MAXIMINI

During the simulation computations, it is, sometimes, important to see in a very rapid way, how the macroscopic variables evolves. This can be very usefull in the debugging process of a new defined (and not yet well-defined) semiconductor device. GNU Archimedes gives a simple way of doing it. When the user inserts the following line in an input file, it will get some interesting information about the macroscopic evolution of the devices.

 MAXIMINI

This will give, for example, in the case of the precedently presented diode the following output, which is very usefull

 Max. Potential = 1
 Min. Potential = 0
 Max. x-elec.field = 0
 Min. x-elec.field = -3.57578e+06
 Max. y-elec.field = -0
 Min. y-elec.field = -0
 Max. Density = 5.14954e+23
 Min. Density = 1.33122e+21

As we can see from the precedent example, the informations of MAXIMINI are about the maximum and minimum of the following macroscopic variables

1. Electrostatic Potential
2. x-Component of the Electric Field
3. y-Component of the Electric Field
4. Electronic Density

Pay attention to the fact that the calculation of this informations can be, in some cases (for example, for highly refined grid), computationaly heavy. So use it only in the case it is necessary or not heavy for the simulation, in order to avoid too big run-time.