TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical challenges in particle-based approaches for the simulation of semiconductor devices
AU - Saraniti, Marco
AU - Tang, J.
AU - Goodnick, Stephen
AU - Wigger, S. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been partially supported by the National Science Foundation Grant ECS-9976484. The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of Julien Branlard in the simulation and editing work.
PY - 2003/3/3
Y1 - 2003/3/3
N2 - The aim of this paper is to review and discuss the most challenging aspects of the particle-based methods for simulation of charge transport in semiconductor devices. Since the early theoretical works on the Ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) method applied to device simulation, and several successive works addressing both the physics and the numerical aspects of the EMC method, the basic algorithmic approaches have been modified to exploit the continuous improvements of both hardware and software tools. Typical examples of the algorithmic evolution are the adoption of the full band representation of the electronic structure, the so-called cellular automaton (CA), and the simulation of increasingly complex three-dimensional (3D) structures. This paper will address some of the most significant problems which are still considered open in spite of the recent technological and scientific progresses.
AB - The aim of this paper is to review and discuss the most challenging aspects of the particle-based methods for simulation of charge transport in semiconductor devices. Since the early theoretical works on the Ensemble Monte Carlo (EMC) method applied to device simulation, and several successive works addressing both the physics and the numerical aspects of the EMC method, the basic algorithmic approaches have been modified to exploit the continuous improvements of both hardware and software tools. Typical examples of the algorithmic evolution are the adoption of the full band representation of the electronic structure, the so-called cellular automaton (CA), and the simulation of increasingly complex three-dimensional (3D) structures. This paper will address some of the most significant problems which are still considered open in spite of the recent technological and scientific progresses.
KW - Charge transport modeling
KW - InP
KW - Monte Carlo
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U2 - 10.1016/S0378-4754(02)00229-X
DO - 10.1016/S0378-4754(02)00229-X
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0037417029
SN - 0378-4754
VL - 62
SP - 501
EP - 508
JO - Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
JF - Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
IS - 3-6
T2 - MCM 2001
Y2 - 10 September 2001 through 14 September 2001
ER -