An electrical network approach to the analysis of semiconductor devices

Author

Wilamowski, Bogdan M. ; Staszak, Zbigniew J. ; Mattson, Roy H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Wyoming Univ., Laramie, WY, USA

Volume

35

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

152

Abstract

A simple electrical network is used to represent the five differential equations describing basic phenomena in one-dimensional semiconductor devices. Both standard and integrated approaches for solving transport equations are developed. Also, an electrical network equivalent for the nonlinear Poisson equation was derived. It allows students to better understand the physical phenomena and the process of computer simulation of such semiconductor devices

Keywords

differential equations; digital simulation; education; electronic engineering computing; equivalent circuits; network analysis; semiconductor device models; teaching; computer simulation; differential equations; education; electrical network; equivalent circuits; modelling; network analysis; nonlinear Poisson equation; semiconductor devices; students; teaching; transport equations; Charge carrier processes; Circuits; Computer simulation; Differential equations; Electric potential; Physics; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor devices; Solid modeling; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.135580

Filename

135580