DCS' Virtual Curve Tracer (VCT) is a critical element of a comprehensive circuit design/modeling tool suite for radiation-hardened systems. VCT allows your design team to observe characteristic DC and Transient sweep performance for devices in your discrete design library. VCT interfaces with your corporate electrical & radiation-enabled simulation environment and model library. Quickly generates device I-V curves at design-specific bias conditions and impedances. (Customizable to your needs.)

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 VCT Simulation Capabilities  

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Electrical Characterization

• Bipolar Transistors

  • IC vs. VCE Family of Curves

  • Gummel Plots

  • Hfe vs. IC Curves

• FETs

  • ID vs. VDS Family of Curves

  • ID vs. VGS Family of Curves

• Capacitors and Inductors

  • Impedance vs. Frequency Plots

• Diodes

  • ID and VD Sweeps

 

Post Radiation Exposure Degraded Functional Modeling

User-defined TID and Neutron Levels

 

Prompt Dose Response

User Defined Dose Rate Level, Pulse Width, Voltage Bias, and Test Circuit Parasitics

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VCT facilitates rapid comparison and evaluation of SPICE model characteristics and measured device characteristics. 

• Hardness Assurance engineers' quick assessment of RQUAL & RLAT data

• Designer evaluation of marginal or non-compliant devices in existing designs

• Designer visualization of device characteristics captured in models across environments

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