Padre

By Mark R. Pinto1; kent smith; Muhammad Alam2; Steven Clark2; Xufeng Wang2; Gerhard Klimeck2; Dragica Vasileska3

1. Applied Materials, Inc. 2. Purdue University 3. Arizona State University

2D/3D devices under steady state, transient conditions or AC small-signal analysis

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Version 1.5 - published on 04 Aug 2014

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Abstract

PADRE is a 2D/3D simulator for electronic devices, such as MOSFET transistors. It can simulate physical structures of arbitrary geometry--including heterostructures--with arbitrary doping profiles, which can be obtained using analytical functions or directly from multidimensional process simulators such as Prophet. For each electrical bias, PADRE solves a coupled set of partial differential equations (PDEs). A variety of PDE systems are supported which form a hierarchy of accuracy:

  • electrostatic (Poisson equation)
  • drift-diffusion (including carrier continuity equations)
  • energy balance (including carrier temperature)
  • electrothermal (including lattice heating)

A variety of supplemental documents are available that deal with the PADRE software and TCAD simulation:

Credits

PADRE was developed at Bell Labs by Mark Pinto, R. Kent Smith, and Ashraful Alam.

Additional developments were made in collaboration by the following:

Steven Clark rappture interface
Xufeng Wang rappture interface
Gerhard Klimeck interface and output requirements
Dragica Vasileska sample inputs and output requirements

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Researchers should cite this work as follows:

  • Mark R. Pinto, kent smith, Muhammad Alam, Steven Clark, Xufeng Wang, Gerhard Klimeck, Dragica Vasileska (2014), "Padre," https://nanohub.org/resources/padre. (DOI: 10.4231/D30C4SK7Z).

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