Sensors, MEMS, Electronics – Page 267

Atomic-scale Structure of Nanocrystals by the Atomic Pair Distribution Function Technique

Petkov V., Central Michigan University, US

Knowledge of the atomic-scale structure is an important prerequisite to understand and control the properties of materials. In the case of crystals it is obtained solely from the Bragg peaks in their diffraction pattern and [...]

Characterization and Parameter Extraction

Investigation of Robust Fully-Silicided NMOSFETs for Sub-100 nm ESD Protection Circuits Design

Lee J.W., Tang H., Li Y., Natl Nano Device Labs & Natl Chiao Tung Univ, TW

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) becomes an important issue in vary large scaled integrated (VLSI) circuit design and manufacture, especially for the ultra-thin oxide nano-devices [1-3]. It results from a fact that the gate oxide will be [...]

Defects and Fault Characterization in Quantum Cellular Automata

Baradaran Tahoori M., Momenzadeh M., Huang J., Lombardi F., Northeastern University, US

In this paper, a detailed simulation-based characterization of QCA defects and study of their effects at logic-level are presented. Different defect mechanisms for QCA active devices and interconnects are considered and the appropriate fault models [...]

A Nanoscale Electromechanical Contact Switch for Logic Applications

Huang C-C, Ekinci K.L., Boston University, US

Here, we describe the operation of a nano-electro-mechanical contact switch. The switch design relies on a sharp contact tip integrated to a compliant nanomechanical beam. When the beam is actuated electrostatically, the tip establishes intimate [...]

Displacement Detection using Quantum Mechanical Electron Tunneling in Micro and Nano-electro-mechanical Systems

Taylor D., Ekinci K., Boston University, US

Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and, more recently, nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are emerging as candidates for a number of important technological applications — such as ultra-fast actuators, sensors, and high frequency signal processing components. Experimentally, they are [...]

Nano Gripper using Carbon Nanotube

Lee J.S., Kwon S-K, Choi J-S, Kang G-S, Kwak Y-K, Kim S-H, KAIST, KR

In this paper, we proposed a nano gripper that was made from two nano probes. And, those nano probes were made from the tungsten tip and multi-wall carbon nanotube with acrylic adhesive under optical microscope. [...]

Development of the Nano Aligner for CNT-tip fabrication

Kang G-S, Lee J.S., Choi J-S, Kwak Y-K, Kim S-H, KAIST, KR

AFM tip has been used for surface profiling with a fine resolution, but there is a barrier to improve its performance because of the low aspect ratio. Many researchers have solved this problem with attaching [...]

In Situ Transformations of Gold Contacts Studied by Moleculad Dynamics Simulations

Pokropivny A.V., Pokropivny V.V., Lõhmus A., Lõhmus R., Lõhmus A., Lõhmus R., Erts D., Pokropivny A.V., Pokropivny V.V., Olin H., University of Latvia, EE

We apply molecular dynamics methods for simulation of in situ processes in new combined TEM/SPM technique. The atomic structure transformations of a gold nanobridge between two contacts are studied in processes of loading-unloading and friction [...]

On the Design of SET Adders

Sulieman M., Beiu V., Washington State University, US

Single-Electron-Technology (SET) is one of the future technologies distinguished by its small and low power devices. Among others, SET provides simple and elegant solutions for implementing threshold logic gates (TLG).One of the SET-TLG logic circuits [...]