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Crosslight Software Inc. is an international company headquartered in greater Vancouver, BC, Canada. Officially spun off from the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in 1995, it provides Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) tools for semiconductor device and process simulations. Crosslight's founder, Dr. Z.M. Simon Li (李湛明), is a pioneer 〔 〕 in the field of optoelectronic device simulation TCAD and based on this work, Crosslight claims to be the first commercial vendor of TCAD tools for quantum well laser diodes. Crosslight also licenses other technology from the Stanford University (TCAD Group ) for semiconductor process simulations. ==History== After its initial spin-off from the NRC, Crosslight launched its flagship product LASTIP, a 2D simulator for quantum well laser diodes. Based on its founder's research,〔 LASTIP predates other well-known tools in the field such as MINILASE. 〔 〕 By adding the ability to model quantum well active regions, LASTIP was also a significant step-up from earlier comparable efforts such as Hitachi's HILADIES. 〔 〕 As early laser diode TCAD tools were primarily developed by individual researchers for their own use, Crosslight claims that LASTIP's commercialization makes them first-to-market in this field. Further improvements in the technology followed including the development of PICS3D for 3D modeling of optoelectronic devices, a feat which earned Crosslight the Laser Focus World Commercial Technology Achievement Award in 1998. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Laser Focus World, May 1997, Page 251 )〕 For non-laser TCAD applications such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes, a third tool called APSYS was developed. In March 2004, Crosslight licensed the legendary 2D process simulator SUPREM-IV.GS 〔http://www-tcad.stanford.edu/tcad/programs/suprem-IV.GS/Book.html〕 from Stanford University and extended it to 3D as the core of its process simulation tool CSUPREM. In January 2010, Crosslight entered into a partnership with Acceleware with the intention of producing greater speed in thin film solar cell and image pixel sensor simulations.〔 〕 Since its founding, Crosslight has build up a worldwide base of industrial and academic users and has sponsored research and academic projects at various universities and research institutes. 〔Opto-electronic Group, UBC http://mina.ubc.ca/lukasc_funding〕 〔Semiconductor device group, NCUE http://blog.ncue.edu.tw/sdmclab/doc/722〕 〔NUSOD http://www.nusod.org/〕〔Applied Nano & Bio photonics Group, University of Arkansas, http://comp.uark.edu/~syu/research-facilities.html〕 〔University of Toronto Smart Power Integration & Semiconductor Devices Research Group, http://www.vrg.utoronto.ca/~ngwt/collaborators.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crosslight Software」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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