The
foregoing tutorial illustrates a typical SVB session. In general such a session
entails the following steps:
- Start the SVB
software, or for an on-going session, click the New menu item.
- If the Starting
new design window is displayed (the default), make a selection of a
template that is closest to your intended design or start an empty design.
- Add new components
or delete existing ones by using the short-cut menu that is displayed by
right-clicking the Design components
node or any of its sub nodes in the data-category pane. The sub nodes
represent the components of your device. Specify the properties of a
component by clicking its sub node and entering its data in the data-input
pane to the right.
- Specify other inputs
(electrical circuits, applied field, thermal properties or output curves) as
needed by clicking on the appropriate nodes in the data-category pane and
entering inputs in the data-input pane.
- Run a simulation in
the foreground by click the Run
button with the Run in background
box unchecked, or submit a background simulation by first checking the Run
in background box and clicking the Run
button.
Component
Specification Hints
- Non-magnetic and shield
components do not play a role in the computation of the giant
magnetoresistive (GMR) response of a device (GMR modeling is discussed in
Chapter 3, Theory Notes).
- To exclude a
magnetic component from contributing to the GMR response, set its GMR
ratio input to zero.
- To exclude a
magnetic component from contributing to the anisotropic magnetoresistive
(AMR) response, set its AMR ratio
input to zero.
- Shield components
can not be used as electrical-circuit components. To exclude a component
from the device electrical circuit, set its conductivity to zero.
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