Device Modelling Group - University of Glasgow

Grants

Organisation
Title
Amount
Duration
Glasgow
Investigators
University
Collaborators
Industrial
Collaborators
EPSRC
ENIAC MOdeling and DEsign of Reliable, process variation-aware Nanoelectronic devices, circuits and systems (MODERN) £727,166 10/2009
09/2012
A. Asenov
S. Roy
IUNET + 6 Europen Univ. 19 EU companies
EPSRC
Renaissance Germanium £434,193 05/2008
10/2011
A. Asenov
J. Watling
Warwick
Shefield
IMEC
EU FP7
REALITY £250,039 01/2008
7/2010
A. Asenov
S. Roy
IMEC KU Leuven University of Bologna ARM
ST Microelectronics
EU FP7
NANOSIL £76,000 01/2008
12/2010
A. Asenov
S. Roy
J. Barker
J. Watling
K. Kalna
28 European groups
EU FP7
DUALLOGIC £265,528 01/2008
12/2010
A. Asenov
I. Thayne
K. Kalna
NCSR Demokritos
IMEC
KU Leuven
IBM
CEA
ST Microelectronics
NXP Semiconductors
AIXTRON
EPSRC
III-V MOSFETs for Ultimate CMOS £3,991,903 06/2007
09/2010
I. Thayne
S. Thoms
A. Asenov
J.R. Barker
A. Craven
J.H. Davies
A.R. Long
C. Stanley
J.M.R. Weaver
D. MacIntyre
S. Roy
K. Kalna
M. MacKenzie
H. Zhou
Freescale
EPSRC Platform Grant
Atomic Scale Simulation of Nanoelectronic Devices £1,218,409 10/2007
09/2012
A. Asenov
J. R. Barker
S. Roy
J. Watling
K. Kalna
EPSRC
Novel Time-Resolved Thermal Imaging: AlGaN/GaN Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors £93,448 09/2006
06/2010
A. Asenov QinetiQ
Renishaw
Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems
EC FP6
PULLNANO IP €257,666 05/2006
11/2008
A. Asenov
S. Roy
J. R. Watling
6 Univ. Partners STMicroelect.
Infineon
Philips
EPSRC
Meeting the design challenges of nano-CMOS electronics £1,969,890 10/2006
09/2010
A. Asenov
R. Sinnot
S. Roy
D. Cumming
National e-Science Centre
Edinburgh
Manchester
York
Southampton
Fujitsu
Wolfson Microelectronics
ARM
Synopsys
Freescale Semiconductor
EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship
Modelling of Carrier Transport in Ultra Thin Body Transistors £528,051 10/2006
09/2011
K. Kalna    
EPSRC
UK Support for European Doctoral Level School in Device Modelling £17,574 07/2005
09/2005
S. Roy
A. Asenov
   
EPSRC
Statistical 3D Simulation of Intrinsic Parameter Fluctuations in Decanoneter MOSFETs Introduced by Discreteness of Charge and Matter £115,336 03/2005
03/2007
A. Asenov
J. R. Barker
S. Roy
J. R. Watling
   
International Sematech
Modelling the impact of high-k gate stacks on mobility device performance and intrinsic parameter fluctuations $310,000 US 09/2004
08/2006
J. Watling
A. Asenov
S. Roy
J. Barker
UCL International Sematech
EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship
The Impact of Interface Roughness and Self-Heating on the Performance of Nano-Scale MOSFETs £229,068 09/2004
08/2009
J. Watling    
EPSRC
NETWORK:Silicon Research and Exploration For the Nanotechnology Era £60,418 07/2004
06/2005
A. Asenov Newcastle
+11
 
EPSRC
Meeting the material challenges of nano-CMOS electronics £354,711 07/2004
06/2008
A. Asenov
J. Barker
S. Roy
UCL NASA
SEMATECH
Synopsys
IBM
Fujitsu
Simulation of UTB SOI devices £30,000 01/2004
12/2006
A. Asenov
S. Roy
  Fujitsu
European Commission
SINANO - Network of Excellence €250,000 01/2004
12/2007
A. Asenov
S. Roy
J. Barker
include IMEC, LETI, etc. Infinion,
ST Microelectronics
EPSRC
Sub 100 nm III-V MOSFETs for Digital Applications £3,260,551 09/2003
09/2006
I. Thayne
A. Asenov
J. Weaver
+12
Surrey Motorola
EPSRC - Platform Grant
Atomistic Simulation of Nanoscale Devices £429,564 06/2002
05/2007
A.Asenov
J.R.Barker
S.Roy
   
EPSRC - JREI
Advanced Simulation of Nano-Bioelectronic Systems and Devices £426,723 3 years A.Asenov
H.Morgan
J.Cooper
N.Green
S.Roy
   
IBM - SUR
Intrinsic Fluctuations in Decanano Silicon Devices: Impact on Scaling, Device Architecture, and Circuit Performance $1,000,000 3 years A.Asenov   IBM
EPSRC IRC in Bio-Nanotechnology £9,741,682 6 years J.Cooper
A.Asenov
J.Weaver
C.Wilkinson
H.Morgan
D.Cumming
Oxford
Southampton
Cambrige
Nottingham
York
 
EPSRC Understanding and Utilising Fluctuations in Systems of Deep Sub-micron MOS Devices £350,000   S.Roy
A.Asenov
Edinburgh Motorola
EC-US USE-ME: US - Europe Multistructural Education Alliance in Computer Science and Eng. €149.850 09/2000
09/2003
D.Murray-Smith
A.Asenov
S.Roy
Uni. Hamburg
Vienna U Technol.
Calif State U
U. Nebraska
Old Dom. U, VA
EC
US
EPSRC SiGe for MOS technologies, Phase II - Development and Applications £4,700,000 07/2000
07/2003
J.R.Barker
A.Asenov
I.Thayne
S.Roy
J.Watling
Warwick,
Imperial Coll.
Newcastle,
Loughborough
Southampton
Sheffield
Mitel
Avant!
Siemens
Daimler-Chr.
Scottish Enterprise

Proof of Concept

Demonstration of the feasibility of integrating organo-metalic films in CMOS technology £60,000 06/2000
06/2002
A.Asenov Edinburgh
Dundee
 
NASA
(Pending)
Parallel Algorithms and Applications for Information Power Grid $450,000 3 year A.Asenov   NAS System Division,
NASA
NASA Supplement to support IWCE-7 $30,000 05/2000 A.Asenov   NAS System Division, NASA Ames Res. Ctr.
EPSRC Nanofabrication Technologies driven by high speed devices £2,040,918 04/2000
03/2003
C.Wilkinson
A.Asenov
I.Thayne
J.R.Barker
C.Stanley
A.Long
J.Davies
J.Weaver
  GMMT
SHEFC VIDEOS - Virtual Interactive Design of Electronics and Optoelectronics Systems £650,313 10/1999
9/2002
D.Hutchings
A.Asenov
J.Arnold
J.Davies
Strathclyde  
NASA Parallel Finite Element Simulation of Atomistic Effects in Sub-0.1 Micron Devices $375,000 07/1998
10/2000
A.Asenov,
J.H.Davies
  NAS System Division, NASA Ames Res. Ctr.
EPSRC SiGe for MOS Technologies £2,300,000 10/1997
09/2000
J.R.Barker
A.Asenov
S.Beaumont
I.Thayne
Warwick,
Imperial Coll.
Newcastle,
Loughborough
Southampton
Sheffield
Avant!
Mitel
DERA
EPSRC Nanoelectronics Technology and Ultrafast Devices £2,871,770 04/1996
03/2000
S.Beaumont
A.Asenov
I.Thayne
C.Wilkinson
C.Stanley
A.Long
J.Davies
J.Weaver
  GMMT
EPSRC IGDS MSc Programme in Advanced Silicon Processing and Manufacturing Technologies £439,000 07/1998
06/2003
A.Asenov
C.Wilkinson
S.Beaumont
Edinburgh,
Heriot-Watt,
UMIST,
Southampton,
Newcastle,
Cardiff,
Swansea,
Liverpool
NMI
ESA High Linearity Mixer £31,806 03/1997 
02/1999
I.Thayne
S.Beaumont
A.Asenov
   
EPSRC Ultralinear devices and circuits for microwave frequencies £327,450 05/1997
04/2000
I.Thayne
A.Asenov
C.Stanley
J.Sewell
S.Beaumont
Univ. College,
London
 
EPSRC Parallel 3D finite element simulation of cellular power Semiconductor devices £138,732 09/1995
09/1998
A.Asenov
J.R.Barker
Loughborough GEC Plessey Semiconductors
Fac. Eng GU Establishment of Microelectronics Process and Device Simulation Centre £51,000 10/1996
09/1997
A.Asenov,
C.Stanley
   
EPSRC Simulation and optimisation of SiGe FETs for high speed VLSI applications £84,000 10/1995
10/1997
J.R.Barker
A.Asenov
Imperial Coll. DERA
EPSRC Nanoelectronic and quantum devices and Systems (rolling grant) £2,052,295 04/1994
03/1998
S.Beaumont
J.R.Barker
A.Asenov
J.Williamson
C.Wilkinson
C.Stanley
A.Long
J.Davies
C.S-Torres
J.Weaver
  GMMT
GU Strategic

Award

Hypermesh connected parallel computer £84,000 09/1994
08/1996
J.R.Barker
A.Asenov
  Motorola
EU ESPRIT Project GP-MIMD (ZEUS) ECU 11,000 06/1993
05/1994
J.R.Barker
A.Asenov
7 European Universities Parsytec
The British Council A parallel cellular automaton simulator for ultrafast ultrasmall FETs on MIMD Machines £ 5,980 09/1994
09/1996
J.R.Barker
A.Asenov
TU Munich  
EPSRC/
DTI
High temperature MOS-gated power semiconductors and advanced aircraft electric power conditioning systems £345,000 09/1992
09/1995
T.Miller
A.Asenov
J.R.Barker
  Lucas Electronics

GEC Plessey Semiconductors


 

Academic Collaborations

  • Prof. T. Whall, Prof. E. Parker, Warwick University, P-channel SiGe MOSFETs for CMOS applications
  • Dr. K. Fobeletz, Imperial College, N-channel strain Si/SiGe MOSFETs for micropower applications
  • Prof. A. O'Neill, Newcastle University, SiGe MOSFETs on virtual substrates for advanced CMOS applications
  • Dr. A. Evans, Southampton University, Process and device simulation of SiGe CMOS technologies
  • Dr. D. Webster, University College, London, Ultralinear devices and circuits
  • Prof. G-L Oppo, Strathclyde University, Simulation of electronics and optoelectronics devices
  • Prof. A. Evans, Loughborough University, Development of a parallel device simulator
  • Prof. K. Goser, Dortmund University, Random dopant induced parameter fluctuations in aggressively scaled MOSFETs
  • Prof. R. Eisenberg, Rush Medical College, Simulation of ionic transport through biological membranes
  • Prof. P. Vogl, Technical University Munich, Monte Carlo simulation of III-V materials and devices
  • Prof. F. Koch, Technical University Munich, Hot electron degradation in MOSFETs

  Main Industrial Collaborations
  • NASA Ames Research Centre, Atomistic simulation of decanano MOSFETs
  • Mitel (GEC Plessey Semiconductors), Simulation of power semiconductor devices and SiGe MOSFETs for CMOS applications
  • Mitel (GEC Marconi Caswell), Simulation of ultrafast semiconductor devices
  • Avant! (Santa Clara, CA). Establishment of the Glasgow Device Simulation Centre, simulation of SiGe devices, support for the IGDS MSc course, $500,000 for SiGe simulation, Member of the Int. Advisory Board
  • Silvaco Int. (Santa Clara, CA). Simulation of power semiconductor devices
  • Daimler Chrysler (Ulm, Germany), Simulation of RF SiGe devices
  • DERA, Simulation of SiGe devices
  • IBM (Greenock), Simulation of new generation flat displays
  • Infineon (Siemens, Munich), Hot electron degradation in scaled MOSFETs