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Fall 2023
Since the 1970s, the rapid advancement of semiconductor electronic devices has facilitated an explosive growth of computation power in chips, which is exemplified by the rapid advancement of electronics such as high-tech consumer electronics including personal computers, smartphones, and other...
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High-frequency performance projections and equivalent circuits for carbon-nanotube transistors
DownloadSpring 2011
This Ph.D. thesis focuses on the high-frequency electrical capabilities of the carbon-nanotube, field-effect transistor (CNFET). The thesis can be categorized into three stages, leading up to an assessment of the RF capabilities of realistic array-based CNFETs. In the first stage, the...
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Quantum-Mechanical Assessment of Graphene and MoS2 Transistors for Future Radio-Frequency Electronics
DownloadSpring 2017
Due to aggressive device scaling, the performance and cost-effectiveness of field-effect transistors (FETs) have improved exponentially over the last 60 years, a trend known as Moore’s Law. Unfortunately, obstacles have arisen to further scaling, including decreased electrostatic control of the...
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Spring 2015
This Ph.D. thesis focuses on the radio-frequency (RF) linearity of carbon-nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) and graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs). The thesis can be categorized into three stages. In the first stage, the RF linearity potential of CNFETs has been investigated by...
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Spring 2022
As transistors scale to ever smaller dimensions, power density becomes an increasingly important issue in integrated circuit (IC) design. Recently, negative-capacitance field-effect transistors (NCFETs), realized by stacking ferroelectric material on top of conventional gate oxides, have been...