Occurrence of giant current fluctuations in 2D tunnel junction arrays

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-452

  Cordan, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Coulomb blockade; Multi dot floating gate; Noise; Single electron devices; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRON TUNNELING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTRONICS; MOS DEVICES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS (SET);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0345329466     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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