A deterministic solver for the 1D non-stationary Boltzmann-Poisson system for GaAs devices: Bulk GaAs and GaAs n+-ni-n+ diode

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 261-273

  Galler, Martin ^a   Schürrer, Ferdinand ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boltzmann Poisson system; Gallium arsenide; Multigroup approach; Semiconductor device simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 31444446428     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-005-5040-5     Document Type: Article

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