Self-Consistent Particle Simulation for (AlGa)As/ GaAs HBT's with Improved Base-Collector Structures

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 846-853

  Katoh, Riichi ^a   Kurata, Mamoru ^a   Yoshida, Jiro ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS--MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TRANSISTORS--PERFORMANCE;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

TRANSISTORS, BIPOLAR;

EID: 0024664765     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.299665     Document Type: Article

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