Numerical Methods for the Hydrodynamic Device Model: Subsonic Flow

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

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 501-507

  Gardner, Carl L ^a   Jerome, J W ^b   Rose, Donald J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES--COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS--TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ELECTRON GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMIC DEVICE MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC PDE'S; NONLINEAR BLOCK ITERATIVE METHODS; SUBSONIC FLOW;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0024665830     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.24878     Document Type: Article

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