Rigorous Thermodynamic Treatment of Heat Generation and Conduction in Semiconductor Device Modeling

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

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 1141-1149

  Wachutka, Gerhard K ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICALTECHNIQUES - BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATION; QUASI-FERMI LEVELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SELF-HEATING;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0025512595     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.62751     Document Type: Article

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