Advanced theory of semiconductor devices

Advanced Theory of Semiconductor Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-332

  Hess, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; STUDENTS;

CURRENT SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; HOT ELECTRON EFFECTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PN JUNCTION DIODES; RESEARCH ENGINEERS; SILICON TECHNOLOGIES; SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 85036588809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1109/9780470544105     Document Type: Book

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