Crosslight Software

Crosslight Software Inc. is an international company headquartered in greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Officially spun off from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in 1995, [1] it provides Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) tools for semiconductor device and process simulations.

Crosslight Software, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustrySemiconductor device
Founded1995
Headquarters
Burnaby, British Columbia
,
Canada
Key people
Dr. Simon Li, Founder & CEO
ProductsTechnology CAD
Websitewww.crosslight.com

Crosslight's founder, Dr. Z.M. Simon Li (李湛明), is a pioneer [2] in the field of optoelectronic device simulation TCAD and based on this work, Crosslight claims to be the first commercial vendor of TCAD tools for quantum well laser diodes. Crosslight also licenses other technology from the Stanford University TCAD Group for semiconductor process simulations.

History

After its initial spin-off from the NRC, Crosslight launched its flagship product LASTIP, a 2D simulator for quantum well laser diodes. Based on its founder's research,[2] LASTIP predates other well-known tools in the field such as MINILASE. [3] By adding the ability to model quantum well active regions, LASTIP was also a significant step-up from earlier comparable efforts such as Hitachi's HILADIES. [4] As early laser diode TCAD tools were primarily developed by individual researchers for their own use, Crosslight claims that LASTIP's commercialization makes them first-to-market in this field.

Further improvements in the technology followed including the development of PICS3D for 3D modeling of optoelectronic devices, a feat which earned Crosslight the Laser Focus World Commercial Technology Achievement Award in 1998. [5] For non-laser TCAD applications such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes, a third tool called APSYS was developed. [6] [7]

In March 2004, Crosslight licensed the legendary 2D process simulator SUPREM-IV.GS [8] from Stanford University and extended it to 3D as the core of its process simulation tool CSUPREM.

In January 2010, Crosslight entered into a partnership with Acceleware with the intention of producing greater speed in thin film solar cell and image pixel sensor simulations.[9]

Since its founding, Crosslight has build up a worldwide base of industrial and academic users [10] and has sponsored research and academic projects at various universities and research institutes. [11] [12] [13][14] [15]

Products

LASTIP

Laser Technology Integrated Program is Crosslight's flagship product and was intended to bring to the laser diode community a level of maturity equivalent to that seen in the silicon IC industry. It includes optical gain models for quantum well/wire/dot with different types of spectral broadening, Coulomb interaction for many-body effects, k.p non-parabolic subbands and models optical mode competition in structures supporting multiple lateral modes.[2]

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 the lateral and longitudinal directions. Optical properties such as quantum well/wire/dot optical gain and spontaneous emission rates are computed self-consistently.

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 an emphasis on band structure engineering and quantum mechanical effects. Unlike other TCAD tools used in the microelectronics industry, silicon is merely a special case of a more generalized semiconductor material library.

CSUPREM

(Crosslight-SUPREM) is a 3D process simulation software package based on the SUPREM.IV.GS code developed at the Integrated Circuits Laboratory of Stanford University.

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.[16]

References
  1. Hill, Bert (September 27, 1996). "NRC Showcases Spinoff Companies". The Ottawa Citizen.
  2. Li, Z.-M.; Dzurko, Kenneth M.; Delage, A.; McAlister, S.P. (April 1992). "A self-consistent two-dimensional model of quantum-well semiconductor lasers: optimization of a GRIN-SCH SQW laser structure". IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 28 (4): 792–803. doi:10.1109/3.135196.
  3. Grupen, M.; Hess, K. (Nov 1993). "The self-consistent simulation of the modulation responses of quantum well lasers". IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 40 (11): 2105–2106. doi:10.1109/16.239771.
  4. Yamaguchi, K.; Ohtoshi, T.; Kanai-Nagaoka, C.; Uda, T. (July 3, 1996). "Two-dimensional device simulator for laser diodes: HILADIES". Electron. Lett. 22 (14): 740–741. doi:10.1049/el:19860509.
  5. Z. Simon, Dr. Li. "Algorithm models thermal effects in VCSELs". Laser Focus World, May 1997, Page 251. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. Li, Z.Q. ("Leo"); Li, Simon (July 2007). "Sophisticated models replicate the effects of tunnel junctions" (PDF). Compound Semiconductor. 13 (6): 29–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08.
  7. "Carrier manipulation combats droop". Compound Semiconductor Magazine. May 30, 2012. Retrieved Jan 31, 2014.
  8. http://www-tcad.stanford.edu/tcad/programs/suprem-IV.GS/Book.html
  9. "Acceleware Delivers 100X Speed Up for Solar Cell Simulations". FOX Business. January 19, 2010.
  10. Ray, Randy (March 7, 2011). "Crosslight scores with laser-testing software". The Ottawa Citizen.
  11. Opto-electronic Group, UBC http://mina.ubc.ca/lukasc_funding Archived 2011-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Semiconductor device group, NCUE http://blog.ncue.edu.tw/sdmclab/doc/722
  13. NUSOD http://www.nusod.org/
  14. Applied Nano & Bio photonics Group, University of Arkansas, http://comp.uark.edu/~syu/research-facilities.html Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
  15. University of Toronto Smart Power Integration & Semiconductor Devices Research Group, http://www.vrg.utoronto.ca/~ngwt/collaborators.html
  16. Li, Z.Q. "Chemical kinetics and design of gas inlets for III-V growth by MOVPE in a quartz showerhead reactor". J. Crystal Growth, vol. 272, 2004,pp. 47-51. doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2004.08.112. Missing or empty |url= (help)
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