An efficient electromagnetic-physics-based numerical technique for modeling and optimization of high-frequency multifinger transistors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2334-2346

  Hussein, Yasser A ^a   El Ghazaly, Samir M ^b   Goodnick, Stephen M ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Full hydrodynamic model; Global modeling; Maxwell's equations; Multifinger transistors; Multiresolution time domain (MRTD); Semiconductor simulation; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ELECTRON-WAVE INTERACTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY MULTIFINGER TRANSISTORS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; TRANSPORT PHYSICS;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0742321738     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.820160     Document Type: Article

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