Numerical simulation of semiconductor devices: energy-transport and quantum hydrodynamic modeling

Abstract

In this paper, the authors discuss two modern semiconductor models: the energy-transport and the quantum hydrodynamic equations. The energy-transport models consist of the conservation laws for mass and energy for the electrons, coupled self-consistently to the Poisson equation. The quantum hydrodynamic equations consist of the conservation laws for mass, momentum and energy, including the Poisson equation.