The Control System of the Device Simulator MINIMOS-NT

State-of-the-art TCAD software like the multi-dimensional device and circuit simulator MINIMOSNT require a huge amount of information in addition to the device input data to control several different complex modules and tasks. This information is normally hierarchically structured containing arbitrary cross-relations and dependencies that include, e.g., material properties, circuit descriptions, models and model parameters, or simulation parameters. Therefore, the control system for TCAD software must be able to handle these data and to allow simulation control in an efficient and comfortable manner. To obtain a maximum of flexibility and controllability a new specialized object-oriented dynamic database is used.