MONTE: A Program to Simulate the Heterojunction Devices in Two Dimensions

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 645-652

  Tang, Jeffrey Y F ^a   Laux, Steven E ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - HETEROJUNCTIONS;

COMPUTER PROGRAM MONTE;

TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

EID: 0022790634     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.1986.1270234     Document Type: Article

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