1. Basic authoring, solving and reviewing
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1 Make a polygonal base layer |
2 Add a triangular contact at the default voltage zero |
3 Add a circular contact at voltage one |
4 Basic solving |
5 Fields and errors on an internal polygon |
6 Fields and errors on an outer boundary |
7 Fields and errors on a circular contact |
8 Fields and errors on a continuity cut |
9 Saving the layout and state |
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2. State restoration and float additions
| 1 Restoring a solved layout and computing voltage contours |
2 Adding a rectangular contact and setting float conditions |
3 Converting a circular contact to a float |
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3. Contouring
| 1 Bar contact and voltage-flowLine grid |
2 Multi-valued flow lines |
3 Retaining previous settings |
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4. Working with layouts given in the dat format
| 1 Open and solve circon.dat |
2 Open and solve test.dat |
3 Save layout(resp. MRU) in ET(resp. properties)format |
4 Restore from MRU list |
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5. Base layer enclosing contact
| 1 Enclosing a base layer with a contact |
2 Trivial separation of coincident vertices |
3 Non trivial separation of coincident vertices |
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6. Trimming a base layer
| 1 A backdrop layout |
2 Adding a strip at right angles |
3 A trim curve and targeted value |
4 Adding a general strip(resp. cut) |
5 Removing a cut at oblique angles |
6 Targeting a cut value of 3 |
7 Targeting a cut of zero width |
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7. Trimming(resp. cutting) with user-defined continuity cuts
| 1 Trimming with default cuts |
2 Prescribing cuts prior to trimming |
3 Trimming with prescribed cuts |
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8. Attaching a contact to
| 1 an interior point of a skew segment |
2 an end of a skew segment |
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9. Range of layouts
| 1 A single rectangular subregion |
2 A pair of rectangular subregions |
3 A pair of non rectangular subregions |
4 Layout solved by 14 rectangular subregions |
5 Contouring the entire region of flow |
6 Contouring a magnified piece |
7 Saving contour settings to the layout file |
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10. Resolving reentrant vertices
| 1 Default decomposition |
2 All user-defined decomposition |
3 Default decomposition |
4 Partially user-defined decomposition |
5 Automatic completion |
6 User-defined cuts are maintained in a serialization |
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| 1 Straight segment to an elliptic arc |
2 Change a circle into an ellipse |
3 Solving, contouring and serializing |
4 Restarting with state restoring and solution monitoring |
5 Modifying, solving and contouring |
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12. Internal line contacts and holes
| 1 Changing a circular(resp. elliptic) hole to an ellipse(resp. crack) |
2 Changing a circular(resp. elliptic) contact to an ellipse(resp. line) |
3 Responses on the crack edge edges |
4 Voltage-flowLine grid |
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13. Rounding to remove singular base layer currents ⓘ
| 1 Infinite current density at a tabs reentrant corners |
2 Select and round the lower reentrant corner |
3 Select and round the upper reentrant corner |
4 Confirm that the current density is finite |
5 Voltage-flowLine-currentDensity |
6 Restoration following a serialization |
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15. Rounding a contact with reentrant angles in the flow ⓘ
| 1 Open and solve the centrally distributed layout |
2 Singularities due to the abrupt changes in geometry |
3 Round and solve the reentrant corners of the flow region |
4 Non-singular current at the rounding start(resp. end) |
5 Serialize, restore and contour |
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