The drift-diffusion equation revisited

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-295

  Assad, Farzin ^a   Banoo, Kausar ^a   Lundstrom, Mark ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SCATTERING;

DRIFT DIFFUSION EQUATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0032020809     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1101(97)00263-3     Document Type: Article

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