Title :
PIC software for vacuum electronic device design
Author :
Eastwood, J.W. ; Brealey, N.J. ; Arter, W. ; Bond, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Sci. Centre, Culham Electromagn. & Lightning Co. Ltd., Abingdon, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes some recent developments of the Culham Particle-in-Cell (PIC) software for use in the design vacuum electronic devices. Increasingly complex devices, with volume and surface physics models and coupling to external circuits can now be modelled in detail, making virtual prototyping a powerful and cost effective adjoint to mathematical analysis and laboratory testing.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; vacuum microelectronics; PIC software; Particle-in-Cell; complex devices; coupling to external circuits; surface physics models; vacuum electronic device design; volume physics models; Computational modeling; Coupling circuits; Electromagnetic devices; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic scattering; Lightning; Magnetic circuits; Mathematical model; Physics; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2000. Abstracts. International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5987-9
DOI :
10.1109/OVE:EC.2000.847474
