Multiple Time Constant Modeling of Dispersion Dynamics in Hetero Field-Effect Transistors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2312-2320

  Kallfass, Ingmar ^a,b   Schumacher, Hermann ^a   Brazil, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Integrated circuit modeling; MODFETs; semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008056107     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.875264     Document Type: Article

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