Patent ID: 6937967
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for optimizing the design of a semiconductor thin film device with at least one metallic inclusion therein, the device having a plurality of current ports, and exhibiting extraordinary magnetoresistance comprising: calculating the extraordinary magnetoresistance using finite element analysis as a function of an applied magnetic field and the geometry of the device; calculating the field-dependence of a current flow and the potential of the device; comparing the extraordinary magnetoresistance, the field-dependence of a current flow and the potential of the device to predetermined qualities; and modifying the material properties and device geometry to obtain a correlation between the calculations and the predetermined qualities, wherein: boundry conditions are applied directly to specific sections of the geometry of the device while self-consistently determining the values of the potential at other sections of the geometry from a discretized action integral; and the potential valued at all current ports are equated to each other.