Abstract
Simulations of nanoelectronic devices with nonequilibrium Greens function are computationally very intensive, in particular, when combined with multiband approaches, such as the k p methods. To reduce the cost and make the simulation of realistic devices tractable, we have developed a model order reduction method for the simulation of hole transport in silicon nanowires using three- and six-band k p models. It is shown in this paper that, with a spurious band elimination process, the method can be readily extended to the eight-band case that enables us to simulate band-to-band tunneling devices. The method is demonstrated via constructing reduced models for indium arsenide (InAs) nanowires and simulation of I-V characteristics of InAs tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs). The results indicate that significant model reduction can be achieved with good accuracy retained. The method is then applied to study InAs TFETs with different channel orientations and source-pocket TFETs with n-p-i-p doping profiles. © 1963-2012 IEEE.
Recommended Citation
J. Z. Huang et al., "Model Order Reduction For Quantum Transport Simulation Of Band-to-band Tunneling Devices," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 561 - 568, article no. 6704314, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Jan 2014.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2013.2295983
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Band-to-band tunneling (BTBT); eight-band k p model; indium arsenide (InAs) nanowires; model order reduction (MOR); nonequilibrium Greens function (NEGF); source-pocket TFETs; tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs)
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0018-9383
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
01 Jan 2014
