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Capacitance voltage editor

Experimentally capacitance voltage (CV) measurements are a useful way to determine doping within a device. In OghmaNano CV measurements use a cut down version of frequency domain simulation tool described above.

2. Inputs

Capacitance–voltage editor window showing configuration fields such as start and stop voltage, step size, frequency, load resistor, simulation type, and output options.
Capacitance–voltage (CV) editor — configure CV simulations by defining voltage sweep parameters, excitation, frequency, and output verbosity.
Parameter Description
Start voltage The voltage at which the CV experiment begins.
Stop voltage The voltage at which the CV experiment ends.
dV step Increment between voltage points in the sweep.
Frequency Frequency of the AC perturbation (Hz). Example: 1000 Hz.
Simulation type Defines the simulation regime. Should always be set to Large signal.
Load resistor Defines external load resistance (e.g., 50 Ω for oscilloscope input).
fx domain mesh points Number of mesh points per sinusoidal period, since large-signal mode explicitly simulates the waveform.
Cycles to simulate Total number of AC cycles to simulate (e.g., 5 periods).
Excite with Signal used to excite the device (e.g., Voltage).
Measure Quantity recorded from the device response (e.g., Current).
Voltage modulation depth Perturbation amplitude applied on top of the DC bias (V).
Run fit after simulation If enabled, fits the simulated waveform after execution.
Periods to fit Number of cycles (from the end of the simulation) used for fitting and extracting frequency domain information. Example: last 2 cycles out of 5.
Output verbosity to disk Controls how much simulation data is written to disk; higher verbosity slows down simulation.
Output verbosity to screen Controls the level of detail printed to the screen; lower verbosity speeds up execution.

2. Outputs

Files produced by the CV simulation
File name Description
cv.dat fx vs. Capacitance
cv2.dat fx vs. \(1/\text{Capacitance}^2\)
fx_imag.dat fx vs. Im(i(fx))
fx_real.dat fx vs. Re(i(fx))
real_imag.dat Re(i(fx)) vs. Im(i(fx))