Electrothermal analysis of breakdown in carbon nanofiber interconnects

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 469-471

  Yamada, Toshishige ^a   Saito, Tsutomu ^a   Fabris, Drazen ^a   Yang, Cary Y ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Carbon nanofiber (CNF); Heat dissipation; Maximum current density

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN; CONTACT LOCATION; CURRENT CAPACITY; ELECTROTHERMAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAT DISSIPATION; HEAT TRANSPORT; INTERCONNECT TEST STRUCTURES; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOFIBERS;

EID: 67349102912     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2009.2016361     Document Type: Article

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