Automatic rectangle-based adaptive mesh generation without obtuse angles

Author

Müller, Stephan ; Kells, Kevin ; Fichtner, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Integrated Syst. Lab., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

11

Issue

7

fYear

1992

fDate

7/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

855

Lastpage

863

Abstract

Mesh generators must become more powerful to keep up with the growing sophistication of device simulators. The mesh generator MESHBUILD, which produces meshes with no obtuse angles for structures with reasonably complex geometries, is described. The overall number of mesh elements is reduced compared with similar mesh generators. MESHBUILD is suitable for use in automatic grid generation and includes an interactive graphics interface. Run times for complex examples are on the order of 1 min on a Sun-4 workstation

Keywords

digital simulation; finite element analysis; semiconductor device models; MESHBUILD; Sun-4 workstation; automatic grid generation; finite element analysis; interactive graphics interface; mesh generator; number of mesh elements; rectangle-based adaptive mesh generation; run times; semiconductor device simulation; Equations; Geometry; Graphics; Helium; Mesh generation; Power generation; Semiconductor devices; Solid modeling; Very large scale integration; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/43.144849

Filename

144849