ECE 695A Lecture 9: NBTI Time Dependence -- Stress Phase

06 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Background: Time-dependent degradation The Reaction-Diffusion model Approximate solution to R-D model in stress phase Degradation free transistors Conclusions

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[Illinois] PHYS 466 Lecture 3: Basics of Mechanical Statistics

06 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David M. Ceperley, NanoBio Node

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ECE 595E Lecture 9: Programming for Linear Algebra

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Recap from Friday Application Examples Electrostatic potential (Poisson’s equation) 1D array of charge 2D grid of charge Arrays of interacting spins 1D interaction along …

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ECE 595E Lecture 10: Solving Quantum Wavefunctions

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Recap from Monday Schrodinger’s equation Infinite & Finite Quantum Wells Kronig-Penney model Numerical solutions: Real space Fourier space

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ECE 695A Lecture 6: Defects in the Bulk and at Interfaces

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Strain in materials/origin of defects Examples: bulk defects Examples: interface defects Measurements Conclusions

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ECE 695A Lecture 8: Phenomenological Observations for NBTI

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Qualitative observations Time, voltage, temperature dependencies Material dependence Circuit implications

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ECE 695A Lecture 8R: Review Questions

01 Feb 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

What is the distinction between BTI and NBTI phenomena? What does it mean that a process is thermally activated? What is the difference between parametric failure and catastrophic failure? Give …

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ECE 695A Lecture 5: Amorphous Material/Interfaces

29 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Amorphous vs. crystalline materials Defect-free amorphous material Origin of defects (Maxwell’s relation) Conclusions

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ECE 595E Lecture 8: Eigenvalues

29 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Recap from Wednesday Eigenproblem Solution Techniques Power Methods Inverse Iteration Atomic Transformations Factorization Methods

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ECE 595E Lecture 7: Optimization and Eigenvalues

29 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

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ECE 595E Lecture 6: Finding Special Values

29 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Recap from Wednesday Root Finding Bisection Newton-Raphson method Brent’s method Optimization Golden Section Search Brent’s Method Downhill Simplex Conjugate gradient …

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ECE 695A Lecture 7: Trapping in Pre-existing Traps

29 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Pre-existing vs. stress-induced traps Voltage-shift in pre-existing bulk/interface traps Random Telegraph Noise, 1/f noise Conclusion

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ECE 695A Lecture 7A: Appendix - Theory of Stochastic Distribution

29 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Supplemental information for Lecture 7: Trapping in Pre-existing Traps

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ECE 695A Lecture 7R: Review Questions

29 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Review Questions: Why are there more types of defects in crystals than in amorphous material? From the perspective of Maxwell’s relation, how does H reduce defect density? Why is HfO2 so …

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ECE 595E Lecture 5: Linear Algebra

18 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Recap from Monday Overview: Computational Linear Algebra Gaussian Elimination LU Decomposition Singular Value Decomposition Sparse Matrices QR Decomposition

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ECE 595E Lecture 3: Computability

17 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Overview • Definitions Computing Machines Church-Turing Thesis Polynomial Time Example

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ECE 595E Lecture 4: NP-hardness

17 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Bermel

Outline: Recap from Friday Class NP Non-deterministic Turing machines Reducibility Cook-Levin theorem Coping with NP Hardness

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ECE 695A Lecture 3: Reliability as a Threshold Problem

17 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Reliability as a Threshold Problem: Empirical vs. Physical Models ‘Blind Fish in a Waterfall’ as a prototype for Accelerated Testing/Statistical distribution Four elements of …

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ECE 695A Lecture 4: Structures and Defects in Crystals

17 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

Outline: Background information Defect-free crystal structures Defects in crystals Conclusions

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ECE 695A Reliability Physics of Nanotransistors

17 Jan 2013 | Courses | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

This course will focus on the physics of reliability of small semiconductor devices. In traditional courses on device physics, the students learn how to compute current through a device when a …

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