Validation of an extended hydrodynamic model for a submicron npn bipolar junction transistor

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 409-428

  Muscato, Orazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar transistors; Non equilibrium thermodynamics; Theory of electron transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ENTROPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL; NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; THEORY OF ELECTRON TRANSPORT;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33646091733     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.104     Document Type: Article

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