A novel parallel adaptive Monte Carlo method for nonlinear Poisson equation in semiconductor devices

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 62, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 413-420

  Li, Yiming ^a   Lu, Hsiao Mei ^b   Tang, Ting Wei ^c   Sze, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Device simulation; Monte Carlo method; Nonlinear Poisson equation; Unstructured mesh

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POISSON EQUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

UNSTRUCTURED MESH;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0037416992     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4754(02)00235-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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