Contact persons:

Alexander Kloes, Mike Schwarz

Adress:

Giessen, Germany

The Competence Center for Nanotechnology and Photonics at THM University of Applied Sciences (Giessen, Germany) is an application-oriented research center working in the fields of simulation, modeling and design of semiconductor devices, integrated sensor systems, space electronics and neuromorphic computing. The main focus is on compact modeling of emerging nanoelectronic devices and flexible electronics for performance evaluation of new technologies.

Equipment / Facilities

Processing platform

  • DIMATIX Material Printer DMP-2831
  • SUSS MicroTec Spin Coater LapSpin6 TT

Modelling platform

  • Sentaurus TCAD
  • QuantumATK
  • Cadence Design Framework
  • Matlab

Characterization platform

  • Waferprober Cascade RF-1
  • Keysight B1500 with LCR meter
  • AFM Agilent
  • LabVIEW software
Expertise
Main Expertises
Beyond CMOS Neuromorphic Computing • Modeling ofmemristor-based ANN with inherent stochastic learning
• Modeling and simulation of various synaptic devices
• Simulation, modeling and design of ANN
• Organic synaptic devices
Phonon engineering X
Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS • Simulation and modeling of TFET, JL-FET, SB-FET, NW, RFET
Alternative materials-2D layers x
Novel devices for ultra-low power x
1D x
Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics x
More Moore Logic Nanodevices& circuits • Simulation and modeling of multiple-gate FET, NW-FET
• Fast multiscale simulation approach for quantum transport in ultrashort MOSFETs
Memories x
Very low power devices x
High temperature electronics x
More than Moore micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems • MEMS
• Pressure, Infrared, Temperature Sensors

• MEMS process and device modeling
Energy Harvesting x
RF devices & circuits x
Photonics devices x
Power devices x
Flexible electronics • Simulation and modeling of submicron organic TFT devices
• Non-quasistatic modeling of organic TFTs
• Modeling variability of organic TFTs
• Simulation of organic permeable-base transistors
Smart systems& Systems design Smart systems X
Systems design x
Research interests
Research interests
Beyond CMOS Neuromorphic Computing • Simulation, modeling and design of ANN
• Organic synaptic devices
Phonon engineering X
Small slope switches-NW/TFET/NEMS • Simulation and modeling of TFET, JL-FET, SB-FET, NW, RFET
• Modeling of advanced TFET, NC-FET, RFET
Alternative materials-2D layers • Simulation and modeling of 2D material transistors
Novel devices for ultra-low power x
1D x
Quantum Technologies & Very low temperature electronics x
More Moore Logic Nanodevices& circuits • Compact modeling of nanodevices
• Merging quantum-based simulation with compact modeling
Memories • Modeling and simulation of ReRAM
Very low power devices x
High temperature electronics x
More than Moore micro-nano-bio Sensors & Systems • MEMS
Energy Harvesting x
RF devices & circuits x
Photonics devices x
Power devices x
Flexible electronics • Modeling and simulation of new transistor structures on flexible substrates
Smart systems& Systems design Smart systems X
Systems design x