Title :
On the contact resistance of single-walled carbon nanotubes in RF devices
Author :
Elkadi, Asmaa ; El-Ghazaly, Samir M.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
Abstract :
Estimating the contact resistance and losses of Carbon-Nanotubes based devices is a challenging task. This work presents an effective model to calculate the contact resistance of single-walled carbon nanotube-based RF devices. The model realistically incorporates operational parameters beyond the quantum limits and it makes it feasible to implement the model in commercially-adopted COMSOL simulators. Hence, it can be extended to design large scale integrated circuits realistically.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; contact resistance; microwave devices; RF devices; commercially-adopted COMSOL simulators; contact resistance estimation; large scale integrated circuit design; quantum limits; single-walled carbon nanotubes; Carbon nanotubes; Conductivity; Materials; Metals; Ohmic contacts; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Carbon nanotube; contact resistance; losses;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848600