The phonon Monte Carlo simulation
Description
Thermal effects in nano-scaled devices were reviewed and modeling methodologies to deal with this issue were discussed. The phonon energy balance equations model, being one of the important previous works regarding the modeling of heating effects in nano-scale devices, was derived. Then, detailed description was given on the Monte Carlo (MC) solution of the phonon Boltzmann Transport Equation. The phonon MC solver was developed next as part of this thesis. Simulation results of the thermal conductivity in bulk Si show good agreement with theoretical/experimental values from literature.
Date Created
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2015
Agent
- Author (aut): Yoo, Seung Kyung
- Thesis advisor (ths): Vasileska, Dragica
- Committee member: Ferry, David
- Committee member: Goodnick, Stephen
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University