Computational electronics

• Main Author: Vasileska, Dragica.
• Other Authors: Goodnick, Stephen M. 1955-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on computational electromagnetics (Online), #6.
• Subjects: Semiconductors > Mathematical models.
• Online Access: Abstract with links to full text

Computational electronics is devoted to state of the art numerical techniques and physical models used in the simulation of semiconductor devices from a semi-classical perspective. Computational electronics, as a part of the general Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD) field, has become increasin...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to computational electronics
• 2. Semiconductor fundamentals
• 2.1. Semiconductor band structure
• 2.2. Simplified band structure models
• 2.3. Carrier dynamics
• 2.4. Effective mass in semiconductors
• 2.5. Semiclassical transport theory
• 2.6. Boltzmann transport equation (BTE)
• 2.7. Scattering processes
• 2.8. Relaxation-time approximation
• 2.9. Solving the BTE in the relaxation-time approximation
• 3. The drift-diffusion equations and their numerical solution
• 3.1. Drift-diffusion model
• 4. Hydrodynamic model
• 4.1. Extensions of the drift-diffusion model
• 4.2. Stratton's approach
• 4.3. Balance equations model
• 4.4. Numerical solution schemes for the hydrodynamic equations
• 5. Use of commercially available device simulators
• 5.1. The need for semiconductor device modeling
• 5.2. Introduction to the Silvaco ATLAS simulation tool
• 5.3. Examples of Silvaco ATLAS simulations
• 6. Particle-based device simulation methods
• 6.1. Free-flight generation
• 6.2. Final state after scattering
• 6.3. Ensemble Monte Carlo simulation
• 6.4. Multicarrier effects
• 6.5. Device simulation using particles
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• References.