Charge distribution and contact resistance model for coplanar organic field-effect transistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 280-287

  Kim, Chang Hyun ^a   Bonnassieux, Yvan ^a   Horowitz, Gilles ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

Author keywords

Charge distribution; contact resistance; coplanar organic field effect transistors (OFETs); physical modeling

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; CHANNEL CARRIER DENSITY; CRITICAL FACTORS; GATE VOLTAGES; INJECTED CARRIERS; INJECTION BARRIERS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC LAYERS; PENTACENES; PHYSICAL MODELING; TRANSMISSION-LINE;

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; MODELS; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE;

EID: 84871794273     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2012.2226887     Document Type: Article

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