Product Overview

Crosslight provides award-winning simulation software for modeling semiconductor devices/processes in an advanced technology computer aided design (TCAD) environment. With three device simulation software packages (APSYS, LASTIP and PICS3D) our device models cover a full range of devices from basic silicon MOSFET to more complex devices such as vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and quantum cascade laser (QCL).

Crosslight also developed PROCOM-A 2/3D simulator to model semiconductor growth by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD),  a technology commonly used by the semiconductor industry.  For silicon and GaAs process simulation, we offer CSUPREM, a Crosslight version of the SUPREM.IV.GS (2D) originally developed by Integrated Circuits Laboratory at Stanford University. Among other extensions and enhancements, CSUPREM offers full 3D process simulation.


PICS3D pdf:mini-brochure

PICS3D, Photonic Integrated Circuit Simulator in 3D, is a state of the art 3D-simulator for surface and edge emission laser diodes, SOA, and other similar active waveguide devices. 2/3 dimensional semiconductor equations (drift-diffusion) are coupled to the optical modes in both lateral and longitudinal directions. Optical properties such as quantum well/wire/dot optical gain and spontaneous emission rates are computed self-consistently. Click here for more details...

Main Applications

  • Various types of edge emitting lasers with strong longitudinal effects such as DFB and DBR lasers.
  • Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL).
  • Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA).
  • Waveguide photodetectors (WPD).
  • Electroabsorption modulators (EAM).

LASTIP pdf: mini-brochure

LASTIP, Laser Technology Integrated Program, was historically the first product of Crosslight Software Inc., dedicated primarily to 2D simulation of edge emitting laser diodes. It brought methods of TCAD to the laser community which over time achieved the maturity level similar to the one seen in silicon IC industry. It includes optical gain model for quantum well/wire/dot with different types of spectral broadening, Coulomb interaction, and kp non-parabolic subbands. It also accurately treats multiple lateral modes interactions. Click here for more details...

Main Applications

  • 2D simulation of edge emitting lasers.
  • Models of various quantum well/wire/dot structures.
  • Quantum cascade lasers (intersubband models).

APSYS pdf: mini-brochure

APSYS, Advanced Physical Models of Semiconductor Devices, is based on 2D/3D finite element analysis of electrical, optical and thermal properties of compound semiconductor devices, with silicon as a special case. Emphasis has been placed on band structure engineering and quantum mechanical effects. Inclusion of various optical modules also makes this simulation package attractive for applications involving photosensitive or light emitting devices. Click here for more details...

Main Applications

  • Various types of silicon devices.
  • LED and OLED.
  • Solar cells.
  • Photodetectors (PD).
  • High electron mobility transistors (HEMT).
  • Heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT).
  • Traveling wave semiconductor optical amplifiers(SOA).
  • Resonant tunneling diodes (RTD).
  • Quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIP).
  • Small MOS devices with strong quantum mechanical effects (Quanmtim-MOS).

PROCOM pdf:mini-brochure

PROCOM (PROcesses of COMpounds) is a 2/3-dimensional process simulation software package for compound semiconductor growth by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD). Given the deposition reactor geometry, chemical species and growth condition parameters, PROCOM predicts the semiconductor film growth rate, composition, thickness uniformity, dopant incorporation and defect distribution based on detailed chemical kinetics and mass/heat transfer models. Click here for more details...


CSUPREM pdf:mini-brochure

CSUPREM (Crosslight-SUPREM) is a process simulation software package based on the SUPREM.IV.GS code developed at Integrated Circuits Laboratory, Stanford University. SUPREM.IV.GS (2D) has been recognized as the industrial standard in process simulation for integrated circuit (IC) design for over a decade. Crosslight greatly enhances the capability of the original code from Stanford and extends it from 2D to 3D. Click here for more details...


Presentations

More details on physical models in Crosslight's device and process simulation software are further explained in a number of presentation files in the Download session. click here to see our presentations


Related Publications
  • Publications on application of Crosslight Software.
    The following is a partial listing of published research papers which used Crosslight Software. We hope users continue to inform us about their published research papers containing Crosslight Software results. A more complete listing will help the semiconductor modeling/design community in general and Crosslight Software users in particular.
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  • Publications describing Crosslight Software.
    Physical models of Crosslight Software's simulators are described in the following selected publications (Dr. Z.M. Simon Li is chief simulator designer).
    Click here to view the publications

  • Text Book Using Crosslight Software
    Crosslight's simulation software has been used as an educational tool to illustrate device physics in the following book from Academic Press: Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices - Introduction to Physics and Simulation, by Joachim Piprek. Please click here to download input files (compatible with Crosslight Software Version 2002.8) used in the book. Please contact Dr. Piprek directly (piprek@nusod.org) regarding details of the input files. Crosslight has issued a tutorial / demonstration license (not for commercial design) to Dr. Piprek who may help licensed users at a fee. If you have a demo or regular license of Crosslight's simulators and are in need of tutorial/training/initial-setup, you may consider using  Dr. Piprek as well as Crosslight's services.