Wigger S. – TechConnect Briefs

Towards a Reliable Model of Ion Channels: Three-dimensional simulation of ionic solutions

Saraniti M., Wigger S., Schuss Z., Eisenberg R.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, US

Ion channels play a crucial role in the physiology of complex biological systems because of their influence on the electrical equilibrium between the cells and their environment. From an engineering viewpoint, ion channels will be [...]

Fullband Particle-Based Simulation of High-Field Transient Transport in III-V Semiconductors

Wigger S., Saraniti M., Goodnick S.M., Leitenstorfer A., Arizona State University, US

Motivated by the recent experimental measurements of Tera-Hertz radiation [1], this work presents the transient analysis of photogenerated electron-hole pairs in GaAs and InP pin diodes usinga full-band particlebased simulator. Excellent agreement is found between [...]

3D Biconjugate Gradient-Multi Grid Coupling Schemes for Field Equations in Semiconductor Device Simulation

Ayubi-Moak J., Wigger S., Goodnick S.M., Saraniti M., Arizona State University, US

A significant portion of the time required for simulating full three-dimensional (3D) charge transport in semiconductor devices using particle-based methods is spent solving the necessary field equations. Two highly effective, iterative techniques available for solving [...]

Cellular Automata Studies of Vertical MOSFETs

Saraniti M., Wigger S., Zandler G., Formicone G., Goodnick S.M., Arizona State University, US

This paper presents an overview of the cellular automata (CA) method for semiconductor device simulation. The main advantages of the CA method over the Monte Carlo (MC) approach are presented, and limitations of its modeling [...]