Asymptotic profile in a one-dimensional steady-state nonisentropic hydrodynamic model for semiconductors

We study the stationary flow for a one-dimensional nonisentropic hydrodynamic model for semiconductor devices. This model consists of the continuous equations for the electron density, the electron current density and electron temperature, coupled the Poisson equation of the electrostatic potential. In a bounded interval supplemented by the proper boundary conditions, we investigate the zero-electron-mass limit, the zero-relaxation-time limit and the Debye-length (quasi-neutral) limit, respectively.We show the strong convergence of the sequence of solutions and give the associated convergence rate. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved