Low-frequency noise in Schottky-barrier-based nanoscale field-effect transistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 180-187

  Clément, Nicolas ^a   Larrieu, Guilhem ^b   Dubois, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Low frequency noise; nanodevices; Schottky barriers (SBs); silicon on insulator (SOI)

Indexed keywords

1/F NOISE; BARRIER HEIGHTS; CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; DOPANT SEGREGATION; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; NANO SCALE; NANO-DEVICES; NANOSCALE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS (SBS); SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON-ON-INSULATORS;

MESFET DEVICES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; THERMAL NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84855427778     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2011.2169676     Document Type: Article

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