This is a summary of a new release of MicroTec version 3.03 for Windows.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
April 6, 98

           MicroTec-3.03 features

1. Device simulator SemSim

These perform full 2D steady-state simulation on a PC for MOS, bipolar
and Schottky devices. The device geometry must be a rectangle.
The standard diffusion-drift model without energy balance is
used. The mobility and recombination models are essentially
the same as in other widely used commercial simulators.

SemSim is very memory and CPU time efficient.
Memory is allocated dynamically with 8 Megs required for
20,000 nodes. That is about 20 times less than for most of
the other simulators available on the market because those are
usually Newton method based tools. Typical simulation time
is less than 1 minute on 486/66 MHz for one I-V point with a
mesh of approximately 1000 nodes.

These tools are remarkably robust, as one may start
a simulation from almost any initial voltage. Automatic
grid generation is implemented in SemSim.

The software and its components are now being used in more than
70 universities and companies worldwide including National
Semiconductors, LSI Logic, VLSI Technology, TI, Harris Semiconductors,
Rockwell Semiconductors, Hitachi  and Linfinity Microelectronics. 
Engineers prefer to use these tools because they are much more robust 
and easier to use.

2. Process simulator SIDIF

SIDIF is similar to other available 2D process simulation
programs. It simulates most of basic silicon processing steps:
2D implantation, diffusion and oxidation. Simplified models
for epitaxy and oxidation are used. 

Dynamic memory allocation allows the use of an essentially
unlimited number of nodes, about 40,000 for 8 Megs.
Typical simulation takes a few minutes on 486/66 MHz for
a mesh of approximately 2,500 nodes.

This tool is used by universities and companies in the US,
Canada, Japan, Holland, Germany, U.K., Korea, Singapore,
South Africa, India, Russia and other countries.

3. Pre- and postprocessing

MicroTec has a shell integrating the simulation tools and
graphics.  The state-of-the-art postprocessing graphics package
SibGraf includes 3D plots, contours, cross-sections, color maps
and 2D plots (I-V curves and cross sections of 3D plots). It is
extremely easy to use. 

4. Pricing (North America only, for oversees please call)

The educational discount price is US$699 a copy.
The student version with a limited number of nodes (600) is US$99.99.
It is a cost effective tool for companies.
Call us for a discount on multi-copy orders.

Quote expiry date July 31, 1998


5. Contact person

Dr. Michael S. Obrecht
Siborg Systems Inc.
24 Combermere Cres., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5B1
Tel: 519-888-9906
Fax: 519-725-9522
E-mail: obrecht@siborg.ca
