Minority Carrier Diffusion Equation (MCDE) Tool

By Ivan Santos1; Stella Quinones1

1. University of Texas at El Paso

Apply the Minority Carrier Diffusion Equation (MCDE) to model excess carrier concentration as a function of time or distance.

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Published on 11 May 2012 All versions

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Abstract

This tool allows the user to apply the Minority Carrier Diffusion Equation (MCDE) to model excess carrier concentration as a function of time or distance. The tool includes modules that guide the user through the problem solving process. These modules include general solutions to the MCDE, a guide on how to eliminate MCDE terms, and the ability to select boundary conditions and input variables. The output of the simulation include the MCDE solution and a graph of the results. The graph models the excess concentration as a function of time or distance, depending on the input choices.

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This project is supported by NSF NCN Grant EEC-0634750.

References

R. Pierret, Semiconductor Fundamentals, Addison Wesley Longman, 1996

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  • Ivan Santos, Stella Quinones (2014), "Minority Carrier Diffusion Equation (MCDE) Tool," https://nanohub.org/resources/mcde. (DOI: 10.4231/D3ST7DW4R).

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  1. excess carrier concentration
  2. excess carriers
  3. excess electron concentration
  4. excess hole concentration
  5. MCDE
  6. minority carrier diffusion equations
  7. nanoelectronics
  8. NCN Group - Semiconductor Device Physics
  9. semiconductor basics