Tutorial on PC1D
Mohit Mehta
Program Description
• PC1D solves the fully coupled non-linear
equations for the quasi-1-d transport of
electrons & holes in crystalline
semiconductor devices, with emphasis on
photovoltaic devices.
• Only file required to run the program is
PC1D.exe. PC1D.hlp provides on-screen help.
Getting Started
• Using PC1D is a Three-step process:
1. Set up the Simulation Parameters
2. Run the Simulation
3. Examine the Results
PC1D has 3 different types of displays
(called views), each useful for a different
step of this process.
File Menu
• The File Menu has the Basic Features
for handling PC1D files such as new,
open, save, print & so on.
• It also has a Description button,
which opens up a text editor to write
about the current file you are
working on for future reference.
Device Menu
• The Device Menu offers selection in
4 groups:
1. Region Manager
2. Region Parameters
3. Device Parameters
4. Device Files
Excitation Menu
• The Excitation Menu offers the
following commands:
1. Mode
2. Temperature
3. Base/ Collector Source Circuits
4. Photo-generation
5. Excitation Files
Compute Menu
• The Compute Menu offers the following
commands:
1. Run
2. Stop
3. Continue
4. Single Step
5. Start Again
6. Batch
7. Numerical
Graph Menu
• The Graph menu provides commands
that control which graph is available
for inspection using the InteractiveGraph view. It also provides a
command for resetting the graphs in
the Four-Graph view to their default
values, and a command for copying
data to the Windows clipboard.
View Menu
• The View Menu lets you switch
between the three views & lets you
hide or show the Status & Tool bars
Options Menu
• The Options menu provides commands that
affect the environment in which PC1D runs
on your computer. It provides us with
following commands:
1. File Locations
2. Store Node Data
3. Device Update
4. Font
5. Display Options
Help Menu
• The Help menu offers the following commands, which
provide you assistance with this application:
• Index - Offers you an index to topics on which you can
get help.
• Using Help - Provides general instructions on using help.
• About - Displays the version number of this application.