List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

BTE ... Boltzmann's transport equation
CMOS ... Complementary MOS
DD ... Drift-Diffusion
ET ... Energy-Transport
HD ... Hydrodynamic
MC ... Monte Carlo
TCAD ... Technology Computer-Aided Design
HEMT ... High Electron Mobility Transistor
DH-HEMT ... Double Heterojunction HEMT
E-Mode ... Enhancement-Mode
D-Mode ... Depletion-Mode
2DEG ... Two-Dimensional Electron Gas
HBT ... Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
AC ... Alternating Current
DC ... Direct Current
PA ... Power Amplifier
RF ... Radio Frequency
PAE ... Power Added Efficiency
LED ... Light Emitting Diode
MMIC ... Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
LTE ... Long Therm Evolution
3G ... Third Generation Mobile Communications
WiMAX ... Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
FP ... Field-Plate
SP ... Shield-Plate
NDM ... Negative Differential Mobility
SEM ... Scanning Electron Microscopy


S. Vitanov: Simulation of High Electron Mobility Transistors