Objective
The aim of NANORF is to take advantage of the unique mechanical and electrical properties of Carbon Nanotubes (as RF NEMS) to hybridize with CMOS electronics for RF applications (1-5GHz). The project main targets are:
(i) Prospects concerning the figures of merit of CNTs as NEMS individual devices or/and as arrays (bundles) with particular focus on the following device architectures: nano-switches, nano-resonators using vertical or lateral individual and/or arrays of CNTs, tuneable varactors based on arrays of CNTs;
(ii) Develop technological pathways for carbon nanotube radio frequency electromechanical devices: modification/modulation of electrical conductivity under actuation, mechanical and electrical fundamental properties over large of temperature (from cryogenic to 2000C);
(iii) Develop hybrid CNT-CMOS technology based on dedicated effort for mastering compatibility issues between silicon CMOS and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (thermal budget, drift of characteristics induced by complementary technology);
(iv) Propose new RF NEMS design using individual CNT and vertically and/or laterally grown arrays of CNTs in precise locations on silicon wafers;
(v) Prospect on issues of hybrid CNT-CMOS RF device and IC co-design: coupling to electrodes, dimension control at nano-scale, signal-to-noise ratio, temperature drift;
(vi) Build RF hybrid CNT-CMOS circuit demonstrators: filters and oscillators (in general, tuneable RF NEMS blocks relevant for the RF front-end for future mobile communications systems).
The proposal essentially extends the performance and functionality of standard silicon RF CMOS ICs based on hybridization with one of the most promising nanotechnologies, the Carbon Nanotubes.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications radio technology radio frequency
- natural sciences physical sciences electromagnetism and electronics
- engineering and technology nanotechnology
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry metalloids
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Switzerland
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