
MARCO A. VILLENA, PhD
Marco A. Villena holds a PhD (with honors) in Physics and Space Science at the University of Granada, Spain, in 2015. His research interests focus on development of new physical model and simulation tools for new electronic devices. After 18 months working at Stanford University (California, USA), and 3 years as Postdoctoral researcher at Soochow University (Suzhou, China) at Mario Lanza's Group, currently is physicist/researcher at Applied Materials.
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APPLIED MDLx™ GINESTRA™ SIMULATION SOFTWARE
Ginestra™ is a software product designed to simulate the operation and electrical characteristics of modern logic (e.g., FinFET, FeFET) and memory (e.g., Flash, RRAM, CBRAM, FeRAM, PCM) devices, with a particular focus on dielectric-related phenomena and novel materials. The software is based on a multiscale modeling approach and relies on a comprehensive physics-based description of charge/ion transport; charge trapping; and material modifications due to different phenomena such as degradation, polarization switching, phase change, and more.