Compact physics-based circuit models for graphene nanoribbon interconnects

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1822-1833

  Naeemi, Azad ^a   Meindl, James D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Interconnections; Modeling; Molecular electronics; Quantum wires

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT MODELS; CONDUCTIVITY; COPPER WIRES; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; INTERCONNECTIONS; LOW RESISTANCE; MODELING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PATTERNING METHODS; PHYSICS-BASED; QUANTUM WIRES;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; CIRCUIT THEORY; GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

WIRE;

EID: 69549118314     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2026122     Document Type: Article

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