• DocumentCode
    3363733
  • Title

    Contact improvement using E-beam and FIB deposited tungsten in carbon nanofiber interconnects

  • Author

    Kanzaki, Nobuhiko ; Wilhite, Patrick ; Maeda, Shusaku ; Yamada, Toshishige ; Yang, Cary Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Nanostruct., Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-21 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    248
  • Lastpage
    251
  • Abstract
    In a carbon nanofiber (CNF) interconnect device, electrode contacts formed by tungsten (W) deposition using focused ion beam is effective in reducing the contact resistance, but can potentially damage the test device because of its high energy. We present here a comparison of results for CNF interconnect devices with contacts formed by electron-beam-induced and focused-ion-beam-induced W depositions.
  • Keywords
    coating techniques; electrical contacts; electron beam deposition; interconnections; nanotechnology; CNF interconnect device; FIB deposited tungsten; carbon nanofiber interconnect device; contact improvement; contact resistance; e-beam; electron-beam-induced deposition; focused-ion-beam-induced W deposition; ion beam; test device; tungsten deposition; Current measurement; Electrodes; Irrigation; Silicon; carbon nanofiber; contact resistance; e-beam; focused ion beam; tungsten deposition;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Jeju
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-2139-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NMDC.2011.6155354
  • Filename
    6155354