A two-dimensional thin-film transistor simulation using adaptive computing technique

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 184, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 73-85

  Li, Yiming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive computing; Drift diffusion equations; Grain boundary; Monotone iterative method; Nonlinear trap model; Semiconductor device simulation; Thin film transistor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MOS DEVICES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

ADAPTIVE COMPUTING; DRIFT DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; MONOTONE ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR TRAP MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33846391334     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2005.12.073     Document Type: Article

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