Which outcome is statistically likeliest due to electron proximity effects when scaling down CMOS transistors below 3nm?

💡 Explanation

Increased gate leakage current is most likely due to electron quantum tunnelling through the gate oxide. This is because reducing the physical gate length increases the probability of electrons tunnelling, rather than improved transistor performance which faces the effects of tunnelling.

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