Xyce Version 6.11 has been released

[xyce-users]

The Xyce team is pleased to announce the release of the Xyce™ Parallel Electronic Simulator Version 6.11.  This release fixes a number of bugs in Xyce 6.10, and includes improvements to existing features of Xyce 6.10.

Highlights for Xyce Release 6.11 include:

• Transient direct sensitivities can now be processed using .FOUR.
• Parameter sensitivities are now supported for .AC analysis.
• S-parameter analysis is now supported in Xyce.
• Performance improvements for these device models:
• VBIC 1.3 4-terminal (BJT level 12)
• HICUM levels 0 and 2 (BJT levels 230 and 234)
• PSP version 102 and 103 (MOSFET levels 102 and 103)
• JUNCAP 200 (Diode level 200)
• MEXTRAM (BJT level 504)
• MVS 2.0.0 (MOSFET levels 2000 (ETSOI) and 2001 (HEMT))
• The BSIM3 device now supports analytic parameter sensitivities.
• Device-level parameter finite-difference sensitivities are now much more efficient for transient adjoints.
• Bug fixes for the HEMT version of MVS 2.0.0 (level 2001 MOSFET).
• A new "charge expression" variant of the capacitor, where users may specify a solution-dependent expression for the capacitor's "Q" parameter.
• A new pattern (PAT) source function was added for the V and I devices.
• The Xyce expression library now accepts C-style ternary conditional operators.
• Expressions may now contain curly braces in most contexts.
• Improved support for "arithmetic operators" (e.g., + - or *) in node names and device names that are used in expressions.
• Ongoing improvements to .MEASURE, including support AC measures.
• The initial guess method based on DC op solutions for HB is now supported and it can be enabled by using the TAHB option.
  

Other important notes:

• The VBIC version 1.2 (BJT level 10) has been removed in this release of Xyce. Users of VBIC must use the VBIC 1.3 3T device instead. See the Xyce Reference Guide Q device (BJT) section for details on how legacy VBIC 1.2 netlists may be converted to use VBIC 1.3 instead.
  

Please see the Release Notes for important information about changes in this release, and a complete list of new features and enhancements.

Details about using Xyce are in the Xyce(TM) Users' Guide and the Xyce™ Reference Guide.

The process for building Xyce has changed in the 6.11 release.  See the Building Guide part of the web site for details.  The Frequently Asked Questions page of the web site has also been updated.

To obtain a copy of Xyce™ Release Version 6.11, please see the downloads section of the web site: http://xyce.sandia.gov/downloads

The team actively participates in an open forum for discussion of Xyce on Google Groups.  Details on how to join this forum are on the Documentation and Tutorials page of the web site, http://xyce.sandia.gov/documentation/index.html.

Thank You,
The Xyce Team

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