A Direct Solver for 2D Non-Stationary Boltzmann-Poisson Systems for Semiconductor Devices: A MESFET Simulation by WENO-Boltzmann Schemes

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 375-380

  Carrillo, José A ^a   Gamba, Irene M ^b   Majorana, Armando ^c   Shu, Chi Wang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann Poisson system for semiconductors; spherical coordinate system; WENO scheme

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MESFET DEVICES; POISSON EQUATION; SPHERES; VECTOR SPACES;

ACTIVE REGIONS; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; BOLTZMANN-POISSON SYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH-ORDER WENO SCHEMES; OPTICAL PHONON INTERACTION; SPHERICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS; WENO SCHEMES;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 29144517213     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JCEL.0000011455.74817.35     Document Type: Article

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