Full-band Monte Carlo device simulation of a Si/SiGe-HBT with a realistic Ge profile

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1228-1233

  Jungemannt, Christoph ^a   Keith, Stefan ^a   Meinerzhagen, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Full band monte carlo; HBT; Silicon germanium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000728146     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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