A New Discretization Strategy of the Semiconductor Equations Comprising Momentum and Energy Balance

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

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 231-242

  Forghieri, Alessandro ^a   Guerrieri, Roberto ^a   Ciampolini, Paolo ^a   Gnudi, Antonio ^a   Rudan, Massimo ^a   Baccarani, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSISTORS, BIPOLAR - JUNCTIONS;

DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MOMENTUM AND ENERGY BALANCE; SCHARFETTER-GUMMEL METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STEADY-STATE SIMULATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MOSFET;

EID: 0023965768     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.3153     Document Type: Article

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