A methodology is proposed to introduce an active device modeling capability into the industry standard three dimensional electromagnetic field simulator Maxwell SI Eminence and HFSS. Eminence is a 3-D fullwave finite element field simulator that can be used to accurately analyze passive MMIC structures. The first task in the proposed work will be to add the capability of modeling active devices that can be represented by a linear model. This includes scattering parameter and lumped element circuit models. The second task will be to add nonlinear device solution procedure to the field simulator. Nonlinear device models will be used in a solution procedure such as the harmonic balance technique. The last task in this Phase II SBIR will be to research the possibility of using our advanced suite of finite element solvers to analyze the semiconductor devices themselves. Unlike the first two tasks mentioned above, where the active device is treated as a black box, in this work the device characteristics will be analyzed directly from the underlying physics.
Keywords: Electromagnetic Modeling Electromagnetic Modeling Finite Element Method Finite Element Method
