2 What is currently included?
\(\mathtt{\require{color}{\color[rgb]{0.000000000000000,0.500000000000000,0.500000000000000} SIMsalabim}}\) does not claim to capture all the physics of any specific semiconductor device. It is the sole responsibility of the user to assess whether this simulation is applicable or not. Thus, it is crucial to understand what is included and what is not. The current version of \(\mathtt{\require{color}{\color[rgb]{0.000000000000000,0.500000000000000,0.500000000000000} SIMsalabim}}\) includes the following: 1
Steady-state or fully transient simulations
Arbitrarily many layers can be specified
Mobile ionic species
Doping
Contacts are defined by their work function. The surface recombination velocities can be either finite or infinite.
Trapping, multiple trap levels can be defined.
Interfaces:
offsets in conduction and valence bands
differences in effective density-of-states
differences in dielectric constant
trapping and recombination
Generation of free charges:
Different profiles
Constant
Generated optical absorption profile based on the device structure
User-defined optical absorption profile
either direct or Onsager-Braun
Recombination processes:
direct, band-to-band recombination
trap-assisted recombination
interface recombination
geminate recombination
Series and shunt resistances
Tracking of open-circuit voltage (\(\mathtt{\require{color}{\color[rgb]{0.000000000000000,0.500000000000000,0.500000000000000} ZimT}}\))