Hybrid 2D/CMOS microchips for memristive applications
By, Mario Lanza, Ph.D. – IEEE Fellow
Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Date and Venue: 21st March, 2024 at 12h – Sala Graus Eduard Fontserè (Faculty of Physics and Chemistry UB)
(Chaired by Dr. Blas Garrido, IN²UB and Faculty of Physics)
Abstract:
Hybrid 2D/CMOS microchips for memristive applications
Two-dimensional (2D) materials have outstanding physical, chemical and thermal properties that make them attractive for the fabrication of solid-state micro/nano-electronic devices and circuits. However, synthesizing high-quality 2D materials at the wafer scale is difficult, and integrating them in silicon microchips brings associated multiple challenges. Nevertheless, in the past few years substantial progress has been achieved and leading companies like TSMC, Intel and Samsung have started to work in this direction too. In this talk I will discuss how to integrate 2D materials in micro/nano-electronic devices, circuits, and microchips, giving a general overview of the global progress achieved in the field and presenting our last developments in hybrid 2D/CMOS applications. I will put special emphasis on devices and circuits for memristive technologies, including data storage, computation, encryption, and communication. I will also discuss the main technological challenges to face in the next years and provide some recommendations on how to solve them.
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About the Author:
Mario Lanza got a PhD in Electronic Engineering in 2010 at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. After completing postdocs at Peking University and Stanford University, in 2013 he joined Soochow University (in China), where he promoted until the rank of Full Professor. Since October 2020 he is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (in Saudi Arabia), where he leads a group formed by 10 PhD students and postdocs. His research focuses on how to improve electronic devices, circuits and microchips using 2D materials, with special emphasis on resistive switching applications. Professor Lanza has published over 200 research articles in top journals, including 1 Nature, 2 Science, 7 Nature Electronics and multiple IEDM papers (among many others), which have been cited over 11,000 times. Prof. Lanza has received multiple top distinctions, like the IEEE Fellow, the Young 1000 Talent award, and Marie Curie Fellow (among others), and he is a Distinguished Lecturer from the IEEE – Electron Devices Society. Prof. Lanza is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Microelectronic Engineering (from Elsevier), and he serves in the board of many other journals and international conferences, including the IEDM and the IRPS.
Web: lanza.kaust.edu.sa