Prof Jian Zhang
School of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: J.F.Zhang@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2363
Liverpool John Moores University
ORCID
Jian Fu Zhang received B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Xi’an Jiao Tong University in 1982 and Ph.D. degree from University of Liverpool in 1987. From 1986 to 1992, he was a Research Associate with the University of Liverpool. He joined Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) as a Senior Lecturer in 1992, became a Reader in 1996, and a Professor in 2001. He is the area leader for Microelectronics and the Head of Research Centre of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at LJMU.
Dr Zhang is the author or coauthor of over 200 journal/conference papers, including 49 invited papers/book chapters/Conference tutorials, 76 papers in IEEE Transactions and Electron Device Letters, and 21 papers at IEDM/Symposium of VLSI Technology. He is/was a member of the technical program committee of several international conferences, including IEDM. He is the principal investigator of 6 epsrc projects.
Dr Zhang's current research interests are: (i) new materials and devices for future microelectronic industry; (ii) qualification, modelling, and aging/RTN prediction; (iii) new characterisation techniques; (iv) hardware cybersecurity; (v) quantum computing; (vi) Cool CMOS.
Degrees
1987, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, PhD
1982, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, BEng
Academic appointments
Fellow, The Higher Education Academy (HEA), 2014 - present
Guest Professor, Peking University, 2004 - 2008
Professor in Microelectronics, Liverpool John Moores University, 2001 - present
Reader in Microelectronics, Liverpool John Moores University, 1996 - 2001
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 1992 - 1996
Research Associate, University of Liverpool, 1986 - 1992
Journal article
Yuan X, Chai Z, Zhou X, Luo Y, He Y, Jian J, Yue X, Zhang JF, Zhang W, Min T. 2024. Hardware Estimation for the Eigenvectors of Stochastic Matrices using Magnetic Tunnel Junctions IEEE Electron Device Letters, 46 :500-503 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Jian J, Yuan X, Chai Z, Zhou X, Luo Y, He Y, Yue X, Zhang JF, Zhang W, Min T. 2024. Bipolar Random Signal Generation with Electrical Operation Based on Two Magnetic Tunnel Junctions IEEE Electron Device Letters, 46 :171-174 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Hong Y, Zheng X, Zhang H, He Y, Zhu T, Zhang W, Zhang JF, Ma X, Hao Y. 2024. Fröhlich Scattering Effects on Electron Mobility in β-Ga2O3 Power Devices under High Temperature Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Yue S, Zheng X, Zhang F, Lin D, Bu S, Wang Y, Hu P, Liu J, Zhang W, Zhang J, Ma X, Hao Y. 2024. Study on the electrical performance degradation mechanism of β-Ga
Yue S, Zheng X, Zhang F, Hong Y, Wang Y, Zhu T, Gong S, Wang X, Lv L, Cao Y, Zhang W, Zhang J, Ma X, Hao Y. 2024. Investigation on Electrical Performance Degradation Mechanism of β-GaO Schottky Barrier Diodes Under 3 MeV Proton Radiation IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 71 :4584-4589 DOI Publisher Url
Zhang H, Zheng X, Lin D, Hong Y, Zhou J, Lv L, Cao Y, Han H, Zhang W, Zhang J, Ma X, Hao Y. 2024. Study on the Degradation Mechanism of GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers under on-state with High Drain Bias IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, :1-5 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Hong Y, Zheng X, Zhang H, He Y, Zhu T, Liu K, Li A, Ma X, Zhang W, Zhang J, Hao Y. 2024. Oxygen Stoichiometry Engineering in P-Type NiOx for High-Performance NiO/Ga2O3 Heterostructure p–n Diode Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, DOI Publisher Url
Yuan X, Jian J, Chai Z, Wei H, Zhou X, Wen Y, Liu Y, Yan W, He Y, Zhang JF, Zhang W, Min T. 2024. Arbitrary Modulation of Average Dwell Time in Discrete-Time Markov Chains based on Tunneling Magnetoresistance Effect IEEE Electron Device Letters, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Zhang H, Zheng X, Lin D, Lv L, Cao Y, Hong Y, Zhang F, Wang X, Wang Y, Zhang W, Zhang J, Ma X, Hao Y. 2024. Study on the single-event burnout mechanism of GaN MMIC power amplifiers Applied Physics Letters, 124 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Xue Y, Ren P, Ye J, Li Y, Wu Y, Wang D, Wang S, Wu J, Wang Z, Wen Y, Xia S, Zhang L, Zhang J, Liu J, Luo J, Deng H, Wang R, Yang L, Huang R. 2023. Towards Reliability- & Variability-aware Design-Technology Co-optimization in Advanced Nodes: Defect Characterization, Industry-friendly Modelling and ML-assisted Prediction IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 71 :138-150 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Brown J, Tok KH, Gao R, Ji Z, Zhang W, Marsland JS, Chiarella T, Franco J, Kaczer B, Linten D, Zhang JF. 2023. A Pragmatic Model to Predict Future Device Aging IEEE Access, 11 :127725-127736 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Yuan X, Jian J, Chai Z, An S, Gao Y, Zhou X, Zhang JF, Zhang W, Min T. 2023. Markov Chain Signal Generation based on Single Magnetic Tunnel Junction IEEE Electron Device Letters, :1-1 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Xue Y, Ren P, Wu J, Liu Z, Wang S, Li Y, Wang Z, Sun Z, Wang D, Wen Y, Xia S, Zhang L, Zhang J, Ji Z, Luo J, Deng H, Wang R, Yang L, Huang R. 2023. On the understanding of PMOS NBTI degradation in advance nodes: Characterization, modeling and exploration on the physical origin of defects IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 70 :4518-4524 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Liu X, Ren P, Chen H, Ji Z, Liu J, Wang R, Zhang JF, Huang R. 2023. Equiprobability-based Local Response Surface Method for High-Sigma Yield Estimation with Both High Accuracy and Efficiency IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, :1346-1350 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tok KH, Zhang J, Brown J, Ji Z, Zhang W, Marsland J. 2023. Characterizing and Modelling RTN under real circuit bias conditions IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 70 :2424-2430 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Hu Z, Zhang W, Degraeve R, Garbin D, Chai Z, Saxena N, Freitas P, Fantini A, Ravsher T, Clima S, Zhang J, Delhougne R, Goux L, Kar G. 2022. New Insights of the Switching Process in GeAsTe Ovonic Threshold Switching (OTS) Selectors IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tok KH, Zhang JF, Brown J, Ye Z, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Marsland JS. 2022. AC RTN: Testing, Modeling, and Prediction IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, :1-7 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Du Y, Shao W, Chai Z, Zhao H, Diao Q, Gao Y, Yuan X, Wang Q, Li T, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Min T. 2022. Synaptic 1/f noise injection for overfitting suppression in hardware neural networks Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Zhou X, Hu Z, Chai Z, Zhang WD, Clima S, Degraeve R, Zhang JF, Fantini A, Garbin D, Delhougne R, Goux L, Kar GS. 2022. Impact of relaxation on the performance of GeSe true random number generator based on Ovonic threshold switching IEEE Electron Device Letters, 43 :1061-1064 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Tok KH, Mehedi M, Zhang JF, Brown J, Ye Z, Ji Z, Zhang W, Marsland JS, Asenov A, Georgiev V. 2022. An Integral Methodology for Predicting Long Term RTN IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Zhang JF, Gao R, Duan M, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Marsland J. 2022. Bias Temperature Instability of MOSFETs: Physical Processes, Models, and Prediction Electronics, 11 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Liu C, Ren P, Zhou B, Zhang JF, Fang H, Ji Z. 2021. Investigation on the implementation of stateful minority logic for future in-memory computing IEEE Access, 9 :168648-168655 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tu Z, Xue Y, Ren P, Hao F, Wang R, Li M, Zhang J, Ji Z, Huang R. 2021. A Probability-based Strong Physical Unclonable Function with Strong Machine Learning Immunity IEEE Electron Device Letters, :1-1 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Zhang WD, Clima S, Hatem F, Degraeve R, Diao Q, Zhang JF, Freitas P, Marsland J, Fantini A, Garbin D, Goux L, Kar G. 2021. Cycling induced metastable degradation in GeSe Ovonic threshold switching selector IEEE Electron Device Letters, 42 :1148-1451 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gao R, Ma J, Lin X, Zhang X, En Y, Lu G, Huang Y, Ji Z, Yang H, Zhang WD, Zhang JF. 2021. A Comparative Study of AC Positive Bias Temperature Instability of Germanium nMOSFETs with GeO2/Ge and Si-cap/Ge Gate Stack IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 9 :539-544 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mehedi M, Tok KH, Ye Z, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Marsland J. 2021. On the accuracy in modelling the statistical distribution of Random Telegraph Noise Amplitude IEEE Access, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Brown J, Zhang JF, Zhou B, Mehedi M, Freitas P, Marsland J, Ji Z. 2020. Random‑telegraph‑noise‑enabled true random number generator for hardware security Scientific Reports, 10 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Mehedi M, Tok KH, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Ye Z, Zhang WD, Marsland JS. 2020. An assessment of the statistical distribution of Random Telegraph Noise Time Constants IEEE Access, 8 :182273-182282 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Freitas P, Zhang WD, Hatem F, Degraeve R, Clima S, Zhang J, Marsland J, Fantini A, Garbin D, Goux L, Kar G. 2020. Stochastic computing based on volatile GeSe ovonic threshold switching selectors IEEE Electron Device Letters, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gao R, Shi Y, He Z, Chen Y, En Y, Huang Y, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Zheng X, Zhang J, Liu Y. 2020. A Fast Extraction Method of Energy Distribution of Border Traps in AlGaN/GaN MIS-HEMT IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 8 :905-910 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Du Y, Jing L, Fang H, Chen H, Cai Y, Wang R, Zhang JF, Ji Z. 2020. Exploring the impact of random telegraph noise-induced accuracy loss in Resistive RAM-based deep neural network IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 67 :3335-3340 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zhao T, Zhao C, Zhang JF, Mitrovic IZ, Lim EG, Yang L, Song T, Zhao C. 2020. Enhancement on the performance of eco-friendly solution-processed InO/AlO thin-film transistors via lithium incorporation Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 829 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Wei S, Zhang WD, Brown J, Degraeve R, Salim F, Clima S, Hatem F, Zhang JF, Freitas P, Marsland J, Fantini A, Garbin D, Goux L, Kar G. 2019. GeSe-based Ovonic Threshold Switching Volatile True Random Number Generator IEEE Electron Device Letters, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Zhang WD, Degraeve R, Clima S, Hatem F, Zhang JF, Freitas P, Marsland J, Fantini A, Garbin D, Goux L, Kar GS. 2019. Dependence of switching probability on operation conditions in GexSe1-x ovonic threshold switching selectors IEEE Electron Device Letters, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Zhang WD, Degraeve R, Zhang JF, Marsland J, Fantini A, Garbin D, Clima S, Goux L, Kar GS. 2019. RTN in GexSe1-x OTS Selector Devices Microelectronic Engineering, 215 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zhan X, Shen C, Ji Z, Chen J, Fang H, Guo F, Zhang JF. 2019. A Dual-Point technique for the entire ID-VG characterization into subthreshold region under Random Telegraph Noise condition IEEE Electron Device Letters, 40 :674-677 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Manut A, Gao R, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Mehedi M, Vigar D, Asenov A, Kaczer B. 2019. Trigger-When-Charged: A technique for directly measuring RTN and BTI-induced threshold voltage fluctuation under use-Vdd IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 66 :1482-1488 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ma J, Chai Z, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Marsland J, Govoreanu B, Degraeve R, Goux L, Kar G. 2018. TDDB mechanism in a-Si/TiO2 non-filamentary RRAM device IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 66 :777-784 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Freitas P, Zhang WD, Hatem F, Zhang JF, Marsland J, Govoreanu B, Goux L, Kar GS. 2018. Impact of RTN on Pattern Recognition Accuracy of RRAM-based Synaptic Neural Network IEEE Electron Device Letters, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Gao R, Zhang JF, Marsland J, Zhang WD. 2018. As-grown-Generation (A-G) Model for Positive Bias Temperature Instability (PBTI) IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 65 :3662-3668 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Zhang WD, Freitas P, Hatem F, Zhang JF, Marsland J, Govoreanu B, Goux L, Kar GS, Hall S, Chalker P, Robertson J. 2018. The over-reset phenomenon in Ta2O5 RRAM device investigated by the RTN-based defect probing technique IEEE Electron Device Letters, 39 :955-958 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ma J, Chai Z, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Benbakhti B, Govoreanu B, Simoen E, Goux L, Belmonte A, Degraeve R, Kar G, Jurczak M. 2018. Investigation of pre-existing and generated defects in non-filamentary a-Si/TiO2 RRAM and their impacts on RTN amplitude distribution IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 65 :970-977 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang WEI. 2017. As-grown-Generation (AG) Model of NBTI: a shift from fitting test data to prediction Microelectronics Reliability, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Kang J, Yu Z, Wu L, Fang Y, Wang Z, Cai Y, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Wang R, Yang Y, Huang R. 2017. Time-Dependent Variability in RRAM-based Analog Neuromorphic System for Pattern Recognition Technical Digest of the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM),, Author Url Public Url
Ji Z, Gao R, Manut AB, Zhang JF, Franco J, Hatta SWM, Zhang W, Kaczer B, Linten D, Groeseneken G. 2017. NBTI-Generated Defects in Nanoscaled Devices: Fast Characterization Methodology and Modeling IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 64 :4011-4017 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Sedghi N, Li H, Brunell IF, Dawson K, Guo Y, Potter RJ, Gibbon JT, Dhanak VR, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Hall S, Robertson J, Chalker PR. 2017. Enhanced switching stability in Ta 2 O 5 resistive RAM by fluorine doping Applied Physics Letters, 111 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Chai Z, Ma J, Zhang WD, Govoreanu B, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Jurczak M. 2017. Probing the Critical Region of Conductive Filament in Nanoscale HfO₂ Resistive-Switching Device by Random Telegraph Signals IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 64 :4099-4105 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Kaczer B, Asenov A. 2017. Key issues and solutions for characterizing hot carrier aging of nano-meter scale nMOSFETs IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 64 :2478-2484 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Sedghi N, Li H, Brunell IF, Dawson K, Potter RJ, Guo Y, Gibbon JT, Dhanak VR, Zhang W, Zhang JF, Robertson J, Hall S, Chalker PR. 2017. The role of nitrogen doping in ALD Ta2O5 and its influence on multilevel cell switching in RRAM Applied Physics Letters, 110 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gao R, Manut AB, Ji Z, Ma J, Duan M, Zhang JF, Franco J, Hatta SFWM, Zhang WD, Kaczer B, Vigar D, Linten D, Groeseneken G. 2017. Reliable time exponents for long term prediction of negative bias temperature instability by extrapolation IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64 :1467-1473 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zhao X, Zhang JF, Liu S, Zhao C, Wang C, Ren X, Yang Q. 2016. Investigation on grain refinement mechanism of Ni-based coating with LaAlO3 by first-principles Materials and Design, 110 :644-652 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ma J, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Benbakhti B, Ji Z, Mitard J, Arimura H. 2016. A comparative study of defect energy distribution and its impact on degradation kinetics in GeO2/Ge and SiON/Si pMOSFETs IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 63 :3830-3836 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Vigar D, Asenov A, Gerrer L, Chandra V, Aitken R, Kaczer B. 2016. Insight into Electron Traps and Their Energy Distribution under Positive Bias Temperature Stress and Hot Carrier Aging IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 63 :3642-3648 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Manut AB, Zhang JF, Duan M, Ji Z, Zhang WD, kaczer B, Schram T, Horiguchi, N, Groeseneken G. 2015. Impact of Hot Carrier Aging on Random Telegraph Noise and Within a Device Fluctuation IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Gao R, Zhang X. 2015. An investigation on border traps in III-V MOSFETs with an In0.53Ga0.47As channel IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 62 :3633-3639 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Gao R, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Hatta SFWM, Niblock J, Bachmayr P, Stauffer L, Wright K, Greer S. 2015. A Discharge-Based Pulse Technique for Probing the Energy Distribution of Positive Charges in Gate Dielectric IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, 28 :221-226 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tang BJ, Zhang WD, Breuil L, Robinson C, Wang YQ, Toledano-Luque M, Van den Bosch G, Zhang JF, Van Houdt J. 2014. Optimization of inter-gate-dielectrics in hybrid float gate devices to reduce window instability during memory operations MICROELECTRONICS RELIABILITY, 54 :2258-2261 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Hatta SWM, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Soin N, Kaczer B, Gendt SD, Groeseneken G. 2014. Energy distribution of positive charges in high-k dielectric MICROELECTRONICS RELIABILITY, 54 :2329-2333 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Kaczer B, Schram T, Ritzenthaler R, Groeseneken G, Asenov A. 2014. Development of a Technique for Characterizing Bias Temperature Instability-Induced Device-to-Device Variation at SRAM-Relevant Conditions IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 61 :3081-3089 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tang B, Zhang W, Toledano-Luque M, Zhang JF, Degraeve R, Ji Z, Arreghini A, Van den Bosch G, Van Houdt J. 2014. Experimental Evidence Toward Understanding Charge Pumping Signals in 3-D Devices With Poly-Si Channel IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 61 :1501-1507 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Tang B, Zhang WD, Degraeve R, Breuil L, Blomme P, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zahid M, Toledano-Luque M, Van den Bosch G, Van Houdt J. 2014. Evaluation and Solutions for P/E Window Instability Induced by Electron Trapping in High-kappa Intergate Dielectrics of Flash Memory Cells IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 61 :1299-1306 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ma J, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Benbakhti B, Zhang WD, Zheng XF, Mitard J, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G, Hall S, Robertson J, Chalker PR. 2014. Characterization of Negative-Bias Temperature Instability of Ge MOSFETs With GeO2/Al2O3 Stack IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 61 :1307-1315 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ma J, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Benbakhti B, Zhang WD, Mitard J, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G, Hall S, Robertson J, Chalker P. 2014. Energy Distribution of Positive Charges in Al2O3/GeO2/Ge pMOSFETs IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, 35 :160-162 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Hatta SWM, Zhang JF, Zhang W, Niblock J, Bachmayr P, Stauffer L, Wright K, Greer S. 2014. A new technique for probing the energy distribution of positive charges in gate dielectric 2014 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICROELECTRONIC TEST STRUCTURES (ICMTS), :73-78 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Duani M, Ji Z, Zhang W. 2014. TIME-DEPENDENT DEVICE-TO-DEVICE VARIATION ACCOUNTING FOR WITHIN-DEVICE FLUCTUATION (TVF): A NEW CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUE Tang TA, Zhou J. 2014 12TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLID-STATE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY (ICSICT), DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Robinson C, Zhang WD, Tang B, Zheng XF, Zhang JF. 2014. Instabilities induced by electron trapping/detrapping in high-k gate dielectrics of Flash memories: Evaluation and Suppression Tang TA, Zhou J. 2014 12TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLID-STATE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY (ICSICT), DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ji Z, Gillbert J, Zhang JF, Zhang W. 2013. A new Ultra-Fast Single Pulse technique (UFSP) for channel effective mobility evaluation in MOSFETs IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, :64-69 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Kaczer B, Schram T, Ritzenthaler R, Groeseneken G, Asenov A. 2013. New analysis method for time-dependent device-to-device variation accounting for within-device fluctuation IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 60 :2505-2511 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Liu WJ, Sun XW, Tran XA, Fang Z, Wang ZR, Wang F, Wu L, Zhang JF, Wei J, Zhu HL, Yu HY. 2013. Observation of the Ambient Effect in BTI Characteristics of Back-Gated Single Layer Graphene Field Effect Transistors IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 60 :2682-2686 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Tang B, Robinson C, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Degraeve R, Blomme P, Toledano-Luque M, Van Den Bosch G, Govoreanu B, Van Houdt J. 2013. Read and pass disturbance in the programmed states of floating gate flash memory cells with high-κ interpoly gate dielectric stacks IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 60 :2261-2267 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Tang B, Toledano-Luque M, Zhang WD, Van Den Bosch G, Degraeve R, Zhang JF, Van Houdt J. 2013. Statistical characterization of vertical poly-Si channel using charge pumping technique for 3D flash memory optimization Microelectronic Engineering, 109 :39-42 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ma J, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Benbakhti B, Duan M, Zhang W, Zheng XF, Mitard J, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G, Hall S, Robertson J, Chalker P. 2013. Towards understanding hole traps and NBTI of Ge/GeO
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang WD, Kaczer B, De Gendt S, Groeseneken G. 2013. New insights into defect loss, slowdown, and device lifetime enhancement IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 60 :413-419 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang W. 2013. Defect losses under different processes, stress, recovery, and anneal conditions Lin Q, Claeys C, Huang D, Wu H, Kuo Y, Huang R, Lai K, Zhang Y, Guo Z, Wang S, Liu R, Jiang T, Song P, Lam C, Xiong J, Chen K. CHINA SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2013 (CSTIC 2013), 52 :929-934 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Hatta SWM, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Duan M, Zhang WD, Soin N, Kaczer B, De Gendt S, Groeseneken G. 2013. Energy Distribution of Positive Charges in Gate Dielectric: Probing Technique and Impacts of Different Defects IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 60 :1745-1753 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ji Z, Hatta SFWM, Zhang JF, Ma JG, Zhang W, Soin N, Kaczer B, De Gendt S, Groeseneken G. 2013. Negative Bias Temperature Instability Lifetime Prediction: Problems and Solutions 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING (IEDM), DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Ma JG, Zhang W, Kaczer B, Schram T, Ritzenthaler R, Groeseneken G, Asenov A. 2013. Key issues and techniques for characterizing Time-dependent Device-to-Device Variation of SRAM 2013 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING (IEDM), DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Ji Z, Duan M, Zhang W. 2012. Development of new characterisation technique for interface states beyond bandgap ICSICT 2012 - 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Proceedings, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang WD, Robinson C, Zheng XF, Zhang JF. 2012. Characterisation of electron traps in high-k dielectric stacks for Flash memory applications using fast pulse techniques ICSICT 2012 - 2012 IEEE 11th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Proceedings, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Kaczer B, De Gendt S, Groeseneken G. 2012. Interface States Beyond Band Gap and Their Impact on Charge Carrier Mobility in MOSFETs IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 59 :783-790 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Liu WJ, Sun XW, Fang Z, Wang ZR, Tran XA, Wang F, Wu L, Ng GI, Zhang JF, Wei J, Zhu HL, Yu HY. 2012. Positive Bias-Induced Vth Instability in Graphene Field Effect Transistors IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, 33 :339-341 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Duan M, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang W, Kaczer B, De Gendt S, Groeseneken G. 2012. Defect Loss: A New Concept for Reliability of MOSFETs IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, 33 :480-482 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Liu WJ, Sun XW, Tran XA, Fang Z, Wang ZR, Wang F, Wu L, Zhang JF, Wei J, Zhu HL, Yu HY. 2012. Vth Shift in Single-Layer Graphene Field-Effect Transistors and Its Correlation With Raman Inspection IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DEVICE AND MATERIALS RELIABILITY, 12 :478-481 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang W. 2012. A New Mobility Extraction Technique Based on Simultaneous Ultrafast Id-Vg and Ccg-Vg Measurements in MOSFETs IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 59 :1906-1914 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Tang B, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Van den Bosch G, Toledano-Luque M, Govoreanu B, Van Houdt J. 2012. Investigation of Abnormal VTH/VFB Shifts Under Operating Conditions in Flash Memory Cells With Al2O3 High-κ Gate Stacks IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 59 :1870-1877 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Benbakhti B, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Zhang W, Mitard J, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G, Hall S, Robertson J, Chalker P. 2012. Characterization of electron traps in Si-capped Ge MOSFETs with HfO
Zheng XF, Robinson C, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Govoreanu B, Van Houdt J. 2011. Electron Trapping in HfAlO High-kappa Stack for Flash Memory Applications: An Origin of V-th Window Closure During Cycling Operations IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 58 :1344-1351 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lin L, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Kaczer B, De Gendt S, Groeseneken G. 2011. A Single Pulse Charge Pumping Technique for Fast Measurements of Interface States IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 58 :1490-1498 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Ji Z, Lin L, Zhang W. 2010. Effective threshold voltage shift: A measure for NBTI removing uncertainty in mobility degradation ICSICT-2010 - 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Proceedings, :1600-1603 DOI Publisher Url
Zheng XF, Zhang WD, Govoreanu B, Zhang JF, van Houdt J. 2010. A New Multipulse Technique for Probing Electron Trap Energy Distribution in High-kappa Materials for Flash Memory Application IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 57 :2484-2492 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ji Z, Lin L, Zhang JF, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G. 2010. NBTI Lifetime Prediction and Kinetics at Operation Bias Based on Ultrafast Pulse Measurement IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 57 :228-237 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zheng XF, Zhang WD, Govoreanu B, Aguado DR, Zhang JF, Van Houdt J. 2010. Energy and Spatial Distributions of Electron Traps Throughout SiO2/Al2O3 Stacks as the IPD in Flash Memory Application IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 57 :288-296 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang W, Groeseneken G, Pantisano L, De Gendt S, Heyns MM. 2009. An assessment of the mobility degradation induced by remote charge scattering APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 95 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
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Zhang JF, Duan M, Ji Z, Zhang WD. 2016. DEFECTS FOR RANDOM TELEGRAPH NOISE AND NEGATIVE BIAS TEMPERATURE INSTABILITY IEEE Explore, 2016 IEEE China Semiconductor Technology International Conference DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zhang JF, Duan M, Manut A, Ji Z, Zhang W, Asenov A, Gerrer L, Reid D, Razaidi H, Vigar D, Chandra V, Aitken R, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G. 2015. Hot carrier aging and its variation under use-bias: kinetics, prediction, impact on Vdd and SRAM 2015 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) :20.4.1-20.4.4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Zhang JF, Duan M, Ji Z, Zhang WD. 2015. NBTI prediction and its induced time dependent variation Proceedings of 2015 11th IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON), 2015 11th IEEE International Conference on ASIC (ASICON) :1-4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Linten D, Boschke R, Hellings G, Chen SH, Alian A, Zhou D, Mols Y, Ivanov T, Franco J, Kaczer B, Zhang X, Gao R, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Collaert N. 2015. ESD characterization of planar InGaAs devices Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2015 IEEE International, IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS) :3F.1.1-3F.1.7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Zhang JF, Lin L, Duan M, Zhang WD, Zhang X, Gao R, Kaczer B, Franco J, Schram T, Horiguchi N, De Gendt S, Groeseneken G. 2015. A test-proven As-grown-Generation (A-G) model for predicting NBTI under use-bias 2015 Symposium on VLSI Technology Digest of Technical Papers, 2015 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits :T36-T37 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Ren P, Duan M, Zhang JF. 2015. New Insights into the Design for End-of-life Variability of NBTI in Scaled High-κ/Metal-gate Technology for the nano-Reliability Era Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014 IEEE International, Electron Devices Meeting :34.1.1-34.1.4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ma J, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Benbakhti B, Ji Z, Mitard J, Franco J, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G. 2014. NBTI of Ge pMOSFETs: understanding defects and enabling lifetime prediction Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2014 IEEE International, 2014 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) :34.2.1-34.2.4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WEI, Zhang X. 2014. A single device based Voltage Step Stress (VSS) Technique for fast reliability screening Reliability Physics Symposium, 2014 IEEE International, Reliability Physics Symposium, 2014 :GD.2.1-GD.2.4 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Tang BJ, Zhang WD, Breuil L, Robinson C, Wang YQ, Toledano-Luque M, Van Den Bosch G, Zhang JF, Van Houdt J. 2014. Optimization of inter-gate-dielectrics in hybrid float gate devices to reduce window instability during memory operations Microelectronics Reliability, 54 :2258-2261 DOI
Hatta SWM, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD, Soin N, Kaczer B, Gendt SD, Groeseneken G. 2014. Energy distribution of positive charges in high-k dielectric Microelectronics Reliability, 54 :2329-2333 DOI
Wang Z, Dissanayake G. 2012. Exploiting Vehicle Motion Information in Monocular SLAM 2012 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL, AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS & VISION (ICARCV), 12th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV) :1030-1035 Author Url
Tang BJ, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Van den Bosch G, Govoreanu B, Van Houdt J. 2011. Abnormal VTH/VFB shift caused by as-grown mobile charges in Al2O3 and its impacts on Flash memory cell operations 2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING (IEDM), DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lin L, Ji Z, Zhang JF, Zhang WD. 2011. Development of a Fast Technique for Characterizing Interface States SILICON NITRIDE, SILICON DIOXIDE, AND EMERGING DIELECTRICS 11, 35 :81-93 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Hatta SFWM, Soin N, Abd Hadi D, Zhang JF. 2010. NBTI degradation effect on advanced-process 45 nm high-k PMOSFETs with geometric and process variations MICROELECTRONICS RELIABILITY, 21st European Symposium on the Reliability of Electron Devices, Failure Physics and Analysis (ESREF) 50 :1283-1289 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zheng XF, Zhang WD, Govoreanu B, Zhang JF, Van Houdt J. 2009. A discharge-based multi-pulse technique (DMP) for probing electron trap energy distribution in high-k materials for flash memory application Technical Digest - International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM, DOI Publisher Url
Zheng XF, Zhang WD, Govoreanu B, Zhang JF, Van Houdt J. 2009. Impact of PDA temperature on electron trap energy and spatial distributions in SiO2/Al2O3 stack as the IPD in Flash memory cells MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 16th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 86 :1834-1837 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF. 2009. Defects and instabilities in Hf-dielectric/SiON stacks (Invited Paper) MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 16th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 86 :1883-1887 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Ji Z, Lin L, Zhang JF. 2009. Impact of sensing gate bias on NBTI of Hf-based dielectric stacks Sah RE, Deen JM, Toriumi A, Zhang J, Yota J. SILICON NITRIDE, SILICON DIOXIDE, AND EMERGING DIELECTRICS 10, Symposium on Silicon Nitride, Silicon Dioxide Thin Insulating Films and Emerging Dielectrics held at the 215th ECS Meeting 19 :351-362 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zheng XFN, Zhang WD, Govoreanu B, Zhang JF, van Houdt J. 2009. A discharge-based multi-pulse technique (DMP) for probing electron trap energy distribution in high-k materials for Flash memory application 2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING, IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM 2009) :127-+ Author Url
Zhang JF, Zhao CZ, Chang MH. 2008. Positive charge in HF-based dielectric stacks Proceedings - Electrochemical Society, PV 2008-1 :76-87
Zhang JF, Chang MH, Ji Z, Zhang WD. 2008. Recent progress in understanding the instability and defects in gate dielectrics Yu M, An X. 2008 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLID-STATE AND INTEGRATED-CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY, VOLS 1-4, 9th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology :608-611 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Wang Y, Zhang JF, Chang MH, Xu M, Tan C. 2008. Characteristics of As-grown Hole Trapping in Silicon Oxynitride p-MOSFETs Subjected to Negative Bias Temperature Stress Yu M, An X. 2008 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLID-STATE AND INTEGRATED-CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY, VOLS 1-4, 9th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology :632-+ DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zahid MB, Degraeve R, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G. 2007. Impact of process conditions on interface and high-kappa trap density studied by variable T-charge-T-discharge charge pumping ((VTCP)-C-2) MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 15th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 84 :1951-1955 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Efthymiou E, Bernardini S, Volkos SN, Hamilton B, Zhang JF, Uppal HJ, Peaker AR. 2007. Reliability nano-characterization of thin SiO2 and HfSixOy/SiO2 gate stacks MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 15th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 84 :2290-2293 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhao CZ, Zhang JF, Zahid MB, Efthymiou E, Lu Y, Hall S, Peaker AR, Groeseneken G, Pantisano L, Degraeve R, De Gendt S, Heyns M. 2007. Hydrogen induced positive charge in Hf-based dielectrics MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 15th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 84 :2354-2357 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Lu Y, Hall S, Buiu O, Zhang JF. 2007. Real-time observation of charging dynamics in hafnium silicate films using MOS capacitance transients MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 15th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 84 :2390-2393 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zahid MB, Degraeve R, Pantisano L, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G. 2007. Defects generation in SiO2/HfO2 studied with variable T-charge-T-discharge charge pumping ((VTCP)-C-2). 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL RELIABILITY PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS - 45TH ANNUAL, 45th Annual IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium :55-+ DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Ji Z, Chang MH, Kaczer B, Groeseneken G. 2007. Real Vth instability of pMOSFETs under practical operation conditions 2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICES MEETING, VOLS 1 AND 2, IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting :817-+ DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Zhao CZ, Chang MH, Zhang W, Groeseneken G, Pantisano L, De Gendt S, Heyns M. 2007. Instability and defects in gate dielectric: Similarity and differences between Hf-stacks and SiO
Zheng XF, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Chang MH, Hao Y. 2007. Non-uniform distribution of electron traps generated by fowler-nordheim stress in silicon dioxides ECS Transactions, 6 :329-341 DOI Publisher Url
Chang MH, Wang Y, Zhang JF, Zhao CZ, Zhang WD, Xu M. 2007. Contribution of as-grown hole traps to NBTI ECS Transactions, 6 :245-262 DOI Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Chang MH. 2007. An assessment of effective mobility variation during negative bias temperature stress ECS Transactions, 6 :301-311 DOI Publisher Url
Zhang JF. 2006. Properties of electron traps in Hfo
Chang MH, Zhang JF. 2005. On the trapping kinetics of electron traps created in silicon dioxides Proceedings - Electrochemical Society, PV 2005-01 :199-207
Chang MH, Zhang JF. 2005. An investigation of positive charges formed during negative bias temperature stress Proceedings - Electrochemical Society, PV 2005-01 :293-303
Zhao CZ, Zahid MB, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G, Degraeve R, De Gendt S. 2005. Properties and dynamic behavior of electron traps in HfO2/SiO2 stacks MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 14th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 80 :366-369 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Zhao CZ. 2004. A review of positive charge formation in gate oxides Huang R, Yu M, Liou JJ, Hiramoto T, Claeys C. 2004: 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLID-STATE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TECHNOLOGY, VOLS 1- 3, PROCEEDINGS, 7th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuits Technology :781-786 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Soin N, Zhang JF, Groseneken G. 2002. The dependence of gate current density and substrate bias on trapped electrons IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Proceedings, ICSE, :566-570 DOI Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Zhao CZ, Sii HK, Groeseneken G, Degraeve R, Ellis JN, Beech CD. 2002. Relation between hole traps and hydrogenous species in silicon dioxides SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS, 12th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 46 :1839-1847 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Zhao CZ, Groeseneken G, Degraeve R, Ellis JN, Beech CD. 2001. Relation between hole traps and non-reactive hydrogen-induced positive charges MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 12th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 59 :67-72 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Sii HK, Groeseneken G, Degraeve R. 2001. Generation of hole traps in silicon dioxides Tan W, Pey KL, Chim WK, Thong J. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2001 8TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE PHYSICAL & FAILURE ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, 8th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA 2001) :50-54 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Soin N, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G. 2000. MOSFETs reliability : Electron trapping in gate dielectric IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Proceedings, ICSE, :104-109
Zhao CZ, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G, Degraeve R, Ellis JN, Beech CD. 2000. Hydrogen induced and plasma charging enhanced positive charge generation in gate oxides Koyanagi M, Egelhardt M, Gabriel CT. 2000 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PLASMA PROCESS-INDUCED DAMAGE, 5th International Symposium on Plasma Process-Induced Damage (P2ID) :129-132 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Sii HK, Zhang JF, Degraeve R, Groeseneken G. 1999. Relation between hydrogen and the generation of interface state precursors MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 11th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors 48 :135-138 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
AlKofahi IS, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G. 1997. Generation and annealing of hot hole induced interface states MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 10th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors (INFOS 97) 36 :227-230 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Al-kofahi IS, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G. 1996. The enhanced degradation of MOSFETs damaged by hot holes Massoud HZ, Poindexter EH, Helms CR. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SIO(2) AND THE SI-SIO(2) INTERFACE-3, 1996, 3rd International Symposium on the Physics and Chemistry of SiO(2) and the Si-SiO(2) Interface. at the Spring Meeting of the Electrochemical-Society 96 :711-721 Author Url
Alkofahi IS, Zhang JF, Groeseneken G. 1996. On the hot hole induced post-stress interface trap generation in MOSFET's 1996 IEEE INTERNATIONAL RELIABILITY PHYSICS PROCEEDINGS, 34TH ANNUAL, IEEE 34th Annual International Reliability Physics Symposium :305-310 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
GOH IS, ZHANG JF, HALL S, ECCLESTON W, WERNER K. 1995. PLASMA OXIDATION OF SI AND SIGE MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 9th Biennial Conference on Insulating Films on Semiconductors (INFOS 95) 28 :221-224 DOI Author Url Publisher Url
Zhang JF, Eccleston W. 1994. A comparative study of positive and negative bias temperature instabilities in MOSFETs 1994 International Electron Devices and Materials Symposium, EDMS 1994, DOI Publisher Url
Ma J, Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Ji Z, Benbakhti B, Franco J, Mitard J, Witters L, Collaert N, Groeseneken G. AC NBTI of Ge pMOSFETs: Impact of Energy Alternating Defects on Lifetime Prediction 2015 Symposium on VLSI Technology Digest of Technical Papers, 2015 SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI TECHNOLOGY :T34-T35 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Wu J, Ren P, Zhang C, Xiao Y, Xue Y, Li Y, Wang X, Zhang L, Liu J, Zhang J, Wang R, Ji Z, Huang R. Comprehensive Understanding of Flicker Noise in Advanced FinFET Technology: from Noise Sources Separation to Physical-based Modeling 2023 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 69th Annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) :1-4 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Hu Z, Wang G, Chai Z, Zhang W, Garbin D, Degraeve R, Clima S, Ravsher T, Fantini A, Zhang JF, Belmonte A, Kar G. Understanding the Variability in GeAsTe Ovonic Threshold Switching Devices 2024 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), International Electron Device Meeting DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Hu Z, Chai Z, Zhang W, Zhang JF. Switch-off mechanisms in GeAsTe Ovonic Threshold Switching Selector Device 2024 IEEE 17th International Conference on Solid-State & Integrated Circuit Proceedings, 2024 IEEE 17th International Conference on Solid-State & Integrated Circuit :1-4 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Chapters
Zhang JF. 2014. Oxide defects Bias Temperature Instability for Devices and Circuits 9781461479093 :253-285 DOI Publisher Url
Grasser T. 2013. Bias Temperature Instability for Devices and Circuits Springer Science & Business Media 9781461479093
Zhang JF. Traps Wiley DOI Publisher Url
Zhang JF. Traps :1-10 Wiley DOI Publisher Url
Editorial boards:
Electronics, Member of Editorial Board. 2021
Research Grants Awarded:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Realistic fault modelling to enable optimization of low power IoT and Cognitive fault-tolerant computing systems, W. Zhang and J. Marsland, Grant value (£): 487,200, Duration of research project: 3 Years. 2021
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Time-Dependent Variability: A test-proven modelling approach for systems verification and power consumption minimization, Z. Ji and W. Zhang, Grant value (£): 517,676, Duration of research project: 4 Years. 2014
Engineering and Physical Research Council, High permittivity dielectrics on Ge for end of roadmap application, W. Zhang, Grant value (£): 462,589, Duration of research project: 3 Years. 2011
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Performance, degradation and defect structure of MOS devices using high-k materials as gate dielectrics, Grant value (£): 191,097, Duration of research project: 3 Years. 2005
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Hole trap generation and its role in oxide breakdown, Grant value (£): 165,961, Duration of research project: 3 Years. 2001
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Post-stress degradation of MOS devices, Grant value (£): 104,542, Duration of research project: 3 Years. 1997
Award:
Best paper, IEEE 26th International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA). 2019
External committees:
Technical Programme Committee of IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), IEEE. 2016
Technical Programme Committe of IEEE International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits (IPFA), IEEE. 2014
Technical Programme Committee of IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), USA, IEEE. 2013
Technical Programme Committee of China Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC), IEEE.
External collaboration:
ARM Holding, Andrea Kells. 2014
Glasgow University, Asen Asenov. 2014
Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd, David Vigar. 2014
Synopsys, Teery Ma. 2014
Cambridge University, John Robertson. 2011
Liverpool University, Steve Hall. 2005
Manchester University, Tony Peaker. 2005
Peking University, Ru Huang. 2004
IMEC, The world-leading research institute in Microelectronics, Ben Kaczer, Guido Groesenekwn. 1992
Fellowships:
Fellow, The Higher Education Academy (HEA). 2014