Title :
Avalanche breakdown of pn-junctions — Simulation by spherical harmonics expansion of the Boltzmann transport equation
Author :
Jabs, Dominic ; Jungemann, Christoph
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagn. Theor., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
The deterministic solution of the coupled Boltzmann transport equations for electrons and holes is calculated by means of the spherical harmonics expansion method for avalanche breakdown of a pn-junction. An iteration scheme based on a splitting of the system matrix is presented, by which a stable solution of this numerically challenging problem can be obtained.
Keywords :
Boltzmann equation; avalanche breakdown; iterative methods; p-n junctions; semiconductor device breakdown; Boltzmann transport equation; avalanche breakdown; iteration scheme; pn-junctions; spherical harmonics expansion method; Avalanche breakdown; Boltzmann equation; Charge carrier processes; Distribution functions; Electric potential; Mathematical model; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5287-8
DOI :
10.1109/SISPAD.2014.6931591
