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Transistors!
04 Mar 2024 | | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
As we begin a new era, in which making transistors smaller will no longer be a major driving force for progress, it is time to look back at what we have learned in transistor research. Today we see a need to convey as simply and clearly as possible the essential physics of the device that makes...
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Near-Equilibrium Transport Fundamentals and Applications
30 Jan 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, Changwook Jeong
These lectures are designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of carrier transport in nano-devices using a novel, “bottom up approach” that agrees with traditional methods when devices are large, but which also works for nano-devices.
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Fundamentals of Nanotransistors
30 Jan 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
The objective of these lectures is to provide readers with an understanding of the essential physics of nanoscale transistors as well as some of the practical technological considerations and fundamental limits. This book is written in a way that is broadly accessible to students with only a...
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Introduction to Quantum Transport
30 Jan 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
Everyone is familiar with the amazing performance of a modern smartphone, powered by a billion-plus nanotransistors, each having an active region that is barely a few hundred atoms long. The same amazing technology has also led to a deeper understanding of the nature of current flow and heat...
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Fundamentals of Current Flow
30 Jan 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
Everyone is familiar with the amazing performance of a modern smartphone, powered by a billion-plus nanotransistors, each having an active region that is barely a few hundred atoms long. The same amazing technology has also led to a deeper understanding of the nature of current flow and heat...
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Bandgap Manipulation of Armchair Graphene nanoribbon
01 Sep 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Lance Fernandes
Bandgap Manipulation is very important for various applications. Optical Devices need smaller Bandgap where as Diode's need larger Bandgap. Armchair graphene Nanoribbon (AGNR) has a special property where if the numbers of atoms are multiple of three or multiple of three plus one, they are...
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Chapter 1: A Primer on the MOSFet Simulator on nanoHUB.org
19 Mar 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Abdussamad Ahmed Muntahi, Dragica Vasileska, Shaikh S. Ahmed
The MOSFet simulator on nanoHUB.org (http://nanohub.org/resources/mosfet) simulates the equilibrium electrostatics and non-equilibrium current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of i) bulk, ii) dual-gate, and iii) SOI based field effect transistors. In this chapter, we will describe: i) the structure...
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Chapter 1: A Primer MOSCap Tool on nanoHUB.org
19 Mar 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Abdussamad Ahmed Muntahi, Shaikh S. Ahmed
The primary reason to study MOS (metal-oxide-semiconductor) capacitors is to understand the principle of operation as well as become familiar with some of the routinely used characterization techniques for MOS field effect transistors (MOSFETs). The MOSCap tool on nanoHUB.org simulates the...
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Electron Transport in Schottky Barrier CNTFETs
24 Oct 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Igor Bejenari
This resource has been removed at the request of the author.A given review describes models based on Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation, which are used to obtain I-V characteristics for ballistic CNTFETs with Schottky-Barrier (SB) contacts. The SB is supposed to be an exponentially...
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Efficiency Enhancement for Nanoelectronic Transport Simulations
02 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Jun Huang
PhD thesis of Jun HuangContinual technology innovations make it possible to fabricate electronic devices on the order of 10nm. In this nanoscale regime, quantum physics becomes critically important, like energy quantization effects of the narrow channel and the leakage currents due to tunneling....
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Physics and Simulation of Nanoscale Electronic and Thermoelectric Devices
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: raseong kim
For the past few decades, transistors have been continuously scaled. Dimensions are now at the nanoscale, and device performance has dramatically improved. Nanotechnology is also achieving breakthroughs in thermoelectrics, which have suffered from low efficiencies for decades. As the device scale...
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III-V Nanoscale MOSFETS: Physics, Modeling, and Design
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Yang Liu
As predicted by the International Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), power consumption has been the bottleneck for future silicon CMOS technology scaling. To circumvent this limit, researchers are investigating alternative structures and materials, among which III-V compound semiconductor-based...
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Device Physics Studies of III-V and Silicon MOSFETS for Digital Logic
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Himadri Pal
III-V's are currently gaining a lot of attraction as possible MOSFET channel materials due to their high intrinsic mobility. Several challenges, however, need to be overcome before III-V's can replace silicon (Si) in extremely scaled devices. The effect of low density-of-states of III-V materials...
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Quantum and Atomistic Effects in Nanoelectronic Transport Devices
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Neophytos Neophytou
As devices scale towards atomistic sizes, researches in silicon electronic device technology are investigating alternative structures and materials. As predicted by the International Roadmap for Semiconductors, (ITRS), structures will evolve from planar devices into devices that include 3D...
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Inelastic Transport in Carbon Nanotube Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Siyu Koswatta
Discovered in the early 1990's, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are found to have exceptional physical characteristics compared to conventional semiconductor materials, with much potential for devices surpassing the performance of present-day electronics. Semiconducting CNTs have large carrier mobilities...
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Electron Phonon Interaction in Carbon Nanotube Devices
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Sayed Hasan
With the end of silicon technology scaling in sight, there has been a lot of interest in alternate novel channel materials and device geometry. Carbon nanotubes, the ultimate one-dimensional (1D) wire, is one such possibility. Since the report of the first CNT transistors, lots has been learned...
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Exploring New Channel Materials for Nanoscale CMOS
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Anisur Rahman
The improved transport properties of new channel materials, such as Ge and III-V semiconductors, along with new device designs, such as dual gate, tri gate or FinFETs, are expected to enhance the performance of nanoscale CMOS devices. Novel process techniques, such as ALD, high-# dielectrics, and...
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Device Physics and Simulation of Silicon Nanowire Transistors
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Jing Wang
As the conventional silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) approaches its scaling limits, many novel device structures are being extensively explored. Among them, the silicon nanowire transistor (SNWT) has attracted broad attention from both the semiconductor industry...
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Carbon Nanotube Electronics: Modeling, Physics, and Applications
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Jing Guo
In recent years, significant progress in understanding the physics of carbon nanotube electronic devices and in identifying potential applications has occurred. In a nanotube, low bias transport can be nearly ballistic across distances of several hundred nanometers. Deposition of high-k gate...
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Modeling Quantum Transport in Nanoscale Transistors
28 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Ramesh Venugopal
As critical transistor dimensions scale below the 100 nm (nanoscale) regime, quantum mechanical effects begin to manifest themselves and affect important device performance metrics. Therefore, simulation tools which can be applied to design nanoscale transistors in the future, require new theory...