Read-out design rules for molecular crossbar architectures

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 369-374

  Csaba, György ^a   Lugli, Paolo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular crossbar devices; Molecular electronics; Nonvolatile memories; Passive memories

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT PARAMETER; CIRCUIT SIZE; CROSS-BAR MEMORIES; MOLECULAR CROSSBAR DEVICES; MOLECULAR CROSSBARS; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; NONVOLATILE MEMORIES; PASSIVE MEMORIES; POWER DISSIPATION; READ-OUT DESIGN; SPICE MODEL; STORAGE CAPACITY;

DISTILLATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

SPICE;

EID: 67249088460     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2008.2010343     Document Type: Article

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