Which mechanism limits electron current through nanoscale transistors due to quantum effects?

💡 Explanation

At the nanoscale, when transistor channel lengths become very small, quantum tunneling becomes significant because the electrons' wave function has a non-zero probability of penetrating the potential barrier, even without sufficient energy. Therefore, tunneling through the channel limits current, rather than oxide leakage, modulation or mobility, these needing traditional semiconduction.

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