Modelling surface-scattering effects in the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation based on the spherical-harmonics expansion

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1080-1089

  Greiner, Andreas ^a   Vecchi, Maria Cristina ^b   Rudan, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOS DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; INVERSION LAYERS; SPHERICAL-HARMONIC EXPANSION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032179755     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/13/10/005     Document Type: Article

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