Computer Science Colloquium

Silicon-Germanium (Si1-X GeX) technology is being developed for the investigation of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits for space power and space communication systems at microwave frequencies from 9 GHz to 20 GHz. This presentation reports on the design, fabrication process and results of 1mm wide and 0×7µm to 1µm gate length microwave power MOSFET's using SiGe technology for space-borne cryogenic power system applications. The SiGe technology is also being developed to investigate the n-channel MODFET's with 0×5 -1µm gate length on virtual substrate for low noise amplifiers for microwave space communication applications up to 20 GHz. The proposed research and results of these investigations would be presented.

A nationally recognized specialist in microelectronics, Prof. Kapoor holds M.S. (1972) and Ph.D. (1976) degrees from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, where he was awarded the Eastman Kodak prize for excellence in teaching. He went to work in California's Silicon Valley at Fairchild Corp. as a senior design engineer designing computer chips during the cutting edge of the computer revolution. After his industrial experience, Dr. Kapoor joined Case Western Reserve University in 1978 where he taught electrical engineering and pioneered collaboration in space communications with NASA-Lewis Research Center. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 1983 as Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, and in 1986 became the head of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department. He joined the University of Toledo in 1994. Dr. Kapoor is a distinguished scientist and engineer whose research has concentrated on microelectronics for space communications and biomedical nanoelectronics. He has published over 150 scientific papers in prestigious journals and scientific conference publications. For his outstanding scientific and technical contributions in semiconductor microelectronics, he was elected a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society in 1993. Dr. Kapoor has been a major advisor for 39 M.S. and Ph.D. student theses/dissertations/projects and directed 31 undergraduate students' projects/theses with multimillion dollar research grants from federal/state government and industry for the last 20 years. His students have become faculty at national universities or have responsible positions at major high-technology companies.