Quantum corrected full-band cellular Monte Carlo simulation of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 299-303

  Yamakawa, Shinya ^a   Goodnick, Stephen ^a   Aboud, Shela ^b   Saraniti, Marco ^c  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

AlGaN GaN HEMT; Cellular Monte Carlo; Effective potential; Quantum correction

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944505717     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-004-7065-6     Document Type: Article

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