The algorithms outlined in the previous sections were implemented into the device simulator MINIMOS-NT. Special care was taken in order to keep the implementation as modular as possible, so that later on an easy extension to the features that have not be entered into the simulator yet, like long time effects or temperature- and stress-dependence, can be applied.
The simulation passes through three different phases, starting with a preprocessor where the input data is evaluated and transformed into the internal data structure, the numerical calculations themselves, and a postprocessing where the internal data are transformed back to the output format required by the visualization tool and the contact quantities are calculated.