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Essential Physics of the Ultimate MOSFET and the Next 20 Years of Semiconductor Technology
18 Mar 2024 | | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
My goal in this talk is to discuss the operation of these devices in a simple but physically sound way. A broader goal of my talk is to discuss how semiconductor technology will meet the insatiable appetite that artificial intelligence has for more computing, more memory, and faster communication.
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ABACUS Tool Suite and MOS Capacitors (Fall 2023)
19 Oct 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the sixth session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the MOS Capacitor Lab. Students can experiment with the fundamental component of a MOSfet that is any computer chip
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ABACUS Tool Suite and MOSFETs (Fall 2023)
19 Oct 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the seventh session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the MOSFET Lab. Students can experiment with the classical scaling of a traditional 2D MOSFET.
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ABACUS Tool Suite and PN Junctions (Fall 2023)
18 Oct 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the PN Junction Lab. With the PN Junction Lab, students can explore band edge diagrams and charge distributions as a function of bias.
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ABACUS Tool Suite and Bipolar Junction Transistors (Fall 2023)
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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ABACUS Tool Suite and Bulk Semiconductors (Fall 2023)
01 Sep 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the third session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the Drift-Diffusion-Lab. Students can experiment with a semiconductor slab under bias and/or light illumination....
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ABACUS Tool Suite and Bandstructure and Band Models (Fall 2023)
22 Aug 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the third session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate several bandstructure tools. With these, students can explore the Standard Periodic Potential aka Kronig-Penney model as well as bandstructure formation by transmission through finite barriers....
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ABACUS Tool Suite Overview and Crystal Structures (Fall 2023)
15 Aug 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the first recitation session, Dr. Klimeck will briefly discuss a new initiative, Chipshub.org, then move into an overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the Crystal Viewer Tool. This tool allows students to start with the visualization of a standard silicon text book unit cell, then expand the...
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Modeling of P-N Junction Devices using Various Materials for Photovoltaic Applications Under Different Operating Environments
06 Jul 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Sayan Roy
Photovoltaic devices are typically two-, three- or multi-layer junction devices which can generate carriers on exposure to photon radiation. There are several essential device-specific factors and parameters which are required for accurate modeling and simulation of such devices. In this talk,...
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CMOS+X: Integrated Ferroelectric Devices for Energy Efficient Electronics
09 Dec 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Sayeef Salahuddin
In this talk, I shall briefly present how integrated ferroelectric devices offer a new pathway in this context. First, I shall discuss the phenomenon of negative capacitance in ferroelectric materials. A fundamentally new state in the ferroelectrics, negative capacitance promises to reduce...
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Gaussian Process Regression for Surface Interpolation
22 Nov 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Zhiqiao Dong, Manan Mehta
This tutorial will introduce the fundamentals of GPR and its application to surface interpolation. We will also introduce a new technique called filtered kriging (FK), which uses a pre-filter to improve interpolation performance.
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ABACUS MOSFETs (Spring 2022)
24 Jun 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the seventh session, Dr. Gerhard Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the MOSFET Lab. Students can experiment with the classical scaling of a traditional 2D MOSFET....
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ABACUS Bipolar Junction Transistors (Spring 2022)
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 MOS Capacitors (Spring 2022)
08 Jun 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the sixth session, Dr. Gerhard Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the MOS Capacitor Lab. Students can experiment with the fundamental component of a MOSfet that is any computer chip...
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ABACUS PN Junctions (Spring 2022)
05 May 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In this session, Dr. Gerhard Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the PN Junction Lab. With the PN Junction Lab, students can explore band edge diagrams and charge distributions as a function of bias...
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ABACUS Bandstructure Models (Spring 2022)
05 May 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the third session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate several bandstructure tools. With these, students can explore the Standard Periodic Potential aka Kronig-Penney model as well as bandstructure formation by transmission through finite barriers....
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ABACUS Drift-Diffusion-Lab with Bias and Light (Spring 2022)
05 May 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the fourth session, Dr. Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the Drift-Diffusion-Lab. Students can experiment with a semiconductor slab under bias and/or light illumination...
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ABACUS Overview and Crystal Structures (Spring 2022)
04 May 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the first session, Dr. Klimeck will briefly overview ABACUS and demonstrate the crystal viewer tool. With crystal viewer, students can start with the visualization of a standard Silicon textbook unit cell, then expand the view to a larger crystal and immerse themselves into the various...
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Organic-Perovskite Hybrid Quantum Wells, Heterostructure, and Optoelectronics
17 Feb 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Letian Dou
I will present a molecular approach to the synthesis of a new family of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite quantum wells incorporating widely tunable organic semiconducting building blocks.
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ABACUS MOSFETs (Winter 2021)
08 Feb 2022 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
In the seventh session, Dr. Gerhard Klimeck will give a brief overview of ABACUS and demonstrate the MOSFET Lab. Students can experiment with the classical scaling of a traditional 2D MOSFET....