Spin MOSFETs as a basis for spintronics

ACM Transactions on Storage

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-219

  Sugahara, Satoshi ^a   Tanaka, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

MOSFETs; Spin MOSFETs; Spin transistors; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

MOSFETS; POWER-DELAY PRODUCT; SPIN MOSFETS; SPIN TRANSISTORS; SPINTRONICS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOGIC GATES; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 33747222409     PISSN: 15533077     EISSN: 15533093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1149976.1149980     Document Type: Article

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