1. Introduction Capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements are a fundamental characterization technique for MOS devices. However, as the oxide thickness is reduced and gate dielectrics comprised of stacks of novel materials are employed, CV measurement and analysis are made more complex by the frequency-dependence of the measured capacitance. This paper presents an analysis of the sources of the fr...

− National Metrology Institutes employ the quadrature bridge in the traceability chain to derive the farad from the ohm (represented with the quantum Hall effect). The bridge calibrates the capacitance product of the two capacitors being measured; a separate measurement with a ratio bridge is usually required to estimate each capacitor independently. We describe here a method which, by measurin...

The gate-drain capacitance and the sourcedrain capacitance of High Electron Mobility transistors have been measured on a computer-aided measurement system. The variation of these capacitances with transistor bias voltages is explained and compared with the trend predicted by a capacitance model used in literature. Differences in measured and calculated results arise from the assumptions used in...

Using a first-principles linear response theory, the capacitance of the DNA nucleotides, adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, are calculated. The difference in the capacitance between the nucleotides is studied with respect to conformational distortion. The result suggests that although an alternate current capacitance measurement of a single-stranded DNA chain threaded through a nanogap el...

This paper discusses two techniques investigated for use in a capacitance-based position sensor for the Eöt-Wash LISA noise measurement. The advantages and disadvantages of both techniques are reviewed and some elementary mathematical analysis is presented. A prototype implementation based on the more successful of the two techniques has been constructed.

A microfluidic channel and a contactless capacitance detector were integrated on a glass chip by a semiconductor manufacturing process for separating and analyzing Rhodamine B and inorganic ion. The electrodes of the capacitance detector were formed successively by sputtering, electroless and electrodepositions. Samples containing fluorescent agent (Rhodamine B) and inorganic ions (K, Na, and L...