Hybrid CMOS/Nanodevice Integrated Circuits Design and Fabrication

Abstract

A promising method for advanced circuitry is the development of hybrid CMOS/nanodevice integrated circuits. This approach combines a semiconductor transistor system with a nanowire crossbar, with simple two-terminal nanodevices self-assembled at each crosspoint. Such a circuit would combine a level of advanced CMOS fabricated by the usual lithographic patterning, and a nanowire crossbar fabricated by an advanced patterning technique, such as Step and Flash Imprint Lithography, a type of ultra violet-based nanoimprinting technology. In this work two distinct arrears were addressed. 32nm dense feature printing, and fabrication and testing of an example crosspoint device. 32nm lines were defined using state of the art variable shape beam pattern generators. Feature fidelity was demonstrated for a variety of different patterns. Reproducibility of two-terminal crosspoint devices was tested using inexpensive metal-oxide-metal (M-Ox-M) junctions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488542

Entities

People

  • Douglas Resnick
  • Konstantin K. Likharev

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors
  • Fabrication
  • Generators
  • High Resolution
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Lithography
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Metal Oxides
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanoscale Devices
  • Oxides
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Template Patterns
  • Transistors

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene