A Primer on Semiconductor Device Simulation

23 Jan 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Computer simulation is now an essential tool for the research and development of semiconductor processes and devices, but to use a simulation tool intelligently, one must know what's "under the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/980

Amine Linked Single Molecule Circuits: Systematic Measurements & Understanding

02 Jul 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark S Hybertsen

Formation and function of well-defined linkages between organic molecules and metallic electrodes has been a key issue in the field of molecular electronics. We recently discovered that the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2894

An Electrical Engineering Perspective on Molecular Electronics

26 Oct 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

After forty years of advances in integrated circuit technology, microelectronics is undergoing a transformation to nanoelectronics. Modern day MOSFETs now have channel lengths that are less than 50 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/513

Atomic Force Microscopy

01 Dec 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arvind Raman

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is an indispensible tool in nano science for the fabrication, metrology, manipulation, and property characterization of nanostructures. This tutorial reviews some of the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/520

CMOS Nanotechnology

07 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

In non-specialist language, this talk introduces CMOS technology used for modern electronics. Beginning with an explanation of "CMOS," the speaker relates basic system considerations of transistor …

https://nanohub.org/resources/166

CMOS-Nano Hybrid Technology: a nanoFPGA-related study

04 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Wei Wang

Dr. Wei Wang received his PhD degree in 2002 from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 2002 to 2004, he was an assistant professor in the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2567

ECE 612 Lecture 22: CMOS Circuit Essentials

24 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Outline: 1) The CMOS inverter, 2) Speed, 3) Power, 4) Circuit performance, 5) Metrics, 6) Limits. This lecture is an overview of CMOS circuits. For a more detailed presentation, the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5927

ECE 612 Lecture 2: Introduction to Device Simulation

08 Aug 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

https://nanohub.org/resources/1699

Energy and Nanoscience A More Perfect Union

27 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark A. Ratner

Huge problems of energy and sustainability confront the science/engineering community, mankind, and our planet. The energy problem comes in many dimensions, including supply, demand, conservation, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/6554

Exploring CMOS-Nano Hybrid Technology in Three Dimensions

31 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Wei Wang

CMOS-nano hybrid technology incorporate the advantages of both traditional CMOS and novel nanowire/nanotube structures, which will enhance future IC performances and create long-term breakthroughs. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4216

Exponential Challenges, Exponential Rewards - The Future of Moore's Law

14 Dec 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Shekhar Borkar

Three exponentials have been the foundation of today's electronics, which are often taken for granted—namely transistor density, performance, and energy. Moore's Law captures the impact of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/177

History of Semiconductor Engineering

28 Jun 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bo Lojek

When basic researchers started working on semiconductors during the late nineteen thirties and on integrated circuits at the end of the nineteen fifties, they did not know that their work would …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1609

Investigation of the Electrical Characteristics of Triple-Gate FinFETs and Silicon-Nanowire FETs

08 Aug 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Monica Taba, Gerhard Klimeck

Electrical characteristics of various Fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs) and silicon-nanowires were analyzed and compared using a modified three-dimensional self-consistent quantum-mechanical …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1715

Logic Devices and Circuits on Carbon Nanotubes

05 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joerg Appenzeller

Over the last years carbon nanotubes (CNs) have attracted an increasing interest as building blocks for nano-electronics applications. Due to their unique properties enabling e.g. ballistic transport …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1487

MCW07 Conductance Switching in Fluorene/TiO2 Molecular Heterojunctions

13 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Richard L. McCreery

Molecular junctions consisting of a monolayer of fluorene and 10 nm of TiO2 between conducting contacts exhibit a memory effect upon positive polarization of the of the TiO2 for a few milliseconds. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3071

MCW07 Exploring Trends in Conductance for Well-Defined Single Molecule Circuits

04 Apr 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark S Hybertsen

In our recent research, we have been able to measure and characterize the impact of intrinsic molecular properties on the conductance of single molecule circuits formed with amine-gold linkages. In …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3077

Metal Oxide Nanowires as Gas Sensing Elements: from Basic Research to Real World Applications

21 Sep 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrei Kolmakov

Quasi 1-D metal oxide single crystal chemiresistors are close to occupy their specific niche in the real world of solid state sensorics. Potentially, the major advantage of this kind of sensors with …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5738

Modeling and Analysis of VLSI Interconnects

10 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Cheng-Kok Koh

With continual technology scaling, the accurate and efficient modeling and simulation of interconnect effects have become problems of central importance. In order to accurately model the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2698

Molecular Transport Structures: Elastic Scattering, Vibronic Effects and Beyond

13 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark A. Ratner, Abraham Nitzan, Misha Galperin

Current experimental efforts are clarifying quite beautifully the nature of charge transport in so-called molecular junctions, in which a single molecule provides the channel for current flow between …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1018

Moore's Law Forever?

13 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

This talk covers the big technological changes in the 20th and 21st century that were correctly predicted by Gordon Moore in 1965. Moore's Law states that the number of transistors on a silicon chip …

https://nanohub.org/resources/188