Calculation of the capacitances of conductors: Perspectives for the optimization of electronic devices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kopp, Thilo ^a   Mannhart, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING ELECTRODES; DIELECTRIC CAPACITORS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; QUANTUM REGIMES;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

EID: 70349638088     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3197246     Document Type: Article

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