David K Ferry, Xavier Oriols, Josef Weinbub

Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Devices (eBook, ePUB)

Simulation using particles

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text treats the modelling and simulation of semiconductor devices in the quantum regime using a particle approach. The history of particle approaches and the difficulties of maintaining the quantum nature of the device are discussed. Particle-based simulation techniques of quantum devices have the additional advantage of providing very simple and intuitive ways of understanding the transport of electrons, allowing a demystifying view of quantum phenomena in semiconductor devices.

The current practice to incorporate quantum transport into semiconductor device modelling is based upon primary use of the non-equilibrium Green's functions (NEGF). These are numerically very difficult to implement, and have become, as a result, very approximate. The authors argue in this book that there is no need to renounce to an easy and clear understanding on what really happens inside the active region of semiconductor devices.

This is the first book to combine quantum transport and particle Monte Carlo techniques with a focus on modern semiconductor devices. Written in clear and accessible language suitable for graduate students, formal and technical details are included in several appendices, and a list of exercises and references for further reading are added at the end of each chapter.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750352376
• Artikelnr.: 69506565

Autorenporträt

David Ferry is Regents' Professor Emeritus in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He was also graduate faculty in the Department of Physics and the Materials Science and Engineering program at ASU, as well as Visiting Professor at Chiba University in Japan. He came to ASU in 1983 following shorter stints at Texas Tech University, the Office of Naval Research, and Colorado State University. In the distant past, he received his doctorate from the University of Texas, Austin, and spent a postdoctoral period at the University of Vienna, Austria. He enjoys teaching (which he refers to as "warping young minds") and research. The latter is focused on semiconductors, particularly as they apply to nanotechnology and integrated circuits, as well as quantum effects in devices. In 1999, he received the Cledo Brunetti Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and is a Fellow of this group as well as the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (UK). He has been a Tennessee Squire since 1971 and an Admiral in the Texas Navy since 1973. He is the author, co-author, or editor of some 40 books and about 900 refereed scientific contributions.