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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"CMOS fabrication"”.
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Double-sided CMOS fabrication technology
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.
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Study of nuclear transmutation using cyclotron for post-CMOS activation of Beta emitters
… AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A study of post-CMOS fabrication process for radioisotope activation produced by nuclear transmutation is presented. Activation of the precursor occurs by nuclear transmutation and results in the desired beta emitting radioisotope. A microfabricated p-n diode on a …
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Integrated optical phased arrays for three-dimensional display applications
… with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication processes has facilitated a surge in the development of silicon-based integrated optical phased arrays (OPAs) for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and free-space communications. However, silicon is limited to operating at …
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Optically Powered Logic Transistor
This thesis presents the modeling and fabrication of a new solid-state device meant to be used for digital logic circuits. Most current logic circuits are based on MOSFETs. The new logic device uses some of the same operating principles, but also relies on optical illumination to provide input …
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CMOS-Compatible Wafer-Scale Synthesis and Rapid Characterization of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
… industrial semiconductor manufacturing demands CMOS-compatible, wafer-scale growth and conventional CVD methods often exceed thermal budgets and introduce contaminants, while achieving uniform, defect-free monolayers remain difficult. This thesis presents in-depth discussion on low-temperature …
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On-chip Group and Phase Velocity Control for Classical and Quantum Optical Devices
… high performance designs are all compatible with CMOS fabrication processes and can be easily integrated for infrared telecommunication applications. Here, we study photonic crystals in terms of the wavelengths at which they are transparent as well as they have a band-gap. This is particularly …
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Design port and optimization of a high-speed SAR ADC comparator from 65nm to 0.11[mu]M
… digital photography. Technological progress in CMOS fabrication has allowed chips to be made on nano scale processes, but this still comes at a steep price. Especially in chips for which analog components are a priority over digital components, some of the benefits of using nano scale processes …
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Optical signal generation, stabilization, and manipulation in broadband silicon photonics
… in integrated photonics. In this thesis, using CMOS fabrication capabilities, and a single layer back-end deposition process, CMOS-compatible lasers are developed using aluminum oxide as the host medium. First, a low temperature deposition process is detailed, and erbium-based lasers are …
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Ultrasensitive CMOS-compatible lab-on-a-chip integrated photonic sensors with wideband operation
… complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication processes. Most importantly, SiC shows biocompatibility for enabling implantable devices. In order to achieve the goal of realizing the essential sensor building block, two high-quality-factor (high-Q) Si3N4 spiral-based …
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Phase-Engineered Field-Effect Transistors Based on Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
… this flux-controlled technique for large-scale CMOS fabrication, a two-step lithographic synthesis approach for creating various lateral TMDC junctions is developed. Lateral 2H/1T′ MoTe2 homojunction p-MOSFETs and 2H-MoS2/1T′-MoTe2 heterojunction n-MOSFETs are fabricated using the two-step …
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A Silicate-Based Packaging Material for 3-D Heterogeneous Integration of Microsystems
… the cutting edge of microelectronics design and fabrication. However, the current limitations of microelectronics packaging materials inhibit the widespread implementation of these processes, which presents an opportunity to develop new packaging solutions using innovative materials. Building …
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Solid-State Impact-Ionization Multiplier
… was built on a silicon surface using standard CMOS fabrication processes including lithography, oxidation, ion implantation, diffusion, chemical wet etching, metal deposition, annealing, and rapid thermal processing. Testing was performed by connecting the device to a silicon photodiode, …
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Pixellated radiation detectors for scientific applications
… Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS). The advances in CMOS fabrication technologies over the last four decades allowed MAPS to compete with Charge-Coupled Devices (CCD) in many applications. The technology also provides relatively inexpensive ways to tailor design to suit specific application needs. It …
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Polarization Division Multiplexing for Optical Data Communications
… optics) is</p>compatible with standard CMOS fabrication processes.</p>In the second part of the work, we design and manufacture a two channel chip that is used</p>as the light receiver to confirm the simulation results from the first part of the research.</p>Since logistics for the …
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Integrated silicon photonic two-dimensional grating couplers
… complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication flows. The simultaneous realization of electronics and photonics in the same manufacturing platform allows for the accomplishment of high-performance electronic-photonic integrated circuits (EPICs). Their adoption in optical …
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Architecture and CAD for nanoscale and 3d FPGA
… architecture exploration. 3D nFPGA is based on CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) and nano hybrid techniques that incorporate nanomaterials such as nanowire crossbars and carbon nanotube bundles into the CMOS fabrication process. Using unique features of FPGAs and a novel 3D stacking …
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Multiple-Valued Logic Design in Current-Mode CMOS
… (VLSI) circuits. In order to minimize the fabrication process related overheads, it is desirable to design MVL circuits that can coexist on the same chip with binary logic circuits. This thesis considers MVL design in current-mode CMOS compatible with existing binary logic CMOS fabrication …