Macro-modeling for the compact simulation of single electron transistor using SIMPLORER

In this paper we present analog and digital studies of the single electron transistor (SET), in which only one electron at the time is transferred through the circuit. In the first part of this paper, we show numerical simulations of fundamental characteristics of SET using MATLAB. As a second part of this work we develop a closely example of macro-model of SET using SIMPLORER. Our idea to concept this macro-model was based on the quantification of the output signal on the island level. In order to obtain a quantified output signal on the island we have modeled a quantum dots as a quantizer bloc. This signal quantified was correlated to the energy levels. This description of a model let us to valid our conception and to value the impact of quantizer bloc on the output response of the SET. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.