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2. Overview of Tools for Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Fields in Microelectronics

Over the past decades a large number of simulation tools for numerical analysis of the electromagnetic fields and for the subsequent parameter extraction has been developed. Parameter extraction based on the field calculation by the finite element method has a long tradition also in the Institute for Microelectronics at the Technical University in Vienna. In this chapter some of the most important commercial software packages for numerical analysis are discussed. At the end the interconnect simulation software package Smart Analysis Programs is introduced.



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A. Nentchev: Numerical Analysis and Simulation in Microelectronics by Vector Finite Elements