Numerical simulation of electron transport through constriction in a metallic thin film

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 696-698

  Gurrum, Siva P ^a   Joshi, Yogendra K ^a   King, William P ^a   Ramakrishna, Koneru ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CMOS Platform Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METALLIC FILMS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION (BTE); CONSTRICTION SIZE EFFECT; ELECTRON SURFACE SCATTERING; FINITE THICKNESS; METALLIC THIN FILM; ON-CHIP INTERCONNECTIONS; RELAXATION TIME APPROXIMATION; THIN FILM CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTIONS;

THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

EID: 5044249232     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2004.835538     Document Type: Article

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