The electrical origin of the 1/f electrical noise in solid-state devices and integrated circuits

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6590, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Izpura, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

1 f electrical noise; KT C noise; Low frequency noise; Parasitic FET; Resistance; Resistor

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; RESISTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL NOISE;

1/F ELECTRICAL NOISE; ENIGMATIC NOISE; KT/C NOISE; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; PARASITIC FET;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 36248973062     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.721175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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