kEY TO SYMBOLS


A      Inverse mass band parameter

A'     Area of the base-collector diode

a      Defformation potential constant (acoustic phonon scattering)

B      Inverse mass band parameter

b      Defformation potential constant (optical phonon scattering)

C      Inverse mass band parameter

CP     Longitudinal sound velocity in silicon

C t    Transverse sound velocity in silicon E     Energy of holes

e      Magnitude of the electronic charge

EA     Acceptor impurity energy level
EF     Fermi energy level

E V    Valence band edge El    Binding energy of neutral acceptors

fo     The Fermi-Dirac function

F       Fermi-Dirac integral of order 1/2

g      Ground state degeneracy

1       Plank's constant divided by 2'r

I      Current

3       Current density

k       Wave vector

ko 0    Boltzmann's constant