Numerical simulation of transient processes in 2-D bipolar transistors

Abstract A numerical method for the solution of the fundamental equations which describe the transient processes in 2-D bipolar semiconductor devices is proposed. The method extends the algorithm previously used by the authors [1,2] for simulation of 1-D problems. Some numerical results for a 2-D problem are presented and compared with results of 1-D simulation.

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