ABSTRACT
One of the most promising applications of computer simulation is to the design of semiconductor devices. If a reliable computer model of a semiconductor device can be made it can be used as a design tool. In certain circumstances the characteristics of a new device can be found more economically by computer simulation than by traditional laboratory techniques. In any case, a comprehensive program of computer simulation is a sensible accompaniment to any program of laboratory experiments. In this chapter we discuss the application of computer simulation to the design of one class of semiconductor devices, namely gallium arsenide (GaAs) field effect transistors (FETs). The procedures, however, apply more generally to the design of other devices.
