A time dependent hydrodynamic device simulator SNU-2D with new discretization scheme and algorithm
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
- Vol. 13 (7) , 899-908
- https://doi.org/10.1109/43.293947
Abstract
A two-dimensional device simulator SNU-2D based on the hydrodynamic model is developed for the simulation and analysis of submicron devices. The simulator has the capacity for both self-consistent steady-state and transient-state simulation. To obtain better convergence and numerical stability, we adopt an improved discretization scheme for the carrier energy flux equation and a new strategy for the transient simulation. In steady-state simulation the new discretization scheme shows a considerable improvement in convergence rate and numerical accuracy compared with the existing schemes. A transient simulation study is carried out on a deep submicron n-MOSFET used in the sense amplifier of SRAM cells to investigate the gate-switching characteristic. It is found that the behavior of carrier temperature is quasi-static during the switching time even for very fast switching speed, while the behavior of impact ionization under transient mode deviates from that under dc mode as the switching speed increasesKeywords
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