researcher can inspect the computed field results and use the extracted parameters for further investigation as input for SPICE simulation.




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