Charge transport in 1D silicon devices via Monte Carlo simulation and Boltzmann-Poisson solver

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

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 410-425

  Majorana, A ^a   Muscato, O ^a   Milazzo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic engineering; Monte Carlo simulation; Semiconductor devices; Silicon

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHONONS; POISSON EQUATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BOLTZMANN-POISSON SOLVER; CHARGE TRANSPORT; SILICON DIODE; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICES;

EID: 1942488371     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640410510578     Document Type: Article

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