Electrothermal effects at the microscale and their consequences on system design

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1633-1638

  Jungen, Alain ^a   Pfenninger, Marc ^a   Tonteling, Marc ^a   Stampfer, Christoph ^a   Hierold, Christofer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ELECTROTHERMAL DEVICES; JOULE HEATING; THERMAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 33746301056     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/8/027     Document Type: Article

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