The 3rd Symposium on
Schottky barrier MOS devices was held on October 4th, 2019 at the Amphi
Bloch, Orme de Merisiers-CEA, Gif-sur Yvette, France. It was sponsored by Nanosaclay,
the EDS French chapter, IEEE Young Professionals Germany Affinity Group, Silvaco Europe
Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH and hosted by Drs. Laurie E. Calvet and Francesca Chiodi (Center
of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud). It was attended
by 25 IEEE members, with approximately 10 non IEEE members.
The symposium started with a
welcome breakfast at Amphi Bloch and introduction of the attendees. Afterwards,
Prof. Benjamin Iniguez (DEEEA, Universitaet Rovira I Virgili) gave a
distinguished lecture on Schottky Barrier MOSFET devices concentrating on the
device physics with a special focus on modeling.
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DL Prof. Benjamin Iniguez during
the distinguished lecture on Schottky Barrier MOSFETs.
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After a discussion and coffee break,
the symposium continued with an inspiring retrospective and current state of
the art on SB-MOSFET technology by Dr.
John Snyder (JCap, LLC), with a broad overview starting with the work of Walter
Schottky in the late 1930s. Afterwards,
Dr. Philippe Blaise (Silvaco Inc., France) explained the new atomistic
simulation functionality of the Silvaco tool chain, especially for applications
concerning 2D materials and the semi-quantitatively extraction of specific
resistances of metal-semiconductor interfaces. The morning session ended with a
presentation by Dr. Radu Sporea (Surrey, UK) about TFT transistors, the possibility
of using source gating and its ability to realize very high gain and increased power-efficiency.
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Dr. Satender Kataria during the
talk Graphene/Si Schottky diodes and participants.
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The afternoon session began with a
presentation by Dr. Satender Kataria (RWTH Aachen, Germany) on Graphene/Si
Schottky diodes and the impact of quantum efficiency of photondetectors. Next,
Prof. Denis Flandré (UC Louvain, Belgium) provided a detailed and thorough impressive
investigation on the figures of merit of cryogenic nanoscale transistors, with
the idea of using them for quantum computing applications. Dr. Francesca Chiodi (C2N, CNRS-Université
Paris-Sud) then gave an overview on how laser doping using excimer lasers can
be used to realize superconducting silicon and a discussion of all silicon
josephson jucntions. Dr. François Lefloch (CEA, Grenoble) then provided an
overview of how SB-MOSFETs can be turned
into Josephson junctions for quantum
computing applications when the PtSi silicide becomes superconducting below 1K.
The quantum computing section then concluded with a very clear seminar by Dr. Fabrice Nemouchi
(CEA, Grenoble) on Qubits using SB-MOSFETs. He referred to engineering of the
metal-semiconductor interface, spin qubits and technology aspects e.g.
annealing impacts in metal-semiconductor interfaces.
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Some participants of the
Symposium on Schottky Barrier Devices 2019.
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The
last two talks on neuromorphic applications were given by Dr. Laurie Calvet
(C2N, Palaiseau, France)
and Dr. Mike Schwarz (Robert Bosch GmbH, NanoP THM, Germany). After an introduction to
neuromorphic hardware, Dr. Calvet discussed why SB-MOS devices have advantages over
conventional devices. Afterwards, Dr. Schwarz closed the symposium with his
talk on SB-MOS device modeling and its application to neuromorphic computing,
focusing on how to extract important characteristics from device simulations
for the optimization of neuromorphic
circuits.
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