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01/22/15
RELEASE NOTES
For notes on earlier releases see the release notes file shipped with the 2012 Baseline
Version of Atlas (5.18.3.R)
VERSION 5.20.2
NEW FEATURES
Baseline release
"Clockwise Angle" and "Anticlockwise Angle" ANGPOWER and RAYPLOT log file output
Improve ANGPOWER file output to prevent incorrect TE/TM and angle unit labels
Improve structure file output to prevent incorrect values of interface acceptor DOS
and trapped density
Improve waveguide mode calculation to prevent incorrect behavior when using the
WAVEGUIDE statement
VERSION 5.20.1
NEW FEATURES
Baseline release
VERSION 5.20.0
NEW FEATURES
Baseline release
VERSION 5.19.35
NEW FEATURES
Group velocity log file output and modal field magnitude structure file output for
PHOTONIC statement
Improve k.p model laser device convergence when using current boundary conditions
Improve accuracy and robustness of k.p model average particle density calculation
Improve laser gain calculation to prevent incorrect negative values are band edges
VERSION 5.19.34
NEW FEATURES
Improve accuracy of Geiger line integral output for log file probe
Improve accuracy of transfer matrix method output spectra calculation for multiple
spontaneous emission regions
Improve SAVE statement TRAP.FILE file output to prevent incorrect saving of host
and dopant acceptor defect densities
VERSION 5.19.33
NEW FEATURES
ODEFECT and OINTDEFECT host and dopant trap DOS data file output quantities
Modify ODEFECT and OINTDEFECT AFILE output file acceptor energy reference value
Improve thermionic emission model to prevent spurious error message for insulator
as semiconductor interfaces
Improve ZAIDMAN model to prevent spurious error message for certain device
geometries
MixedMode AC log file support for Atlas device conductance and capacitances
Improve MixedMode time step algorithm to prevent incorrect small time steps with
PWL source specifications
VERSION 5.19.32
NEW FEATURES
2D general near-to-far field pattern transformation for oblique and normal incidence
Automatic FDTD near field re-sampling to improve resolution and reduce noise for far
field patterns
Improve accuracy of small signal AC analysis with UST model and SURF.REC models
Improve thermionic interface support for SIS.EL and SIS.HO models to prevent
spurious error message
Improve thermionic interface model to prevent incorrect results when S.S is not
specified
Improve calculation of FDTD far field pattern to prevent incorrect angle shift
VERSION 5.19.31
NEW FEATURES
Improve structure file output to prevent incorrect sign of electron velocity vector
components
VERSION 5.19.30
NEW FEATURES
Singlet and triplet exciton concentration support in C-Interpreter nodal data callback
function
C-Interpreter nodal data callback function support for F.CONMUN and F.CONMUP
functions
Remove spurious warning message from interface trap log file probe
Modified TIMESPAN parameter of HEIMAN model to account for initial bias and bias
cutback
Updated default ANALYTIC low-field mobility parameter for GaAs, AlAs, InAs, InP and
GaP
Improve BTE.VERBOSE data file output to prevent incorrect mesh node numbers
VERSION 5.19.29
NEW FEATURES
Improve FILE.PHOTOGEN model to prevent incorrect source and available photocurrent values
VERSION 5.19.28
NEW FEATURES
Multiple host machine support for PAM.GMRES and PAM.BICGST MPI iterative linear
solvers
C-Interpreter nodal data callback function support for F.COPT, F.GAUN and F.GAUP
functions
Improve interface trap structure file output to prevent saving of incorrect quantities
Improve accuracy CUBIC35 model InGaAsP, AlGaAsp, InAlAsP and InGaAsSb bandgap
calculation
VERSION 5.19.27
NEW FEATURES
Ielmini trap assisted tunnelling model support for user-specified quantum tunneling
regions
VERSION 5.19.26
NEW FEATURES
VERSION 5.19.25
NEW FEATURES
Hybrid laser model support for longitudinal mode spectrum, external air gap tuning
and output coupling diffraction loss
Improve eye diagram output to prevent incorrect values with large input files
VERSION 5.19.24
NEW FEATURES
Improve FOURIER to prevent spurious error message when processing MixedMode log
files
Improve ODEFECTS statement TFILE data file output to prevent incorrect values if
double peak Gaussian DOS distribution is used without hopping model
Improve OX.POISS model support for fixed interface charge to prevent incorrect
results
VERSION 5.19.23
NEW FEATURES
Defect DOS and ionized density support in C-Interpreter nodal data callback function
Interface charge and total interface charge for log file probe
Normalize angle and spectrum output files for SAVE and LED statements
Improve MixedMode structure file output to prevent incorrect values of transient trap
hole recombination rate
VERSION 5.19.22
NEW FEATURES
Edge-emitting laser model support for cavities with non-uniform index of refraction in
propagation direction
Improve error file output to prevent incorrect values of equation RHS errors
Improve MESH statement structure file loading to prevent incorrect doping values if
region is specified added after loading
Improve automatic file generation in LED and solar to prevent incorrect file names
Improve log file probe calculation of drift and diffusion currents to prevent incorrect
values
VERSION 5.19.21
NEW FEATURES
Specification for LED spectrum and angular power files automatic enumeration
LED spectrum and angular power file output are now non-normalized by default
Improve Lindefelt bandgap narrowing model for SiC to prevent incorrect values with
ionized dopants
VERSION 5.19.20
NEW FEATURES
VERSION 5.19.19
NEW FEATURES
4H-SiC and 6H-SiC Slotboom bandgap narrowing material parameter run-time output
Improve vector Helmholtz model to prevent potential crash when specifying multiple
orbital numbers and multiple transverse modes
Improve 3D ray-trace to prevent incorrect results for reflected low energy rays
Improve bandgap log file probe to prevent incorrect results in structures with voids
Default maximum number of iterations is now 500 for PAM.BICGST and PAM.GMRES
parallel iterative solvers
VERSION 5.19.18
NEW FEATURES
Output spectrum file specification for dipole emission spectra calculated from Fermi's
golden rule
k.p model energy range specification for density of states and optical response
k.p model log file output for optical transition matrix elements, band character and
region-specific bulk band structure
Finite element basis order specification for Schrodinger equation solution for
improved hetero-interfaces accuracy
Improve noise model to prevent spurious error message with GANSAT mobility model
VERSION 5.19.17
NEW FEATURES
Improve log file probe electric field calculation adjacent to insulator regions
Improve QWIP radiative capture rate model to prevent potential error with monospectral beams
Improve interface model to prevent possible crash when specifying F.QF C-Interpreter
model
VERSION 5.19.16
NEW FEATURES
Optical intensity structure file output for CONDUCTOR regions without absorption
Improve carrier temperature model to allow flow of finite carrier energy at thermionic
interfaces
Improve log file probe to prevent incorrect integrated values with 2D cylindrical
meshes
Improve accuracy of transient trap recombination model for very long transient
simulations
Improve LED photon and energy flux regional summaries to prevent incorrect results
Improve mesh generation to prevent different mesh spacing in 64-bit and extendedprecision
Improve LED and SAVE statements spectrum assignment to prevent incorrect results
VERSION 5.19.15
NEW FEATURES
VERSION 5.19.14
NEW FEATURES
Ratio of cubic to total site specification for SiC two-level incomplete ionization model
Improve Sotoodeh III-V low-field mobility model temperature dependence and runtime output
Improve ionic species generic reaction model to prevent poor transient convergence
with three separate ionic species
Improve time step algorithm to prevent incorrect increments when running in 160-bit
extended-precision
Improve thermionic interface model to prevent poor convergence with both lattice
temperature and carrier temperature simulations
Improve structure file reload to prevent incorrect current bias value with MESH
WIDTH specification
VERSION 5.19.13
NEW FEATURES
Improve log file PROBE output to prevent incorrect trap density results
VERSION 5.19.12
NEW FEATURES
THERMAL3D heat capacity and thermal conductivity default structure file output
Improve MixedMode to prevent spurious error message when loading structure files
which were previously simulated using LUMINOUS
Improve parallel Atlas to prevent potential crash when using more that 32 CPUs
Improve structure file output to prevent incorrect values of charge concentration for
user defined insulator materials
VERSION 5.19.11
NEW FEATURES
Improve GaN polarization structure file output to show both positive and negative
charge at thermionic hetero-interfaces
Improve curvetracer algorithm so that voltage steps can be applied after curvetracer
finishes
VERSION 5.19.10
NEW FEATURES
Improve oxygen exchange surface boundary model to account for current device
temperature
Improve structure file output to prevent incorrect material definition with TI02
Improve structure file optical intensity output to prevent incorrect insulator values
with degradation models
Improve oxygen transport model to prevent spurious error message with volumetric
electrodes
Improve ODEFECT acceptor, donor and total DOS file output to prevent incorrect
values
VERSION 5.19.9
NEW FEATURES
BLOCK method now available for lattice temperature with non-local band-to-band
tunneling model
Extra run-time output for bias cutbacks steps caused by lattice or carrier
temperatures exceeding their specified limits
Improve interface material and number specification to prevent incorrect results with
interface resistance model
VERSION 5.19.8
NEW FEATURES
Improve doping loading from ATHENA structure files to prevent potential crash
Improve structure file charge calculation to include oxygen vacancy and oxygen
interstitial densities
Improve structure file creation to prevent possible crash when changing region into
electrode
VERSION 5.19.7
NEW FEATURES
Improve optical s-matrix model to include exciton radiative decay in optical output
power calculation
VERSION 5.19.6
NEW FEATURES
Improve log file output to prevent incorrect values when using ten beams
Improve structure file output to prevent incorrect doping values at region interfaces if
doping is defined using individual dopant species
VERSION 5.19.5
NEW FEATURES
DATASET statement to rescale, window, stretch and rotate imported optical data
Ionic species transport model support for finite volume electrodes and conductor
regions
Gaussian density of states conduction and valence band model for organic
semiconductors
Improve support for multiple electrode with current boundary to prevent possible
error in linear solver
Improve interface model to prevent incorrect results with negative charge values
Improve GaN polarization model to prevent incorrect interaction with other interface
models
Improve thermionic interface model to prevent potential crash when used with traps
specified in DOPING statement
Fermi statistics flag now applies to individual regions instead of whole device
Improve parallel 2D ray-trace to prevent possible crash after structure file load
VERSION 5.19.4
NEW FEATURES
Improve surface mobility model to prevent incorrect results when used with
thermionic interfaces
Improve accuracy of DYNASONOS model to prevent incorrect results when used with
silicon nitride layers
Improve accuracy of interface hot electron and hot hole current structure file output
Improve accuracy of GaN strain dependent polarization model when substrate lattice
constant cannot be determined
VERSION 5.19.3
NEW FEATURES
Output spectrum and emitted spectrum file output for LED coupling analysis
Numerical method specification for lattice temperature equation Joule heating term
Improve polarization charge model to prevent incorrect results when used with
thermionic interfaces
Support for ATHENA and DevEdit structure files in Van Dort quantum confinement
model
Improve definition of substrate lattice constant for GaN strain polarization calculation
to prevent spurious error message
VERSION 5.19.2
NEW FEATURES
Position and energy dependent density of states, current and carrier density
structure file output for NEGF model
Improve 3D QWELL model to prevent potential crash when used with thermionic
interfaces
Improve FDTD LED coupling measurement to prevent potential crash when only one
polarization is selected
Steady-state incomplete ionization model can now use two dopant ionization levels
Improve SiC default values for Conwell carrier-carrier scattering mobility model
VERSION 5.19.1
NEW FEATURES
Improve structure file reload when using multi-band k.p model to prevent incorrect
results
VERSION 5.19.0
NEW FEATURES
Run-time material output for bandgap narrowing and Auger recombination models
Remove spurious error message when using Schottky contacts with lumped elements
or current boundary conditions
Improve DIRECT solver in 3D to prevent potential crash with very large structures
Remove spurious error message from 3D ray trace for marginally obtuse triangle
intersections
Improve bandgap model for InAlGaAs and InAlGaP to prevent incorrect results
Improve resistivity log file probe calculation in conductor regions to prevent incorrect
results
Improve anti-reflective coating material name specification for ray trace and TMM
Improve FDTD LED output coupling calculation to prevent incorrect results and runtime output
BGN2 on the MODELS statement now selects the Klaassen bandgap narrowing model