Overview
- First self-contained text that presents a systematic and mathematically accurate description and derivation of transport equations in solid state physics, in particular semiconductor devices
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 773)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Microscopic Semi-Classical Models
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Macroscopic Semi-classical Models
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Macroscopic Semi-Classical Models
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Microscopic Quantum Models
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Macroscopic Quantum Models
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About this book
Semiconductor devices are ubiquitous in the modern computer and telecommunications industry. A precise knowledge of the transport equations for electron flow in semiconductors when a voltage is applied is therefore of paramount importance for further technological breakthroughs.
In the present work, the author tackles their derivation in a systematic and rigorous way, depending on certain key parameters such as the number of free electrons in the device, the mean free path of the carriers, the device dimensions and the ambient temperature. Accordingly a hierarchy of models is examined which is reflected in the structure of the book: first the microscopic and macroscopic semi-classical approaches followed by their quantum-mechanical counterparts.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The book is a comprehensive review of the main transport equations in semiconductors, presenting the state of the art from the point of view of mathematical modeling. … The book is addressed to applied mathematicians, solid state physicists and electrical and electronic engineers, but it is as well a good introduction for graduate and Ph.D. students specializing in the transport of charge carriers in semiconductors.” (Vittorio Romano, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 k)Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transport Equations for Semiconductors
Authors: Ansgar Jüngel
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89526-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-89525-1Published: 17 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10047-5Published: 22 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-89526-8Published: 20 April 2009
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 315
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations
Topics: Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Optical and Electronic Materials, Mathematical Methods in Physics