A Study on Thermal Stability Improvement in Ni Germanide/p-Ge using Co interlayer for Ge MOSFETs |
Shin, Geon-Ho
(Division of Electronics, Radio Science & Engineering, and Information Communications Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Jeyoung (Division of Electronics, Radio Science & Engineering, and Information Communications Engineering, Chungnam National University) Li, Meng (Division of Electronics, Radio Science & Engineering, and Information Communications Engineering, Chungnam National University) Lee, Jeongchan (Division of Electronics, Radio Science & Engineering, and Information Communications Engineering, Chungnam National University) Lee, Ga-Won (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University) Oh, Jungwoo (School of Integrated Technology, Yonsei University) Lee, Hi-Deok (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungnam National University) |
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