Analytical theory of semiconductor p-n junctions and the transition between depletion and quasineutral region

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1624-1629

  Haggag, Amr ^b   Hess, Karl ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLETION WIDTH; QUASINEUTRAL REGIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPACITANCE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0034251009     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.853040     Document Type: Article

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