Numerical challenges in particle-based approaches for the simulation of semiconductor devices

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 62, Issue 3-6, 2003, Pages 501-508

  Saraniti, M ^a   Tang, J ^b   Goodnick, S M ^c   Wigger, S J ^c  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b AGERE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transport modeling; InP; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PARTICLE-BASED METHODS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0037417029     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4754(02)00229-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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