ACUTE

ACUTE—Assembly for Computational Electronics

Computational Electronics
Computational Electronics HW Set
What is CMOS Technology Facing?
Introduction to Computational Electronics

Bandstructure Calculation

Topic Page 

Band Structure Lab Learning Materials

Lectures 

Tutorial on Semi-empirical Band Structure Methods
Band Structure Calculation: General Considerations
Empirical Pseudopotential Method: Theory and Implementation
Empirical Pseudopotential Method Description
Description of the K.P Method for Band Structure Calculation
Tight-Binding Band Structure Calculation Method
Simplified Band-Structure Model

Exercises 

Computational Electronics HW - Simplified Band Structure Model
Computational Electronics HW - Bandstructure Calculation
ACUTE - Bandstructure Assignment

Drift-Diffusion Model

Lectures 

Numerical Analysis
Drift-Diffusion Modeling and Numerical Implementation Details
Drift-Diffusion Model, Mobility Modeling
Drift-Diffusion Model, Part A: Introduction
Drift-Diffusion Model, Part B: Solution Details
Drift-Diffusion Model, Part C: Sharfetter-Gummel, Time-Dependent Simulations
Introduction to Silvaco Simulation Software
Introduction to DD Modeling with PADRE
ACUTE - PN Diode Modeling
Modeling of MEMORIES with Silvaco
1D Drift Diffusion Model for Crystalline Solar Cells
Optimize Solar Cells
SILVACO Simulation of Solar Cells

Tools 

Padre
Tutorial for PADRE Based Simulation Tools

Exercises 

Computational Electronics HW - Drift-Diffusion Equations
Computational Electronics HW - Linearization of Poisson Equation
Computational Electronics HW - Finite Difference Discretization of Poisson Equation
Computational Electronics HW - Scharfetter-Gummel Discretization
Computational Electronics HW - Mobility Models
MOS Capacitors: Description and Semiclassical Simulation With PADRE

Hydrodynamic Modeling

ACUTE: Hydrodynamic Modeling

Particle-based device simulations

Lectures 

High Field Transport and the Monte Carlo Method for the Solution of the Boltzmann Transport Equation
Monte Carlo Method and Its Applications
Ensemble Monte Carlo Method Described
Bulk Monte Carlo Code Described
Bulk Monte Carlo: Implementation Details and Source Codes Download
Why QuaMC 2D and Particle-Based Device Simulators?
Particle-Based Device Simulators Description

Tools 

QuaMC2D
Manual for the Generalized Bulk Monte Carlo Tool

Exercises 

Computational Electronics HW - DOS and Fermi Golden Rule
ACUTE Exercise: Scattering Rates
Computational Electronics HW - Scattering Mechanisms
ACUTE Exercise: 2D Scattering Rates
Computational Electronics HW - Quamc 2D Lab Exercises

Exercises 

Examples for QuaMC 2D particle-based device Simulator Tool

Quantum Correction Models

How Quantum-Mechanical Space-Quantization is Implemented in Schred, Drift-Diffusion (SILVACO ATLAS) and Particle-Based Device Simulators (Quamc2D)

Poisson Equation Solvers

Poisson Equation Solvers - General Considerations
Poisson Equation Solvers
Conjugate Gradient Tutorial
Multigrid Tutorial