The Onsager reciprocity principle as a check of consistency for semiconductor carrier transport models

Orazio Muscato

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2001, vol. 289, issue 3, 422-458

Abstract: During these years several hydrodynamic-like models for simulating carrier transport in semiconductors have been developed. In this paper we check the consistency of these models with the Onsager Reciprocity Principle, which is one of the fundamental principles of Linear Irreversible Thermodynamics. Monte Carlo simulations for silicon in the inhomogeneous case are shown.

Keywords: Kinetic and transport theory; Fluid dynamics; Monte Carlo method; Modeling semiconductor devices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00307-1

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