Teaching semiconductor device physics with two-dimensional numerical solver

Author

Yeow, Y.T. ; Ling, C.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Electr. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Volume

42

Issue

1

fYear

1999

fDate

2/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

58

Abstract

In this paper, the authors propose the teaching of semiconductor device physics with the PC-based two-dimensional numerical partial differential equations solver, PDEase2. This approach avoids many of the restrictive assumptions of one-dimensional analytical solutions and better reflects the actual device operation. The gated diode which demonstrates both p-n junction and surface field effect physics is used to illustrate this new approach

Keywords

computer aided instruction; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; p-n junctions; partial differential equations; semiconductor device models; teaching; 2-D numerical partial differential equations; PDEase2; gated diode; p-n junction; semiconductor device physics education; surface field effect physics; teaching; two-dimensional numerical solver; Mathematics; Partial differential equations; Physics education; Poisson equations; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor devices; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor-insulator interfaces; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.746335

Filename

746335