Modeling and Optimization of Monolithic Polycrystalline Silicon Resistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1981, Pages 818-830

  Lu, Nicky Chau Chun ^a   Gerzberg, Levy ^a   Lu, Chih Yuan ^b   Meindl, James D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESISTORS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT;

EID: 0019392851     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1981.20437     Document Type: Article

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