D. Misra, NJIT
Date : November 28, 2006 (Tuesday)
Time : 5:00PM  (Pizza at 4:45)
Location : ECE 202, NJIT

About the Speaker

Dr. Durga Misra has received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees both in Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada in 1985 and 1988 respectively. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in September 1988 where currently he is a full professor. His current research focus is nanoscale CMOS devices. He received many research awards from the National Science Foundation and Industry. He has organized many International Symposiums on Solid-State Science and Technology field during the Technical Meetings of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) and IEEE. He served as the Chairman of North Jersey Section during 2003 and 2004 and became a Fellow of the ECS in 2006.

About the Talk

Nanotechnology is recognized as the way of the future: it will impact electronic and optoelectronics, material science and biology alike. Scale reduction though, introduces challenges as well as constraints. For example, the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) forecasts that complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor device with gate length of sub-10 nm will be fabricated by 2016. To achieve these objectives standard CMOS technologies will have to undergo a significant overhaul. Stringent power requirements dictate the replacement of silicon dioxide since it has already reached the direct tunneling regime. At present, advanced gate stacks with high-k dielectrics are of intensive research interests. However, reliability of these high-k dielectrics needs to meet the silicon dioxide standards. Novel device structures such as FinFET and carbon nanotube transistors will be discussed in this talk. Optoelectronic devices that are ready to be integrated and enhance the performance and application of future nanoelectronic circuits will also be presented.

More information:  Contact Prof. H. Grebel, (973) 596-3538; grebel@njit.edu