Observation of current crowding near fabricated voids in gold lines

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2661-2663

  Yongsunthon, R ^a   Stanishevsky, A ^a   McCoy, J ^a   Williams, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0035971902     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1368190     Document Type: Article

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