Print version of this Book (PDF file)
The IC-CAP System Architecture
The IC-CAP system centers around a data storage area containing device and circuit characteristics. Initially, these characteristics are obtained from measurements or simulations. After gathering your data, you can perform a variety of operations on the data, including mathematical transformation, extraction, optimization, analysis, or archival to a file or a data base. The analysis features available in IC-CAP allow detailed study of the characteristics and the data can be saved for future use.
Mathematical transformations are used to extend the available set of characteristics, while extractions and optimizations provide feedback to the model in order to obtain agreement between measured and simulated data.
The following figure illustrates the IC-CAP system architecture.
