Sensors, MEMS, Electronics – Page 26

New Elements and Features in the Process Design Kits for a FinFET Technology

Lu N., Baizley A., Guan X., Johnson J., McCullen J., Ozbek A., Rahman A., Wang H., Yu M., Zemke C., Rausch W., Wachnik R., IBM, US

Parasitic resistance is a primary performance constraint in FinFET technologies. We report that new and innovative elements and features have been introduced into Process Design Kits for 14nm FinFET technology. They enable accurate and efficient [...]

Compact modeling for UTBB-FDSOI technologies: Main challenges and possible solutions

Poiroux T., CEA-LETI, FR

Fully-Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FDSOI) technologies featuring Ultra-Thin silicon Body and Buried oxide (UTBB) have now entered into industrial production stage. These technologies present several decisive advantages over other options, such as excellent transistor electrostatic control, very [...]

Modeling Independent Multi-Gate MOSFET

Duarte J.P., Khandelwal S., Chang H-L, Chauhan Y.S., Hu C., University of California-Berkeley, US

In this paper a fully-featured turn-key compact model for independent multi-gate MOSFETs is presented. This industry standard compact model is called BSIM-IMG. The two independent (front- and back-gate) control of the channel charge in these [...]

A Physics Based Approach to Compact Modeling of Noise in Modern Bipolar Transistors

Niu G., Auburn University, US

A physics based approach to compact modeling of bipolar transistor noise is described. Frequency dependent intrinsic base current noise, its correlation to intrinsic collector current noise, avalanche of intrinsic collector current noise entering the collector-base [...]

WCM – Compact Modeling

Applications of Silicon Nanophotonics: Space-division Multiplexing and Integrated Spectroscopy

Grieco A., Hong B., Porter G., Fainman Y., University of California San Diego, US

Data center needs are evolving as more advanced optical transmission techniques are deployed. This presentation discusses recent technological developments pertaining to the scalability and characterization of the network fabric: space-division multiplexing on a chip, and [...]

Application of Angular Method to Correct Channel Spacing Between AWG Demultiplexed Channels

Seyringer D., Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, AT

Arrayed Waveguide Gratings (AWGs) offer an attractive DWDM solution because they are a very compact way to provide for higher channel count solutions, have good performance characteristics, and can be more cost effective per channel [...]

Coupled surface plasmon resonance on rotated sinusoidal gratings at different azimuthal orientations

Csete M., Szalai A., Tóth E., Somogyi A., Balázs J., Szabó G., University of Szeged, HU

Theoretical study was performed on rotated grating coupling phenomenon on multilayers comprising 416 nm periodic sinusoidal polymer gratings with 35 nm modulation amplitude aligned on a bimetal film made of gold and silver layers. The [...]

Plasmonic structure integrated single-photon detectors for absorptance and polarization contrast maximization

Csete M., Szenes A., Maráczi D., Bánhelyi B., Csendes T., Szabó G., University of Szeged, HU

Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) are important for single-photon detection at 1550 nm infrared wavelength in quantum information processing (QIP), telecommunication and astronomy [1, 2]. Absorptance of single photons with a specific polarization has [...]

Upconversion and White Light Generation Properties of Undoped and Yb3+ doped Yttrium Silicate Nano-Phosphors

Cinkaya H., Eryurek G., Bartolo B.D., Boston College, US

The optical systems that consist of rare earth ions embedded in a host lattice are very interesting materials for many applications such as optical sensing, data storage, nonlinear imaging and biomedical applications [1, 2, 3]. [...]