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25 Linearity by Synthesis: An Intrinsically Linear AlGaN/GaN-on-Si Transistor with OIP3/(F-1)PDC of 10.1 at 30 GHz
Online Presentations | 21 Sep 2020 | Contributor(s):: Woojin Choi, Venkatesh Balasubramanian, Peter M. Asbeck, Shadi Dayeh
The concept of an intrinsically synthesizable linear device is demonstrated. It was implemented by changing only the device layout; additional performance gains can be attained by further materials engineering.
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A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
Online Presentations | 13 Feb 2006 | Contributor(s):: Mark Ratner
While the Greek root nano just means dwarf, the nanoscale has become a giant focus of contemporary science and technology. We will examine the fundamental issues underlying the excitement involved in nanoscale research - what, why and how. Specific topics include assembly, properties,...
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A Personal Quest for Information
Online Presentations | 19 Feb 2004 | Contributor(s):: Vwani P. Roychowdhury
This talk will report results and conclusions from my personal investigations into several different disciplines, carried out with the unifying intent of uncovering some of the fundamental principles that govern representation, processing, and the communication of information. The specific...
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A Primer on Semiconductor Device Simulation
Online Presentations | 23 Jan 2006 | 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 hood." This talk is a tutorial introduction designed for someone using semiconductor...
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A Short Overview of the NEEDS Initiative
Online Presentations | 05 Jun 2016 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
The talk is a brief overview of the program that discusses the rationale, status, and plans for NEEDS.
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A Tutorial for Nanoelectronics Simulation Tools
Online Presentations | 03 Jul 2007 | Contributor(s):: James K Fodor, Jing Guo
This learning module introduces nanoHUB users to some of the available simulators. The simulators discussed are FETToy, nanoMOS, Schred, CNTbands, and QDot Lab. For each simulator, a brief introduction to the simulator is presented, followed by voiced presentations featuring the simulator in...
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ABACUS Bipolar Junction Transistors (Spring 2022)
Online Presentations | 08 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the fifth session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the Bipolar-Junction-Transistor-Lab. Students can experiment with npn and pnp BJTs in ideal textbook 1D geometries as well as realistic 2D geometries....
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ABACUS Bipolar Junction Transistors (Winter 2021)
Online Presentations | 25 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the fifth session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the Bipolar-Junction-Transistor-Lab. Students can experiment with npn and pnp BJTs in ideal textbook 1D geometries as well as realistic 2D geometries. Different experiments with variations in doping profiles,...
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ABACUS Tool Suite and Bipolar Junction Transistors (Fall 2023)
Online Presentations | 18 Oct 2023 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the fifth session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the Bipolar-Junction-Transistor-Lab. Students can experiment with npn and pnp BJTs in ideal textbook 1D geometries as well as realistic 2D geometries.
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An Electrical Engineering Perspective on Molecular Electronics
Online Presentations | 26 Oct 2005 | 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 nm long, and billion transistor logic chips have arrived. Moore's Law continues, but the end of...
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Atomistic Modeling and Simulation Tools for Nanoelectronics and their Deployment on nanoHUB.org
Online Presentations | 16 Dec 2010 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
At the nanometer scale the concepts of device and material meet and a new device is a new material and vice versa. While atomistic device representations are novel to device physicists, the semiconductor materials modeling community usually treats infinitely periodic structures. Two electronic...
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Bandstructure in Nanoelectronics
Online Presentations | 01 Nov 2005 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
This presentation will highlight, for nanoelectronic device examples, how the effective mass approximation breaks down and why the quantum mechanical nature of the atomically resolved material needs to be included in the device modeling. Atomistic bandstructure effects in resonant tunneling...
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Basics of Compact Model Development
Online Presentations | 02 Aug 2014 | Contributor(s):: Sivakumar P Mudanai
This tutorial is aimed at developing an understanding of what a compact model is, the need and role of compact models in the semiconductor industry and the requirements that a compact model must meet for acceptable use in circuit simulations. The tutorial will use simple examples from planar...
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BNC Annual Research Symposium: Nanoelectronics and Semiconductor Devices
Online Presentations | 23 Apr 2007 | Contributor(s):: David Janes
This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.
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Can numerical “experiments” INSPIRE physical experiments?
Online Presentations | 20 Dec 2007 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of computational science and engineering.
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Chemically Enhanced Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Devices
Online Presentations | 09 Nov 2010 | Contributor(s):: Mark Hersam
Carbon-based nanomaterials have attracted significant attention due to their potential to enable and/or improve applications such as transistors, transparent conductors, solar cells, batteries, and biosensors. This talk will delineate chemical strategies for enhancing the electronic and optical...
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CMOS Nanotechnology
Online Presentations | 07 Jul 2004 | 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 design and identifies future challenges for CMOS electronics. Anyone with an elementary...
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Computational Modeling: Experience from my Bell Lab Days
Online Presentations | 19 Dec 2007 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of computational science and engineering.
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Control of Spin Precession in a Datta-Das Transistor Structure
Online Presentations | 11 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s):: Hyun Cheol Koo
Transistors Switch onto Spin Using the spin of an electron in addition to, or instead of, the charge properties is believed to have many benefits in terms of speed, power-cost, and integration density over conventional electronic circuits. At the heart of the field of spintronics has been a...
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Design in the Nanometer Regime: Process Variation
Online Presentations | 28 Nov 2006 | Contributor(s):: Kaushik Roy
Scaling of technology over the last few decades has produced an exponential growth in computing power of integrated circuits and an unprecedented number of transistors integrated into a single. However, scaling is facing several problems — severe short channel effects, exponential increase in...