Simulation of Devices

Business Unit » Process, Device and Packaging Technologies«

Modern simulation methods support the development, the design and the optimization of novel devices and circuits of micro and nanoelectronics. Beside established approaches such as TCAD, quantum transport theories and electron structure simulations can be utilized to describe devices and applied materials on all scales.

  • TCAD and classical device simulation
  • Quantum transport simulation of nano devices
  • Calculation of material properties by using ab initio methods
  • Application example: silicon nano wires
  • Application example: CNT/graphene-based devices
  • Event-driven modeling and simulation of mixed-signal circuits
  • Black box modeling of multi-physical systems

 

Application scenarios

 

Simulation of TaN atomic layer deposition for copper diffusion barriers of 28 nm CMOS devices

 

Device simulations for semiconductor industry and photovoltaics

 

Simulation of mechanical strain in 22 nm FDSOI devices

 

Conductance of carbon nanotubes with arbitrary defects

 

Simulation of devices based on carbon nanotubes

 

A three-dimensional parameterized simulation model for ULSI transistors with strained source/drain contacts and strained nitride liners