2 Quick Start Guide

This quick start guide goes over all the necessary features the user needs to be aware of to quickly start a new simulation. More in-depth explanations of all the features are covered in Section 3 through Section 5.

Upon opening the tool you will be greeted with the TI OptiSim home screen (see Figure 2-1). In the home screen, users can open a new design for any of the device package options (DTS, DNP, YMF, YMN), or import an existing design.

Once the user have started a new design, there is a new screen showing a 2D cross-sectional view of the device on the left and a configuration panel on the right (see Figure 2-2). In the configuration panel, users can select different sensors compatible with the package type that was selected in the home screen. When opening a new design, there is already an existing layer prepopulated that the user can edit. The user has the ability to change layer height, aperture width, the distance above the lower layer, and the cover selection.

For multi-layer stack-ups, users can add new layers by selecting the “add layer” button. A new layer appears on the 2D cross-section view, and the properties for that layer appear on the configurations panel (see Figure 2-3). Similar to the default layer, each added layer is fully customizable.

Once the edits have been finalized, users can then simulate their design by clicking the red “Simulate” button on the 2D slice window.

This generates the plot shown in Figure 2-4, showing the angular response of the sensor under the user-defined stack-up. Users can expand this window or export to CSV for further analysis.