Keysight IC-CAP 2020 Update 2 x64

The PathWave development team is pleased to announce the availability of Device Modeling (IC-CAP) 2020 Update 2.0. This update includes enhanced support for tabular data via LSYNC V/I for ADS and ELDO, Keysight I/O Library Suite 2020 (LINUX), CMOS Modeling Packages model updates.

PathWave Device Modeling (IC-CAP) 2020 Update 2.0 Release Notes

Enhancements
– IC-CAP adds support for the ADS and ELDO simulators to work with LSYNC V,I inputs for DC, CV, and Two Port/Multiport simulations.
– Updated CMOS Packages:
. BSIMSOI model updated to versions 4.6.0 and 4.6.1
. HiSIM_HV model updated to version 2.40
. HiSIM2 model updated to version 3.0.0
. PSP model updated to versions 103.5 and 103.6
– IC-CAP adds support for the Keysight IO Libraries Suite 2020 and later versions on Linux Red Hat Enterprise 7.

Note: IC-CAP does not support any earlier versions of Keysight IO Libraries Suite on Linux. Only the new Keysight IO Libraries Suite 2020 version and later are supported.
– New Python API module introduced to enable import for Pulsed IV and S-parameters Maury/AMCAD output data formats (.mes and .mps) through the following python functions:
. load_mes_file_p_lsync
. load_mes_file_iv_lsync
. load_mps_file_p_lsync
. load_mps_file_iv_lsync
. New example file added to $ICCAP_ROOT/examples/new_features/ICCAP_2020_Update2/PIV_IMPORT_Example_FET.mdl
– New Python API function introduced to enable reload of external Python modules:
. load_python_module
. New example file added to $ICCAP_ROOT/examples/python/external_py_file_call.mdl
. To check compiler timestamp for the ‘iccap’ module and new helper ‘icfunc_check_timestamp’ function has been added.
– Two experimental features are available by adding the variable ENABLE_DCOP_AND_LIB_IMPORT at the IC-CAP Main Window level (i.e. System Variables). Its value is not important, simply its presence at this topmost level will enable the experimental features.
. Setting this variable allows you to read spectre library files, find a netlist for a specific section ("corner"), and import to an IC-CAP circuit page.
. Setting this variable also allows outputs of type ‘O’ (Bias Operating Point Condition Parameter) which allows you to read values such as gm when simulating with the ADS simulator (hpeesofsim).
. New example file for the DC Operating Point has been added to $ICCAP_ROOT/examples/new_features/ICCAP_2020_Update2/DC_OP_POINT_MOS_Example.mdl
Warning: These features must be enabled because they are still experimental. They have only been tested in the contexts for which they are intended to work. Due diligence has been exercised before making these features available for experimentation, but unforeseen side-effects to functionality outside of the specific features may not always be handled correctly. Users enabling these features are advised to save often and use caution when overwriting valuable files after including these new features. Specifically, care must be taken when loading files containing outputs of type ‘O’ into prior versions of PathWave Device Modeling (IC-CAP) or into PathWave Device Modeling (IC-CAP) 2020 Update 2.0 without the ENABLE_DCOP_AND_LIB_IMPORT set. These outputs will convert to voltage outputs and the bias parameters associated with the outputs will be lost if saved in this context.
Issues Fixed
– New default value for B1500/B1505 Data Output format, changed from 4-Bit to 8-Bit.
– Fixed the Python get_child_objects outputs for the DC_OP type Mode ‘O’.
– Fixed the tablevar Python API function for get_val().
– Fixed issue of S-parameter LSYNC simulation crash on LINUX with temperature.
– Fixed issue of B1500 SYNC measurement using slot-1 unit as a non-master.
– Fixed the issue of IF Bandwidth to include 1 MHz to 15 MHz as possible values for the PNA instruments.
– Fixed negative capacitance result in Spectre 2-port simulation with a particular capacitance network.
– Fixed issue of backslash not working in specifying the path to a calset file in ADS-HBT toolkit and Angelov-GaN toolkit.
– Fixed crash when reading circuit file with a very long equation into IC-CAP MODEL and/or DUT circuit page.
– Fixed memory leak that could occur with PEL programmatic modification of the variable value fields in the IC-CAP variable table.
– Fixed issue of not all data points fully read into Output in HB 2-tone simulation.
– Fixed issue of sampling measurement not working with VSU and HPSMU on 4155/4156.
– Fixed the issue of Input values that could not be set as String-type from PEL.
– Fixed crash when setting a custom GUI slider widget current tuner value outside of the maximum or minimum tuning range.
– Fixed issue when simulating with the ADS simulator (hpeesofsim) and a parameter input controls parameter TEMP and has sweep type of LSYNC or is the master sweep of another LSYNC input in the setup.
Note: This fix is only for DC simulations, CV, and Two Port/Multiport simulations. CV simulations are restricted to setups which do not sweep CV_FREQ at sweep order 2 or higher. Two Port/Multiport simulations are restricted to frequency sweeps of sweep order 1 or Constant Frequency sweeps. All other simulation types will not produce correct results.
Documentation
Starting with the 2020 release, the online help gets a new user interface. The new UI improves overall online help usability by providing the following key benefits in addition to several other minor benefits:
– Table of Contents Sidebar: Displays collapsible Table of Contents for the entire documentation. The left-double-arrow icon collapses the sidebar, and the right-double-arrow icon displays the sidebar back again.
– PDF Button: Allows you to instantly generate PDFs of the latest documentation anytime, including current page’s children pages. Currently, the PDF generation option is available only for 2020 release. For other releases, you can switch to their Printing Manuals page and download the existing PDFs like earlier.
– Product Release Switcher: Allows you to view the current page in other supported releases listed in the drop-down menu. Once you select a release from the drop-down menu, the current page is updated to show the content applicable to the selected release. The Table of Contents is updated as well. With this, you bookmark URL of only one release and then switch to other releases from this drop-down menu.
– Latest Documentation: The documentation available in the new UI is always kept updated for all supported releases. These updates are available to you as soon as they happen at our end. This provides you 24×7 access to the most recent and technically accurate documentation.

IC-CAP (Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program) is the industry standard software for DC, analog and RF semiconductor device characterization and modeling. IC-CAP extracts accurate compact models for use in high speed/digital, analog, power electronics and power RF applications. IC-CAP offers device engineers and designers a state of-the-art modeling tool that fills numerous modeling needs, including automated instrument control, data acquisition, parameter extraction, graphical analysis, simulation, optimization, and statistical analysis. All of these capabilities are combined in a flexible, automated and intuitive software environment for efficient and accurate extraction of active, passive and user-defined devices and circuits. Today’s most advanced semiconductor foundries and Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs) rely on IC-CAP for modeling silicon CMOS, Bipolar, compound gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), and many other device technologies.

PathWave * Device Modeling (IC-CAP) 2020 Update 1.0 incorporates the new Compact Model Coalition (CMC) physics-based RF GaN models; ASM-MEMT and MVSG. Both 5G and Radar applications are putting extreme demands on modern RF GaN devices. Often the older empirical models are simply not sufficiently accurate to predict the extreme power and large-signal behavior exhibited by these devices. The two new CMC models rely on the underlying semiconductor physics to allow the models to accurately predict performance well outside the characterization region. With the addition of these two models into our Device Modeling portfolio, Keysight now offers a complete set of empirical, AI-based and physics-based RF GaN models. Customers now have the option to pick and choose whichever model best fits their application and workflow.
* The PathWave software platform facilitates a completely new product development culture that creates an environment where design and test engineers can speak the same language. At Keysight, we call this new product development philosophy TestOps.

TestOps empowers you to develop, deploy, analyze, and release new products more accurately and quickly.
In this video we talk about the Device Modeling Flow from Keysight that helps you achieve your goal of accurately characterizing and modeling cutting edge silicon and compound semiconductor devices.

Keysight Technologies Inc. is the world’s leading electronic measurement company, transforming today’s measurement experience through innovations in wireless, modular, and software solutions. With its HP and Agilent legacy, Keysight delivers solutions in wireless communications, aerospace and defense and semiconductor markets with world-class platforms, software and consistent measurement science.

Product: Keysight Device Modeling (IC-CAP)
Version: 2020 Update 2.0
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : http://www.keysight.com
Language: english
System Requirements: PC *
Supported Operating Systems: *
Size: 1.2 Gb

System Requirements
Operating System
Practical Minimums: Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit
Recommended Basic: Windows 10, 64-bit
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 or higher, AMD XP 3000 or higher.
Hard disk: 1.5 GB for complete installation.
RAM; Minimum is 2 GB RAM, recommended is 3 GB RAM. Minimum 3 GB RAM is required for Windows 7.
Display: High-resolution color only (Super VGA, 1024×768, 15-inch monitor minimum and at least 1280×1024 is required for Extraction packages)
Acrobat Reader; Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher to view the PDF files
Compiler; (Only for user-compiled code interface or open measurement interface). C++ and C: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2012 Update 2.