Computational electronics

Synthesis Lectures on Computational Electromagnetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-216

  Vasileska, Dragica ^a   Goodnick, Stephen M ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational science and engineering; Integrated circuit technology; Semiconductor device simulation; Semiconductor transport; Technology computer aided design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSPORT; TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (TCAD);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751284721     PISSN: 19321252     EISSN: 19321716     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2200/S00026ED1V01Y200605CEM006     Document Type: Article

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