Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Energy Transport Effects in Si and GaAs MESFET's

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1982, Pages 970-977

  Cook, Robert K ^a,b   Frey, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

EID: 0020141359     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1982.20816     Document Type: Article

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