Relaxation-time approximations of quasi-hydrodynamic type in semiconductor device modelling

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-150

  Melnik, R V N ^a   He, Hao ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

ELECTRON HOLE PLASMA; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; LIOUVILLE EQUATION; NON EQUILIBRIUM PHYSICAL PROCESSES; QUASIHYDRODYNAMIC; RELAXATION TIME APPROXIMATIONS;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 0033877161     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/8/2/304     Document Type: Article

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