Electrical conduction through small contact spots

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 727-734

  Timsit, Roland S ^a  

^a Timron Scientific Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constriction resistance; Electrical contact resistance; Electrical contacts; Nanocontacts

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CONSTRICTION RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACT THEORY; NANOCONTACTS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 33947247028     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2006.885930     Document Type: Article

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