Nanoelectronic Circuits

and Gigascale Systems

 

Research Areas

 

Emerging Integrated Circuit Technologies

· Multiple gate MOSFETS

· Carbon nanotube and graphene based devices and interconnect

· Modeling and characterization of emerging nanometer devices

· Thermal issues in 3D integration

· 3D design for testability

· Novel 3D integrated circuits for high yield

Power-Aware Design

· Self-sustaining ultra-low power integrated systems

· Energy scavenging technologies

· Gate-oxide tunneling and subthreshold leakage current reduction techniques

· Multiple supply and threshold voltage CMOS

· Globally asynchronous locally synchronous microprocessors

· Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling

· Subthreshold logic circuits

High Efficiency and High Quality Power Generation and Delivery

· Power distribution network analysis

· Power supply noise cancellation methods

· Monolithic power supplies

Parameter Variations - Design for Manufacturability

· Reliability and yield issues in scaled nanometer integrated circuits

· Process parameter variations

· Supply voltage variations

· Temperature variations

· Parameter variation tolerant IC design

· Statistical power analysis and optimization techniques

On-Chip Noise

· Noise analysis and noise suppression techniques

· Shielding

· Repeater insertion

· Radiation hardening

· Soft-error tolerant technologies

Interconnect-Aware Design

· Resistive-capacitive-inductive interconnect modeling

· Low power signaling techniques