The Semiconductor Module Physics Interface Guide
The Semiconductor Module extends the functionality of the physics interfaces of the base package for COMSOL Multiphysics. The details of the physics interfaces and study types for the Semiconductor Module are listed in the table below.
In the COMSOL Multiphysics Reference Manual:
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Studies and Solvers
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The Physics Interfaces
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For a list of all the core physics interfaces included with a COMSOL Multiphysics license, see Physics Interface Guide.
Physics interface
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Space Dimension
Available Study Type
 AC/DC
Electrical Circuit
cir
Not space dependent
stationary; frequency domain; time dependent; frequency domain; eigenfrequency
Electrostatics1
es
all dimensions
stationary; time dependent; stationary source sweep; eigenfrequency; frequency domain; small signal analysis, frequency domain
Electric Discharge
Transport of Charge Carriers
tcc
all dimensions
time dependent; stationary; frequency domain perturbation
Semiconductor
Semiconductor
semi
all dimensions
small-signal analysis, frequency domain; stationary; time dependent; semiconductor equilibrium
Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Beam Envelopes2
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3D, 2D, and 2D axisymmetric
frequency–stationary; frequency–transient; small-signal analysis, frequency domain
Semiconductor Optoelectronics, Frequency Domain2
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3D, 2D, and 2D axisymmetric
frequency–stationary; frequency–transient; small-signal analysis, frequency domain
Schrödinger Equation
schr
all dimensions
eigenvalue; stationary; time dependent
Schrödinger–Poisson Equation
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all dimensions
Schrödinger–Poisson
1 This physics interface is included with the core COMSOL package but has added functionality for this module.
2 Requires both the Wave Optics Module and the Semiconductor Module.