A Comparison of Monte Carlo and Cellular Automata Approaches for Semiconductor Device Simulation

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 77-79

  Zandler, G ^a   Di Carlo, A ^a   Kometer, K ^a   Lugli, P ^b   Vogl, P ^a   Gornik, E ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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EID: 2142768409     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: 15580563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/55.215114     Document Type: Article

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