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Methods to Characterize the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Si Nanowires

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Author(s)

Qiliang Li, Sang-Mo Koo, Hao Xiong, Monica D. Edelstein, John S. Suehle, Xiaoxiao Zhu, D. E. Ioannou, Curt A. Richter

Abstract

We report metrology methods to characterize nanowires. In this work, representative devices and test structures, including nanoelectromechanical switches, non-volatile nanowire memory devices with SONOS structure, and both transfer-length-method and Kelvin test structures, have been developed to investigate the electrical and mechanical properties of the silicon nanowires. These methods and test structures can be readily applied to other (non-Si) semiconductor nanowires/nanotubes.
Proceedings Title
International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics
Conference Dates
March 27-29, 2007
Conference Location
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Conference Title
2007 International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

Keywords

Nanoelectromechanical System, Nanowire, Non-volatile memory., Transfer Length Method

Citation

Li, Q. , Koo, S. , Xiong, H. , Edelstein, M. , Suehle, J. , Zhu, X. , Ioannou, D. and Richter, C. (2007), Methods to Characterize the Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Si Nanowires, International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32634 (Accessed May 8, 2024)
Created September 29, 2007, Updated October 12, 2021