A deterministic Boltzmann equation solver for two-dimensional semiconductor devices

International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices, SISPAD

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 751-754

  Hong, Sung Min ^a   Jungemann, Christoph ^a   Bollhöfer, Matthias ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

GAUSS-SEIDEL METHOD; LARGE SYSTEM; MEMORY EFFICIENT; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS EXPANSIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 67650369672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SISPAD.2008.4648295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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