Development of an Application Interface for Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Simulation Tool

在这个项目中，广asasemi有限公司将为我们的半导体技术计算机辅助设计（TCAD）工具开发一个应用程序接口。TCAD是一种专门用于半导体行业的软件，用于模拟和优化晶体管和二极管等半导体器件的物理和电气特性。该工具的潜力将随着高质量应用程序接口的开发而实现，这是现代工程师所期望的。该项目具有创新性，因为该工具专门针对电力电子中使用的宽带隙（WBG）半导体。与硅基器件相比，碳化硅（SiC）和氮化镓（GaN）等WBG材料具有优越的物理特性，可以实现更快的开关速度、更低的损耗和更高的效率。这在电动汽车和可再生能源系统等各种应用中节省了大量能源。开发新的WBG功率半导体器件对于实现净零排放和向更可持续的未来过渡至关重要。我们的TCAD工具使用一个称为求解器的数学引擎来求解设备方程。这是我们作为一家公司的主要资产，并提供了我们的核心技术专长。它包含了所有半导体器件需要解决的潜在数值分析和器件物理，并且基于相当多的专有技术和多年的专业知识。应用程序接口是一个软件组件，它将围绕我们的求解器提供图形用户界面（GUI）和其他功能。应用程序接口将使工程师能够使用我们的TCAD工具准确地建模和模拟WBG器件结构、材料特性和电气特性，从而提高器件性能并降低开发周期成本。此外，通过提高技术知识和能力，这种TCAD工具的发展将有助于推动英国半导体产业，创造更多的增长和创新机会。我们将利用我们的专业知识并与行业合作伙伴合作，根据功率半导体设计人员和制造商的特定需求定制TCAD工具。

In this project KuasaSemi Ltd will develop an application interface for our semiconductor Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) tool. TCAD is a specialised type of software that is used specifically in the semiconductor industry to model and optimise the physical and electrical properties of semiconductor devices such as transistors and diodes. The potential of this tool will be realised with the development of a high-quality application interface, which modern engineers expect.The project is innovative as this tool focuses specifically on wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors used in power electronics. Compared with silicon-based devices, WBG materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) have superior physical properties that enable faster switching speeds, lower losses, and higher efficiency. This leads to significant energy savings in various applications such as electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. Developing new WBG power semiconductor devices is essential to achieve net-zero emissions and transition to a more sustainable future.Our TCAD tool uses a mathematical engine, called the solver, which solves the device equations. This is our main asset as a company and provides our core technical expertise. It contains the underlying numerical analysis and device physics that need to be solved for all semiconductor devices and is based on considerable know-how and years of expertise. The application interface is a software component that will provide a graphical user interface (GUI) and additional functionality around our solver.The application interface will enable engineers to use our TCAD tool to model and simulate WBG device structures, material properties, and electrical characteristics accurately, thereby improving device performance and reducing development cycle costs. Additionally, by increasing technical knowledge and capability, the development of this TCAD tool will help boost the UK semiconductor industry, creating more opportunities for growth and innovation. We will leverage our expertise and collaborate with industrial partners to tailor the TCAD tool to the specific needs of power semiconductor designers and manufacturers.