Transport Equations for Electrons in Two-Valley Semiconductors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn ED-17, Issue 1, 1970, Pages 38-47

  BlØtekjÆr, Kjell ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IETDA;

EID: 0014705867     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1970.16921     Document Type: Article

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