DocumentCode
1516748
Title
On the Spreading Resistance of Thin-Film Contacts
Author
Zhang, Peng ; Lau, Y.Y. ; Timsit, Roland S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Nucl. Eng. & Radiol. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Volume
59
Issue
7
fYear
2012
fDate
7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1936
Lastpage
1940
Abstract
The spreading resistance of a microscopic area of contact (the “-spot”) located in a thin film is studied for both Cartesian and cylindrical geometries. The effect of film thickness on the spreading resistance is evaluated over a large range of aspect ratios. In the limit , the normalized thin-film spreading resistance converges to the finite values, i.e., 2.77 for the Cartesian case and 0.28 for the cylindrical case. An interpretation of these limits is given. Extension to a general α-spot geometry is proposed.
Keywords
contact resistance; electrical contacts; thin films; wetting; α-spot geometry; Cartesian geometry; aspect ratios; contact microscopic area; cylindrical geometry; film thickness effect; normalized thin-film spreading resistance; thin-film contacts; Conductivity; Conformal mapping; Contact resistance; Geometry; Resistance; Solids; Constriction resistance; contact resistance; electrical contacts; skin depth; spreading resistance; thin films;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9383
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TED.2012.2195317
Filename
6200319
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