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During the past decade, the commercial outlook for GaN-based devices has grown considerably to meet the future need for wireless communications. Although record high output power densities at microwave frequencies have been achieved, factors limiting output power and reliability…

For the past few decades, transistors have been continuously scaled. Dimensions are now at the nanoscale, and device performance has dramatically improved. Nanotechnology is also achieving breakthroughs in thermoelectrics, which have suffered from low efficiencies for decades. A…

Today, with the advancement of technology, the use of conventional tools in human life enables more practical usability with new developments. These developments, which are more and more imposed on our lives every day and come up with new details every day, enable us to choose t…

Graphene has attracted significant research attention for next generation of semiconductor devices due to its high electron mobility and compatibility with planar semiconductor processing. In this dissertation, the influences of Ohmic metals and high dielectric (high-k) constant…

Manufacturing technology has permitted an exponential growth in transistor count and density. However, making efficient use of the available transistors in the design has become exceedingly difficult. Standard design flow involves synthesis, verification, placement and routing f…