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

MRI：集成电路设计和器件表征仪器的获取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。该方法是开发抗粒子辐射的异步数字电路和超宽带低功率射频集成电路，并使用所要求的仪器来表征用于高能和高温应用的宽带隙半导体器件。随着半导体器件按比例缩小，需要用于从器件级到电路级的集成电路设计的各种新思想来应对由于这种收缩而带来的挑战。研究人员要求提供波形发生器、逻辑分析仪、射频探针系统及其附件，以支持以下研究项目：1）抗粒子诱导软错误的异步电路; 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。拟议的仪器和研究项目可以直接推动和加强集成电路技术及其在国防领域的应用，空间和无线通信。学生将通过使用国家的最先进的仪器通过课程工作和他们在研究项目的参与进行培训。这些研究项目将使学生接触尖端的微电子研究，吸引他们攻读高级学位，从而增加科学和工程领域代表性不足的人和妇女的人数。十到二十个研究生预计将在未来五年内使用所提出的仪器进行论文研究。

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.