On a hierarchy of macroscopic models for semiconductors

NB Abdallah, P Degond - Journal of Mathematical Physics, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
This paper shows that various models of electron transport in semiconductors that have
been previously proposed in the literature can be connected one with each other by the …

A review of recent advances in the spherical harmonics expansion method for semiconductor device simulation

K Rupp, C Jungemann, SM Hong, M Bina… - Journal of computational …, 2016 - Springer
The Boltzmann transport equation is commonly considered to be the best semi-classical
description of carrier transport in semiconductors, providing precise information about the …

Two-dimensional MOSFET simulation by means of a multidimensional spherical harmonics expansion of the Boltzmann transport equation

A Gnudi, D Ventura, G Baccarani, F Odeh - Solid-state electronics, 1993 - Elsevier
A spherical harmonics expansion method of the Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE) is
applied to investigate the carrier energy spectrum of a two-dimensional MOSFET up to 3 eV …

Physics-based numerical modeling and characterization of 6H-silicon-carbide metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors

SK Powell, N Goldsman, JM McGarrity… - Journal of Applied …, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
A detailed analysis of silicon-carbide (SiC) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect-transistor
(MOSFET) physics is performed. Measurements of current–voltage characteristics are taken …

Inequivalence of single-particle and population lifetimes in a cuprate superconductor

SL Yang, JA Sobota, D Leuenberger, Y He… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We study optimally doped Bi-2212 (T c= 96 K) using femtosecond time-and angle-resolved
photoelectron spectroscopy. Energy-resolved population lifetimes are extracted and …

[PDF][PDF] Mathematical modelling of microelectronics semiconductor devices

P Degond - AMS IP STUDIES IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS, 2000 - Citeseer
This paper rst reviews some basic facts about electron transport in semiconductor materials.
Then, it develops several macroscopic models from the di usion approximation of the …

Modeling electron and hole transport with full-band structure effects by means of the spherical-harmonics expansion of the BTE

MC Vecchi, M Rudan - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Spherical-Harmonics solution of the Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE) in silicon is
generalized to the full-band case for both electrons and holes. The relevant scattering …

Stable discretization of the Boltzmann equation based on spherical harmonics, box integration, and a maximum entropy dissipation principle

C Jungemann, AT Pham, B Meinerzhagen… - Journal of applied …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The Boltzmann equation for transport in semiconductors is projected onto spherical
harmonics in such a way that the resultant balance equations for the coefficients of the …

A fully coupled scheme for a Boltzmann-Poisson equation solver based on a spherical harmonics expansion

SM Hong, C Jungemann - Journal of computational electronics, 2009 - Springer
The numerical properties of a deterministic Boltzmann equation solver based on a spherical
harmonics expansion of the distribution function are analyzed and improved. A fully coupled …

Hierarchy of simulation approaches for hot carrier transport in deep submicron devices

U Ravaioli - Semiconductor Science and Technology, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
Rapid advances in integrated circuit technology are pushing the size of semiconductor
devices into the deep submicron range. The traditional simulation approaches based on …