DocumentCode
128864
Title
Avalanche breakdown of pn-junctions — Simulation by spherical harmonics expansion of the Boltzmann transport equation
Author
Jabs, Dominic ; Jungemann, Christoph
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electromagn. Theor., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany
fYear
2014
fDate
9-11 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
173
Lastpage
176
Abstract
The deterministic solution of the coupled Boltzmann transport equations for electrons and holes is calculated by means of the spherical harmonics expansion method for avalanche breakdown of a pn-junction. An iteration scheme based on a splitting of the system matrix is presented, by which a stable solution of this numerically challenging problem can be obtained.
Keywords
Boltzmann equation; avalanche breakdown; iterative methods; p-n junctions; semiconductor device breakdown; Boltzmann transport equation; avalanche breakdown; iteration scheme; pn-junctions; spherical harmonics expansion method; Avalanche breakdown; Boltzmann equation; Charge carrier processes; Distribution functions; Electric potential; Mathematical model; Scattering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Yokohama
ISSN
1946-1569
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-5287-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SISPAD.2014.6931591
Filename
6931591
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