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Hot electron distribution function for the Boltzmann equation with analytic bands

Authors :
Orazio Muscato
Source :
Journal of Computational Electronics. 5:377-380
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2006.

Abstract

The shape of the electron energy distribution (EED) is of paramount importance in order to predict disruptive phenomena in semiconductor devices. Monte Carlo simulations with parabolic bands prove that the EED tail is maxwellian [1], [2], and several analytic euristic models have been introduced for modeling the EED in the bulk case [3], [4]. Starting form the Bolzmann transport equation in the bulk case, with quasi parabolic band, scattering with impurities, acoustic and optical phonons, we prove analytically that its EED, for large values of the energy e, is of the following type

Details

ISSN :
15728137 and 15698025
Volume :
5
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Computational Electronics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2d002bca315cd84a5dff2f08b7797b39