yoctoampere
yoctoampere noun: an SI unit of electrical current equal to 10⁻²⁴ amperes. Symbol: yA.
Noun
yoctoampere (plural yoctoamperes)
- An SI unit of electrical current equal to 10⁻²⁴ amperes. Symbol: yA
- However, in the IGZO-FET, heavy holes strongly suppress tunneling current, and at most yoctoampere off-state current is estimated which is dominated by thermally excited holes.2012, Masakazu Murakami, Kiyoshi Kato, Ko Inada, Takanori Matsuzaki, Yasuyuki Takahashi, Shunpei Yamazaki, “Theoretical examination on a significantly low off-state current of a transistor using...
- First, they are known to show an off-state current on the order of yoctoampere per micron (10⁻²⁴ A/µm) at room temperature (RT).2016, Yoshinobu Asami, Motomu Kurata, Yutaka Okazaki, Eiji Higa, Daisuke Matsubayashi, Satoru Okamoto, Shinya Sasagawa, Tomoaki Moriwaka, Tetsuya Kakehata, Yuto Yakubo, “Properties of c-axis-aligned...
- Synonyms:
- yoctoamp, yA
Synonyms of yoctoampere
- yoctoamp
- yA
Forms of yoctoampere
| plural | yoctoamperes |
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Origin of yoctoampere
From yocto- + ampere.
Questions about yoctoampere
- What does yoctoampere mean?
- Yoctoampere means an SI unit of electrical current equal to 10⁻²⁴ amperes. Symbol: yA.
- What part of speech is yoctoampere?
- Yoctoampere is a noun.
- What is the plural of yoctoampere?
- The plural of yoctoampere is yoctoamperes.
Words near yoctoampere in the dictionary
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