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Modified Linear Transmission Line Model Test Structure forDetermining Specific Contact Resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2016

G.K. Reeves,
Y. Pan,
P.W. Leech and
A.S. Holland
G.K. Reeves
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
Y. Pan
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
P.W. Leech*
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
A.S. Holland
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
*
*(Email: Patrick.Leech@rmit.edu.au)
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Abstract

A modified design of the transmission line model test structure uses the simplecalculation of specific contact resistance, ρc, based on atwo contact linear pattern but without the requirement of a mesa etch. Thismodified structure uses a linear TLM with semicircular terminations at each end.The function of the semicircular terminations is to confine the fringing fieldsat the ends of the linear TLM contacts. Simple analytical equations fordetermining ρc have been developed on the basis of themodified linear TLM pattern. These calculations have shown good agreement with afinite element model (FEM) of the modified TLM test structure using typicalparameters for metal/ SiC contacts.

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electronic materialelectrical propertieselectronic structure

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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 2: Energy and Sustainability , 2016, pp. 157 - 162
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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