Monte Carlo evaluation of the transport coefficients in a n+ - n - n+ silicon diode

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

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 812-828

  Muscato, Orazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD; Electronics; Fluid mechanics; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348246621     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640010334613     Document Type: Article

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