Title :
Animation of carrier distributions in power semiconductor devices
Author :
Bass, Richard M. ; Yunus, Haroon I.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
The authors describe the computer animation of one-dimensional carrier distribution dynamics. The objective is to provide a visualization tool for understanding important phenomena underlying the switching operation of power semiconductor devices. The animation is implemented using a commercially available software package.
Keywords :
carrier density; computer animation; electronic engineering computing; power electronics; semiconductor device models; carrier distributions; computer animation; power semiconductor devices; switching operation; visualization tool; Animation; Charge carrier processes; Conductivity; Distributed computing; Poisson equations; Power semiconductor devices; Power semiconductor switches; Radiative recombination; Software packages; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Power Electronics, 1992., IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berkeley, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0920-0
DOI :
10.1109/CIPE.1992.247303