“Partial-
“Partial-Coupled Mode-Space” A new Approach for Efficient
Simulation of Ballistic Quantum Transport in Multi-gate Devices
Mohammed M.
El-Banna, Yasser M. Sabry, W. Fikry, O. A. Omar
Dept. of Eng.
Physics and Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
Abstract: A novel approach is proposed, termed
Partial-Coupled Mode Space (PCMS), for simulation of quantum transport in
nanoscale devices. The PCMS integrates advantage of Coupled Mode Space (CMS) in
accuracy and Uncoupled Mode Space (UMS) in reduction of computational burden.
Partial coupling between the modes of the nanoscale device is achieved by
coupling the odd-modes and even-modes separately. N-type FinFETs were simulated
by the proposed approach and compared with the fully CMS accuracy and
simulation time. The simulation was carried out on set of devices that satisfy
the requirements of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
(ITRS). The simulations show that our PCMS saves more than 65 % of the
computational time with error less than 0.1 % and 0.01 % in the device charge
and terminal current respectively compared to the CMS.
[Mohammed M. El-Banna, Yasser M. Sabry, W. Fikry, O. A. Omar. “Partial-Coupled
Mode-Space” A new Approach for Efficient Simulation of Ballistic Quantum
Transport in Multi-gate Devices J Am Sci2013;9(3):329-338].
(ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 57
Keywords: FinFETs, Partial-Coupled Mode Space,
Multi-gate, quantum transport, NEGF. Full Text 57
