Analysis of split-drain MAGFETs

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2237-2245

  Rodríguez Torres, Rodrigo ^a   Gutiérrez Domínguez, Edmundo A ^b   Klima, Robert ^a   Selberherr, Siegfried ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Low temperature analysis; Magnetic sensor; Physical modeling; Split drain magnetic field effect transistors (MAGFETs); Three dimensional (3 D) simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LOW TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MAGNETIC SENSORS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 10644266129     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2004.839869     Document Type: Article

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