A Noise Temperature Analysis of the Electrical Degradation of Thin Nanostructured Films Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Thermal noise measurements at proper biasing conditions are shown to represent a powerful tool for the characterization of the homogeneity of thin nanostructured films and their adhesion to the substrate. By modeling a thin-film as a two-dimensional random resistor network, we introduce a new type of excess-noise arising from local sources of Nyquist noise due to the presence of defective regions. The dishomogeneous Joule heating of the film is responsible for a thermal and electrical instability which is efficiently described by using a biased percolation model. The results of our simulations show that the Nyquist excess-noise temperature should provide a sensitive and non-destructive indicator of the packing density and of the quality of heat contact to the substrate of nanostructured films with grain size in the range 10500 nm.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Nanoparticle Research

author list (cited authors)

  • Pennetta, C., Kiss, L. B., Gingl, Z., & Reggiani, L.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Pennetta, C||Kiss, LB||Gingl, Z||Reggiani, L

publication date

  • March 2000