Table of contents : Foreword......Page 8 CONTENTS......Page 10 Nanotechnology and Quantum Devices......Page 19 A New Strategy for In Situ Synthesis of Oligonucleotides Arrays for DNA Chip Technology......Page 21 Magnetotransport Properties of La-Ca-Mn-O Multilayers......Page 31 A Novel Method for the Calculation of the Local Electric Field at the Emitting Surface of a Carbon Single-Wall nanotube......Page 35 Study of Photoluminescence and Micro-Photoluminesence of V-Shaped Quantum Wires......Page 39 Catalytic Action of Ni Atoms in the Formation of Carbon Nanotubes: A Combined Ab-initio and Molecular Dynamics study......Page 43 Si Nanocrystal MOS Memory Obtained by Low-Energy Ion Beam Synthesis......Page 47 Charge Effects and Related Transport Phenomena in Nanosize Silicon/Insulator Structures......Page 51 Radiative Recombination from Silicon Quantum Dots in Si/SiO2 Superlattices......Page 55 Avalanche Porous Silicon Light Emitting Diodes for Optical Intra-Chip Interconnects......Page 59 Infrared Absorption in Strained Si/Si1-xGex/Si Quantum Wells......Page 63 Thermopower Calculations at Filling Factor 3/2 and 1/2 for Two-Dimensional Systems......Page 67 Thermoelectric Properties of Composite Fermions......Page 71 Design and Fabrication of Supported-Metal Catalysts Through Nanotechnology......Page 75 Calculated Spontaneous Emission Rates in Silicon Quantum Wires Grown in {100} Plane......Page 79 Electrical Modeling and Characterization of Si/SiO2 Superlattices......Page 83 Ge/SiO2 Thin Layers Through Low-Energy Ge+ Implantation and Annealing: Nanostructure Evolution and Electrical Characteristics......Page 87 Vertical Transport Mechanisms in nc-Si / CaF2 Multi-layers......Page 91 Photo- and Electroluminescence from nc-Si / CaF2 Superlattices......Page 95 Ab Initio Calculation of the Optical Gap in Small Silicon Nanoparticles......Page 99 Ground State Electronic Structure of Small Si Quantum Dots......Page 103 Processing......Page 107 Technology Roadmap Challenges for Deep Submicron CMOS......Page 109 Photolithographic Materials for Novel Biocompatible Lift Off Processes......Page 121 Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors Having Gate Oxides Deposited Using TEOS......Page 125 Solid Interface Studies with Applications in Microelectronics......Page 129 A Comparison Between Point Defect Injecting Processes in Silicon Using Extended Defects and Dopant Marker Layers as Point Defect Detectors......Page 133 Rapid Thermal Annealing of Arsenic Implanted Silicon for the Formation of Ultra Shallow n+p Junctions......Page 137 Simulation of the Formation and Characterization of Roughness in Photoresists......Page 141 F2 laser (157 nm) Lithography: Materials and Processes......Page 145 Fabrication of Fine Copper Lines on Silicon Substrates Patterned with AZ 5214 Photoresist via Selective Chemical Vapor Deposition......Page 149 Investigation of the Nitridation of Al2O3 (0001) Substrates by a Nitrogen Radio Frequency Plasma Source......Page 153 Simulation of Si and SiO2 Feature Etching in Fluorocarbon Plasmas......Page 157 Epitaxial ErSi2 on Strained and Relaxed Si1-x Gex......Page 161 Development of a New Low Energy Electron Beam Lithography Simulation Tool......Page 165 CMOS Devices and Devices Based on Compound Semiconductors......Page 169 Advanced SOI Device Architectures for CMOS ULSI......Page 171 Recent Developments and Reliability of Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors......Page 185 Different Types of Single Crystalline Gallium Nitride Thin Films Grown Directly on Vicinal (001) Gallium Arsenide Substrates......Page 189 Epitaxial Y203 on Si (001) by MBE for High-k Gate Dielectric Applications......Page 193 Performance of GaAs / AlGaAs Laser Diodes Fabricated by Epitaxial Material with Significantly Different Numbers of Quantum Wells......Page 197 Microhardness Characterization of Epitaxially Grown GaN Films. Effect of Light Ion Implantation......Page 201 Multiple Quantum Well Solar Cells Under AM1 and Concentrated Sunlight......Page 205 Processing with In Situ Diagnostic Techniques for the Integration of GaAs-based Opto-Electronic Devices Bonded on Si C-MOS Wafers......Page 211 Investigation of Different Si(111) Substrate Preparation Methods for the Growth of GaN by RF Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy......Page 215 Material Properties of GaN Films with Ga- or N-Face Polarity Grown by MBE on Al2O3 (0001) Substrates Under Different Growth Conditions......Page 219 The Influence of Silicon Interstitial Clustering on the Reverse Short Channel Effect......Page 223 Noise Modeling of Interdigitated Gate CMOS Devices......Page 227 Subthreshold Characteristics of 0.15µm SOI-MOSFETs After Hot-Carrier Stress......Page 231 A Low Voltage Bias Technique to Increase Sensitivity of MOSFETs Dosimeters......Page 235 High Precision CMOS Euclidean Distance Computing Circuit......Page 239 Microsystems......Page 243 Pressure Sensors Based on 3C-SiC on Si-on-Insulator for High Temperature Applications......Page 245 Micromachined L.T.GaAs/AlGaAs Membranes as Support for 38 GHz and 77 GHz Filters......Page 252 Alternative Signal Extraction Technique for Miniature Fluxgates......Page 256 Integrated Gas Flow Sensor Fabricated by Porous Silicon Technology......Page 260 Linear Arrays of Poly Si-Ge Uncooled Microbolometers with CMOS Readout as Long Wavelength Infrared Sensors......Page 264 Silicon Capacitive Pressure Sensors and Pressure Switches Fabricated Using Silicon Fusion Bonding......Page 268 Low-Power Silicon Microheaters on a Thin Dielectric Membrane with Thick Film Sensing Layer for Gas Sensor Applications......Page 272 Microsystems for Acoustical Signal Detection Applications......Page 277 Capillary Format Bioanalytical Microsystems......Page 281 Ultrathin Nanoporous and Microporous SiO2 Coatings for Gas/Vapor Separation and Sensor Applications......Page 285 Structure Control of Microporous Carbon Coatings for Gas/Vapor Separation and Sensor Applications......Page 289 2-D Simulation of On-Chip BAW Resonators......Page 293 Theoretical Calculation of the X-Ray Photon Detector Response Fabricated on Si Gallium Arsenide......Page 297 Effectiveness of Local Thermal Isolation by Porous Silicon in a Silicon Thermal Sensor......Page 301 Thermal Conductivity of Porous Silicon Layers Probed by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy ......Page 305 A MCM-L Board for the Baseband Processor of a Dual Mode Wireless Terminal......Page 311 A CAD Tool for Automatic Generation of RNS & QRNS Converters......Page 315 MOSFET Model Benchmarking Using a Novel CAD Tool......Page 319 An HBT-BiCMOS Laser Driver with Independently Adjustable DC and Modulation Currents for High Speed Optical Interconnections......Page 323 On the Design of a Low Power Modulator/Demodulator for DECT/GSM......Page 327 Bluetooth Encryption / Decryption Algorithm Architecture and Implementation......Page 331 Passive Element Design Issues for Fully Integrated RF VCOs......Page 335 Power Amplifier Linearisation Techniques: An Overview......Page 339 Low-Power Implementation of an Encryption/Decryption System with Asychronous Techniques......Page 343 A 0.25µm CMOS Fast Current Amplifier with Leakage Current Compensation for Solid State Detector Applications......Page 347 Design and Simulation of On-Chip Bandpass Filters......Page 351 The Design of a Ripple Carry Adiabatic Adder......Page 355 Maximum Power Estimation in CMOS VLSI Circuits......Page 359 Designing a Microwave VCO 945MHz with Computer Aided Design Simulation......Page 363 Power Dissipation Considerations in Low-Voltage CMOS Circuits......Page 367 Microelectronics Networks / Technology Transfer and Exploitation......Page 371 EURACCESS: A European Platform for Access to CMOS Processing......Page 373 MMN: Greek Network on Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology......Page 377 Technology Transfer in Action......Page 378 Supporting European Research Alliances in Microelectronics - The MINATECH project......Page 393 Simulations of Molecular Electronics......Page 398 Author Index......Page 405