Phonon-induced 1/f noise in MOS transistors

Fluctuation and Noise Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Mihaila, Mihai N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROTECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Frequency exponent; MOS transistor; Phonon

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144261056     PISSN: 02194775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219477504001938     Document Type: Article

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