Which mechanism limits minimizing size of transistors by confining electrons within potential well?

💡 Explanation

When transistor size decreases extremely, electron confinement raises uncertainty per Heisenberg principle, due to momentum causing tunneling and leaking, limiting useful miniaturization gain. Tunneling thus prevents confinement rather than quantum energy levels, exclusion bounds or statistical spreads playing a direct gating role in the MOSFET.

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