A study of Joule heating-induced breakdown of carbon nanotube interconnects

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 39, 2011, Pages

  Santini, C A ^a,b   Vereecken, P M ^b   Volodin, A ^a   Groeseneken, G ^b   De Gendt, S ^b   Haesendonck, C Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE INTERCONNECTS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL POWER; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH-VACUUM CONDITIONS; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; NI PARTICLES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TIN ELECTRODES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODES; HEATING; JOULE HEATING; TITANIUM; VACUUM;

TITANIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 80052517025     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/39/395202     Document Type: Article

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