Multilevel solution of augmented drift-diffusion equations

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 4-18

  Davis, M B ^a   Carey, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MOBILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CARRIER MOBILITY; DOPING CONCENTRATION; DRIFT-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; GUMMEL ITERATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS;

CHARGE CARRIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0030392089     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321649610126439     Document Type: Article

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