Carbon nanotube quantum capacitance for nonlinear terahertz circuits

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-36

  Akinwande, Deji ^a   Nishi, Yoshio ^a   Wong, H S Philip ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube (CNT); Microwave circuits; Mixers; Nonlinear circuits; Quantum capacitance

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

CAPACITOR CIRCUITS; CARBON NANOTUBE (CNT); CIRCUIT APPLICATIONS; CIRCUIT IMPLEMENTATIONS; CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE; CONVERSION GAINS; DOUBLERS; LOW NOISE; METALLIC NANOTUBES; MIXERS; NONLINEAR CIRCUITS; PARASITIC RESISTANCES; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCES; TERA HERTZ; THZ SOURCES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 59049086320     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2008.2005185     Document Type: Article

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