A compact SPICE model for carbon-nanotube field-effect transistors including nonidealities and its application - Part I: Model of the intrinsic channel region

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3186-3194

  Deng, Jie ^a   Wong, H S Philip ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Ballistic; Ballistic transport; Carbon nanotube (CNT); Carbon nanotubes; Carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFET); Compact model; Intrinsic; Screening effect; SPICE; Transistors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SPICE;

CARBON-NANOTUBE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; CIRCUIT-COMPATIBLE COMPACT MODEL; OPTICAL PHONON SCATTERING; REAL-TIME DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 36849067875     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2007.909030     Document Type: Article

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