Title :
Monte Carlo hardware simulator for electron dynamics in semiconductors. Part II: A parallel approach to the Poisson equation solution
Author :
Negoi, Andy ; Bara, Stefan ; Zimmermann, Jacques
Author_Institution :
CNRS, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
This paper addresses the need of a high-speed hardware solver for a partial differential equation of the second order, with application to Poisson´s equation. The solution presented will be a part of a hardware device simulator using the Monte Carlo method. We present simulation results to demonstrate the advantage of a parallel computing solution using the finite differences method over a classic Gauss-Seidel iteration process
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; Poisson distribution; digital simulation; finite difference methods; partial differential equations; semiconductor device models; semiconductors; Monte Carlo hardware simulator; Poisson equation solution; classic Gauss-Seidel iteration process; electron dynamics; finite differences method; parallel approach; parallel computing solution; partial differential equation; second order; semiconductor device; semiconductors; Acceleration; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Electrons; Finite difference methods; Gaussian processes; Hardware; Monte Carlo methods; Parallel processing; Poisson equations;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 1997. CAS '97 Proceedings., 1997 International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3804-9
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.1997.651601
