MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentation for Integrated Circuit Design and Device Characterization

摘要本研究的目的是提高集成电路在高频、高能和辐射环境应用中的可靠性和性能。该方法是开发针对粒子辐射的异步数字电路和超宽带低功率射频集成电路，并使用所需的仪器对高能和高温应用的宽带隙半导体器件进行表征。随着半导体器件的缩小，从器件级到电路级的集成电路设计需要各种新的想法来应对这种缩小所带来的挑战。研究人员需要一个波形发生器、一个逻辑分析仪、一个射频探测系统及其附件来支持以下研究项目：1)防止粒子引起的软误差的异步电路；2)超宽带、低功耗射频集成电路设计；3)宽带隙半导体器件；4)时域半导体器件表征。所提出的仪器仪表和研究项目可以直接推进和加强集成电路技术及其在国防、空间和无线通信中的应用。学生将通过课程作业和参与研究项目来使用最先进的仪器进行培训。这些研究项目将使学生接触到尖端的微电子研究，并吸引他们攻读更高的学位，从而增加科学和工程领域未被充分代表的男女人数。预计10至20名研究生将在未来五年内使用该仪器进行论文研究。

MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentation for Integrated Circuit Design and Device CharacterizationAbstractThe objective of this research is to improve reliability and performance of integrated circuits in high frequency, high energy and radiation environmental applications. The approach is to develop asynchronous digital circuits against particle radiation and ultra-wide band low power radio frequency integrated circuits, and to characterize wide-band gap semiconductor devices for high energy and high temperature applications using the requested instrumentation.As semiconductor devices are being scaled down, various new ideas for integrated circuit design from device level to circuit level are needed to deal with the challenges due to this shrink. The investigators request a waveform generator, a logic analyzer, a radio frequency probe system and its accessories to support the following research project: 1) asynchronous circuits against particle-induced soft error; 2) ultra-wide band, low power radio frequency integrated circuit design; 3) wide-band gap semiconductor devices; and 4) time domain semiconductor device characterization.The proposed instrumentation and research projects can directly advance and enhance integrated circuit technology and its application in defense, space and wireless communications. Students will be trained through the use of state-of the-art instrumentation through course work and their involvement in research projects. The research projects will expose students to cutting-edge microelectronics research and attract them to pursue advanced degrees, thus increasing the number of underrepresented people and women in science and engineering. Ten to twenty graduate students are expected to use the proposed instrumentation for thesis research within the next five years.