Integration of a particle-particle-particle-mesh algorithm with the ensemble Monte Carlo method for the simulation of ultra-small semiconductor devices

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 410-416

  Wordelman, Carl J ^a   Ravaioli, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RESISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

CARRIER-CARRIER EFFECTS; CARRIER-IMPURITY EFFECTS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0033908956     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.822288     Document Type: Article

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