Advanced numerical methods and software approaches for semiconductor device simulation

VLSI Design

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-414

  Carey, Graham F ^a,c   Pardhanani, A L ^a   Bova, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

DRIFT-DIFFUSION SYSTEMS; QUANTUM HYDRODYNAMIC SYSTEMS; SCHARFETTER-GUMMEL METHOD; STREAMLINE-UPWIND PETROV-GALERKIN (SUPG) METHODS;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033675028     PISSN: 1065514X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2000/43903     Document Type: Article

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