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Models for semiconductor devices can be categorised into several different classes, and the major divisions are shown in figure 1. One of the most important distinctions is that between physical device models and circuit models. As the name suggests, circuit models employ circuit analogues for the device, often representing the device either as a “black box” there the transfer function is obtained from measurement of an actual device, or by an equivalent circuit consisting of ideal active and passive components. In the latter representation, the values of specific circuit elements are obtained either from measurement or by relating their values to specific physical parameters of a given device.
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Barton, T.M. (1989). Computer Simulations. In: Snowden, C.M. (eds) Semiconductor Device Modelling. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1033-0_14
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