THE NUMERICAL-SOLUTION OF POISSONS-EQUATION IN A PN DIODE USING A SPREADSHEET

Authors
SHAPIRO FR
Citation
Fr. Shapiro, THE NUMERICAL-SOLUTION OF POISSONS-EQUATION IN A PN DIODE USING A SPREADSHEET, IEEE transactions on education, 38(4), 1995, pp. 380-384
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Education, Scientific Disciplines
Journal title
IEEE transactions on education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189359
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
380 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9359(1995)38:4<380:TNOPIA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The numerical calculation of the potential distribution in a pn diode is presented using a spreadsheet, It can be included in an introductor y course in semiconductor device physics as a demonstration of the num erical analysis of devices. It is also a demonstration of the numerica l solution of Poisson's equation when the charge density is a function of the potential, and is appropriate for a section on numerical metho ds in an introductory course in electromagnetics.