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  1. ECE 695A Lecture 11R: Review Questions

    08 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Alam

    Review Questions:Does Einstein relationship hold for activated diffusion?People argue that the forward dissociation and reverse passivation have similar activation barriers. Would you support the argument?What assumption did I make regarding diffusion of H in SiO2 that makes the derivation...

  2. ECE 695A Lecture 12: Field Dependence of NBTI

    08 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Alam

    Outline:Background: Field dependent degradationComponents of field-dependent dissociation:Interpreting experimentsVoltage acceleration factorsConclusion

  3. ECE 695A Lecture 12R: Review Questions

    08 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Alam

    Review Questions:Explain the difference between local field and global field within an oxide. Explain physically why electric field decreases bond strength.How does the dissociation process becomes non-Arrhenius?Do you think the diffusion and repassivation will also become non-Arrhenius when...

  4. ECE 595E Lecture 12: Applications of FFT

    08 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Peter Bermel

    Outline:Recap from FridayReal FFTsMultidimensional FFTsApplications:Correlation measurementsFilter diagonalization method

  5. ECE 595E Lecture 11: Fast Fourier Transforms

    08 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Peter Bermel

    Outline:Recap from WednesdayFourier AnalysisScalings and SymmetriesSampling TheoremDiscrete Fourier TransformsNaïve approachDanielson-Lanczos lemmaCooley-Tukey algorithmExamples

  6. ECE 695A Lecture 9R: Review Questions

    08 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Alam

    Review Questions:Does NBTI power-exponent depend on voltage or temperature?Do you expect the NBTI power-exponent to be larger or smaller if trapping is important?How does one know that the diffusing species is neutral?How would the time-exponent different for a surround gate MOSFET vs. planar...

  7. ECE 695A Lecture 11: Temperature Dependence of NBTI

    07 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Alam

    Outline:Review: Temperature activation & NBTITemperature dependent forward/reverse ratesTemperature dependence of diffusion coefficientMaterial dependence of activation energyConclusion

  8. ECE 695A Lecture 10: NBTI Time Dependence -- Frequency and Duty Cycle Dependencies

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

    Outline:NBTI stress and relaxation by R-D modelFrequency independence and lifetime projectionDuty cycle dependenceThe magic of measurementConclusions

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

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

    Outline:Background: Time-dependent degradationThe Reaction-Diffusion modelApproximate solution to R-D model in stress phaseDegradation free transistorsConclusions

  10. ECE 595E Lecture 10: Solving Quantum Wavefunctions

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

    Outline:Recap from MondaySchrodinger’s equationInfinite & Finite Quantum WellsKronig-Penney modelNumerical solutions:Real spaceFourier space

  11. ECE 595E Lecture 9: Programming for Linear Algebra

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

    Outline:Recap from FridayApplication ExamplesElectrostatic potential (Poisson’s equation)1D array of charge2D grid of chargeArrays of interacting spins1D interaction along a chain2D nearest-neighbor coupling

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

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

    Outline:Strain in materials/origin of defectsExamples: bulk defectsExamples: interface defectsMeasurementsConclusions

  13. ECE 695A Lecture 8: Phenomenological Observations for NBTI

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

    Outline:Qualitative observationsTime, voltage, temperature dependenciesMaterial dependenceCircuit implications

  14. ECE 695A Lecture 8R: Review Questions

    01 Feb 2013 | | 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 examples. What are the time-characteristics of trapping, BTI, and NBTI?Which device will have poorer NBTI...

  15. ECE 695A Lecture 5: Amorphous Material/Interfaces

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

    Outline:Amorphous vs. crystalline materialsDefect-free amorphous materialOrigin of defects (Maxwell’s relation)Conclusions

  16. ECE 595E Lecture 8: Eigenvalues

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

    Outline:Recap from WednesdayEigenproblem Solution TechniquesPower MethodsInverse IterationAtomic TransformationsFactorization Methods

  17. ECE 595E Lecture 7: Optimization and Eigenvalues

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

  18. ECE 595E Lecture 6: Finding Special Values

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

    Outline:Recap from WednesdayRoot FindingBisectionNewton-Raphson methodBrent’s methodOptimizationGolden Section SearchBrent’s MethodDownhill SimplexConjugate gradient methodsMultiple level, single linkage (MLSL)

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

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

    Outline:Pre-existing vs. stress-induced trapsVoltage-shift in pre-existing bulk/interface trapsRandom Telegraph Noise, 1/f noiseConclusion

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

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

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