A qualitative study on global and local optimization techniques for TCAD analysis tasks

2001 International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems - MSM 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 466-469

  Binder, T ^a   Heitzinger, C ^a   Selberherr, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inverse modeling; Microelectronics; Optimization techniques; Semiconductors; Simulation

Indexed keywords

INVERSE MODELING; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; LOCAL OPTIMIZATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; GRADIENT METHODS; MICROELECTRONICS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 6344239407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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