Incorporation of quantum corrections to semiclassical two-dimensional device modeling with the Wigner-Boltzmann equation

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Han, Zhiyi ^a   Goldsman, Neil ^a   Chug Kai, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOSFET DEVICES; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SILICON; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

HOLE CURRENT CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; QUANTUM CORRECTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) MODELING; WIGNER-BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 9544224156     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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