THM University

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
Smart systems& Systems design	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
Smart systems& Systems design	Systems design	x

THM University

SiNANO Institute