Failure of moments-based transport models in nanoscale devices near equilibrium

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2404-2408

  Jungemann, Christoph ^a   Grasser, Tibor ^b   Neinhüus, Burkhard ^a   Meinerzhagen, Bernd ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation (BE); Drift diffusion (DD); Equilibrium; Hydrodynamic; Small signal

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER MOBILITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION (BE); DRIFT-DIFFUSION (DD) MODEL; MACROSCOPIC TRANSPORT MODEL;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 27744543352     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.857184     Document Type: Article

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