First principles design automation tool
US11068631B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2119/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic design automation tool includes an application program interface API which includes a set of parameters and procedures supporting atomistic scale modeling of electronic materials. The procedures include a procedure to execute first principles calculations, a procedure to process results from the first principles calculations to extract device scale parameters from the results, a procedure to determine whether the extracted device scale parameters lie within a specified range. The procedures also include a procedure to parameterize an input parameter of a first principles procedure, including a procedure to execute a set of DFT computations across an input parameter space to characterize sensitivity of one of the intermediate parameter and the output parameter. Also included is a procedure to execute a second set of DFT computations across a refined input parameter space. The procedures include a procedure that utilizes DFT computations to parameterize the force field computations.
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