Monte Carlo hardware simulator for electron dynamics in semiconductors

Abstract

An integrated circuit dedicated to the simulation of a charged particle in a semiconductor using the Monte Carlo method is presented. This circuit should be the basis building block of a semiconductor device hardware simulator. We detail the various phases of the physical processes involved and how to transfer them in terms of circuit architectures. The CAD tool used was Alliance 3.0. We present the very first practical realization based on a FPGA.