Electrical Current and Carrier Density in Degenerate Materials with Nonuniform Band Structure

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 148-164

  Marshak, Alan H ^a   Van Vliet, Carolyn M ^b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT AND CARRIER DENSITIES; MINORITY CARRIER FLOW; NONUNIFORM BAND STRUCTURE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - HETEROJUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0021377152     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1984.12836     Document Type: Article

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