The structure of constitutive equations for semiconductor devices
Abstract
The fundamental equations that describe carrier transport in semiconductor materials are developed using the methods of continuum mixture theory and Maxwell's equations for electrodynamics. There are five basic equations that govern the behavior of current flux, electrostatic potential, electrons, and holes. The behavior of the electrical chemical potentials are introduced and their relation to the current flux is discussed.
- Publication:
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Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials
- Pub Date:
- January 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987iccl.conf.....B
- Keywords:
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- Constitutive Equations;
- Electrodynamics;
- Semiconductor Devices;
- Charge Carriers;
- Entropy;
- Free Energy;
- Mathematical Models;
- Poisson Equation;
- Thermodynamics;
- Solid-State Physics