Vivek Subramanian

Publications
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Patents

  1. "Vertically stacked field programmable nonvolatile memory and method of fabrication", M. G. Johnson, T. H. Lee, V. Subramanian, and P. M. Farmwald, US Patent 6780711
  2. "Thermal processing for three dimensional circuits", V. Subramanian, J. M. Cleeves, J. N. Knall, C. K. Li, and M. A. Vyvoda, US Patent 6770939
  3. "Multigate semiconductor device with vertical channel current and method of fabrication", J. M. Cleeves and V. Subramanian, US Patent 6677204
  4. "Thermal processing for three dimensional circuits", V. Subramanian, J. M. Cleeves, J. N. Knall, C. K. Li, and M. A. Vyvoda, US Patent 6624011
  5. "Multigate semiconductor device with vertical channel current and method of fabrication", J. M. Cleeves and V. Subramanian, US Patent 6580124
  6. "Patterning three dimensional structures", C. K. Li, J. N. Knall, M. A. Vyvoda, J. M. Cleeves, and V. Subramanian, US Patent 6627530
  7. "Low cost three-dimensional memory array", M. Johnson, T. Lee, V. Subramanian, P. Farmwald, J. Knall, US Patent 6515888
  8. "Integrated circuit structure including three-dimensional memory array", M. Johnson, T. Lee, V. Subramanian, P. M. Farmwald, J. M. Cleeves, US Patent 6385074.
  9. "FINFET transistor structures having double gate channel extending vertically from a substrate and methods of manufacture", C. Hu, T-J. King, V. Subramanian, L. Chang, X. Huang, Y-K. Choi, J. T. Kedzierski, N. Lindert, J. Bokor, W-C. Lee, US Patent 6413802.
  10. "Vertically Stacked Field Programmable Nonvolatile Memory and Method of Fabrication", M. Johnson, T. Lee, V. Subramanian, P. M. Farmwald, and J. M. Cleeves, US Patent 6185122.
  11. "Vertically Stacked Field Programmable Nonvolatile Memory and Method of Fabrication", M. Johnson, T. Lee, V. Subramanian, P. M. Farmwald, and J. M. Cleeves, US Patent 6034882.
  12. "Vertically Stacked Field Programmable Nonvolatile Memory and Method of Fabrication", M. Johnson, T. Lee, V. Subramanian, P. M. Farmwald, and J. M. Cleeves, US Patent 6351406.
  13. "Vertically Stacked Field Programmable Nonvolatile Memory and Method of Fabrication", M. Johnson, T. Lee, V. Subramanian, P. M. Farmwald, and J. M. Cleeves, US Patent 6483736.
Invited Magazine Articles
  1. "3D Chips: Future Possibilities", V. Subramanian, Silicon India, Feb 2003, pp. 24-25.
Invited Conference Papers
  1. "Printed Organic Transistors for Ultra-low-cost RFID Applications", Vivek Subramanian, Paul C. Chang, Josephine B. Lee, Steven E. Molesa, and Steven K. Volkman, Polytronic 2004: 4th International IEEE Conference on Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics, Portland, Oregon, USA, 12 September 2004.
  2. "Materials, Device, and Circuits Issues for low-cost printed RFID", V. Subramanian, 2nd Cintelliq Organic Semiconductor Conference, 2004 (OSC-2004), Cambridge, England, October 2004.
  3. "All-printed flexible organic thin film transistors: Current status and outlook for the future", V. Subramanian, J. M. J. Fréchet, P. C. Chang, D. C. Huang, J. B. Lee, F. Liao, B. A. Mattis, S. Molesa, A. R. Murphy, D. R. Redinger, and S. K. Volkman, 206th meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, October 2004.
  4. "Printed Organic Transistors for Ultra-low-cost RFID Applications", Vivek Subramanian, Paul C. Chang, Josephine B. Lee, Steven E. Molesa, and Steven K. Volkman, Polytronic 2004: 4th International IEEE Conference on Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics, Portland, Oregon, USA, 12-15 September 2004.
  5. "Materials, Device, and Circuits Issues for low-cost printed RFID", V. Subramanian, 2nd Cintelliq Organic Semiconductor Conference, 2004 (OSC-2004), Cambridge, England, October 2004.
  6. "Nanoscale organic transistors: towards gain in molecular devices", V. Subramanian, P. C. Chang, J. B. Lee, T. Le, A. Murphy, J. M. J. Frechet, and J. A. Liddle, presented, Conference on Nanoscale Devices & System Integration (NDSI) in Miami, Florida, on February 15-19, 2004.
  7. "Towards Printed Low-Cost RFID Tags: Device, Materials and Circuit Technologies", V. Subramanian, 2nd Advanced Technology Workshop on Printing an Intelligent Future: Printed Organic and Molecular Electronic Technologies, Boston, MA, March 16-19, 2003.
  8. "Prospects for organic semiconductor based devices and circuits: applications, performance, and reliability considerations", V. Subramanian, 2002 Topical Research Conference on Reliability, Oct 2002.
  9. "FinFET - quasi-planar double-gate MOSFET", S. H. Tang, L. Chang, N. Lindert, Y-K. Choi, W-C. Lee, X. Huang, V. Subramanian, J. Bokor, T-J. King, C. Hu, 20001 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers, pp. 118-119, 437, 2001.
  10. "3-D ICs with Multiple Si Layers: Performance Analysis, and Technology", K. Saraswat, K. Banerjee, A. Joshi, P. Kalavade, S. Souri, and V. Subramanian, presented at The Fifth International Symposium on Low and High Dielectric Constant Materials: Materials Science, Processing, and Reliability Issues, 197th meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 14-18, 2000.
  11. "Novel 3-D Structures", K. C. Saraswat, S. J. Souri, V. Subramanian, A. R. Joshi, and A. W. Wang, 1999 IEEE International SOI Conference Proceedings, pp. 54-55.
  12. "Seeding Technology for High Performance TFTs", K. C. Saraswat and V. Subramanian, Proceedings of the Electronic Display Forum 98, EIAJ/SEMI, Yokohama, April 1998, pp. 2.7-2.15.
  13. "A Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Si TFT Technology for Large-Area AMLCD Drivers", K. C. Saraswat, V. Subramanian, and S. Jurichich, Polycrystalline Thin Films III - Structure, Texture, Properties, and Applications, MRS Symposium Proceedings pp 439-449, 1997.
  14. "A low temperature polycrystalline SiGe CMOS TFT technology for large area AMLCD drivers", K. C. Saraswat, S. Jurichich, T.-J. King, V. Subramanian, and A. Wang, Proceedings of Thin Film Transistor Technologies III, ECS Symposium, 1996, pp. 186-196.

Journal Papers

  1. "Progress towards development of all-printed RFID tags: Materials, Processes, and Devices", Vivek Subramanian, Jean M. J. Fréchet , Paul C. Chang, Daniel Huang, Josephine B. Lee, Steven E. Molesa, Amanda R. Murphy, David R. Redinger, and Steven K. Volkman, in print, Proceedings of the IEEE, to appear in the special issue on flexible electronics
  2. "10nm organic FETs: scaling phenomena and characterization", Josephine Lee, Paul Chang, Alex Liddle, and Vivek Subramanian, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
  3. "Organic TFTs as gas sensors for electronic nose applications", F. Liao, C. Chen, and V. Subramanian, in print, Sensors and Actuators B
  4. "Single-Monolayer Inkjetted Oligothiophene OTFTs Exhibiting Low Leakage and High Performance", P. C. Chang,, S. E. Molesa, A. R. Murphy, J. M. J. Fréchet, and V. Subramamian, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  5. "Analysis and Optimization of Inductive Power Coupling for all-printed low-cost RFID", M. Chew, A. Niknejad, Member, and V. Subramanian, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies
  6. "Inkjetted Passive Components on Plastic Substrate for RFID", D. Redinger, R. Farshchi, and V. Subramanian, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 51, pp. 1978, 2004.
  7. "Film Morphology and Thin Film Transistor Performance of Solution Processed Oligothiophenes", Paul C. Chang, Josephine Lee, Daniel Huang, Vivek Subramanian, Amanda R. Murphy, and Jean M. J. Fréchet,, J. Chem. Mat. (Articles ASAP: cm0496570), 2004
  8. "Organic transistors on fibers: A first step towards electronic textiles", Josephine B. Lee and Vivek Subramanian, in print, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
  9. "Organic Thin Film Transistors from a Soluble Oligothiophene Derivative Containing Thermally Removable Solubilizing Groups", Amanda R. Murphy, Jean M. J. Frechet, Paul Chang, Josephine Lee,and Vivek Subramanian, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003
  10. "Plastic-compatible low-resistance printable gold nanoparticle conductors for flexible electronics", D. Huang, F. Liao, S. Molesa, D. Redinger, and V. Subramanian, Journal of the electrochemical society, vol 150, pp 412-417, 2003.
  11. "Observation of dopant-mediated intermixing at Ge/Si Interface", H. Takeuchi, P. Ranade, V. Subramanian, and T-J. King, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 80, pp. 3706-3708, 2002.
  12. "A novel elevated source/drain PMOSFET formed by Ge-B/Si Intermixing", P. Ranade, H. Takeuchi, V. Subramanian, and T-J. King, IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 23, pp. 218-220, 2002.
  13. "Design and Fabrication of 50 nm Ultra-Thin Body P-MOSFETs with a Silicon-Germanium Heterostructure Channel". Y-C. Yeo, V. Subramanian, J. Kedzierski, P. Xuan, T-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 49, pp. 279 -286, 2002.
  14. "Obervation of Boron and Arsenic Mediated Interdiffusion Across Germanium/Silicon Interfaces", P. Ranade, H. Takeuchi, V. Subramanian and T.-J. King, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. G5-G7, 2002.
  15. "Sub-50nm P-Channel FinFET", X. Huang, W-C. Lee, C. Kuo, D. Hisamoto, L. Chang, J. Kedzierski, E. Anderson, H. Takeuchi, Y-K. Choi, K. Asano, V. Subramanian, T-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 48, pp. 880-886, 2001.
  16. "A 20 nm gate-length ultra-thin body p-MOSFET with silicide source/drain" J. Kedzierski, P. Xuan, V. Subramanian, E. Anderson, J. Bokor, T.-J. King, and C. Hu, Superlattices and Microstructures, Vol. 28, pp.445-452, 2000.
  17. "Ultrathin-body SOI MOSFET for deep-sub-tenth micron era", Y-K. Choi, K. Asano, N. Lindert, V. Subramanian, T-J. King, J. Bokor, C. Hu , IEEE Electron Device Letters , Vol. 21, pp. 254-255, 2000.
  18. "Nanoscale Ultra-Thin-Body Silicon-on-Insulator P-MOSFET with a SiGe/Si Heterostructure Channel", Y. C. Yeo, V. Subramanian, J. Kedzierski, P. Xuan, T-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 21, pp. 161-163, 2000.
  19. "Low-leakage Germanium-seeded Laterally-crystallized Single-grain 100nm TFTs for Vertical Integration Applications", V. Subramanian, M. Toita, N. R. Ibrahim, S. J. Souri and K. C. Saraswat, IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol. 20, pp. 341-343, 1999.
  20. "High Performance Germanium-Seeded Laterally Crystallized TFTs for Vertical Device Integration", V. Subramanian and K. C. Saraswat, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. Vol. 18, pp. 1934-1939, 1998.
  21. "Optimization of Silicon-Germanium TFTs through the control of amorphous precursor characteristics", V. Subramanian and K. C. Saraswat, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 45, pp. 1690-1695, 1998.
  22. "Controlled Two-Step Solid Phase Crystallization for High Performance Polysilicon TFTs", V. Subramanian, P. Dankoski, L. Degertekin, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and K. C. Saraswat, IEEE Electron Device. Letters, vol. 18, pp. 378-81, 1997
  23. "In-Situ Monitoring of Crystallinity and Temperature During Rapid Thermal Crystallization of Silicon on Glass", V. Subramanian, L. Degertekin, P. Dankoski, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and K. C. Saraswat, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 144, 1997, pp. 2216-2221.
  24. "The Effect of Ionizing Radiation Damage on Transconductance of Short Channel Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistors", Subramanian & Bhattacharya, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics I, vol. 34 (1995), pp. 1809
  25. "Chemical Contamination of Thin Oxides and Native Silicon for use in Modern Device Processing", Subramanian et al, International Journal of Electronics, vol. 78 (1995), pp. 519
Conference Papers
  1. "A high-performance all-inkjetted organic transistor technology", Steven E. Molesa, Steven K. Volkman, David R. Redinger, Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, and Vivek Subramanian, 2004 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting Technical Digest, pp. 1072, 2004.
  2. "A novel transparent air-stable printable n-type semiconductor technology using ZnO nanoparticles", Steven K. Volkman, Steven E. Molesa, Josephine B. Lee, Brian A. Mattis, Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, Teymur Bakhishev, and Vivek Subramanian, 2004 IEEE International Electron Device meeting Technical Digest, pp. 769, 2004.
  3. "Structure and order development in organic semiconductor films", Dean M DeLongchamp, Erin Jablonski, Sharadha Sambasivan, Daniel Fischer, Eric K Lin, Steven Volkman, Paul Chang, Vivek Subramanian, 2004 Annual AIChE Meeting, Austin, TX, Nov 7-12, 2004.
  4. "Single-Monolayer Inkjetted Oligothiophene OTFTs Exhibiting Low Leakage and High Performance", P. C. Chang,, S. E. Molesa, A. R. Murphy, J. M. J. Fréchet, and V. Subramamian, 2004 IEEE Device Research Conference, South Bend, IN, 2004.
  5. "High-performance inkjet-printed pentacene transistors for ultra-low-cost RFID applications.", Steven Molesa, Mark Chew, David Redinger, Steven K Volkman, and Vivek Subramanian, 2004 Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting
  6. "Ink-jetted Silver/Copper conductors for printed RFID applications", Steven K. Volkman, Shong Yin, and Vivek Subramanian, 2004 Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting
  7. "The role of film thickness in organic thin film transistor gas sensors", Christopher Chen, Frank Liao, and Vivek Subramanian, 2004 Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting.
  8. "Organic TFT Gas Sensors for Electronic Nose Applications", Frank Liao, Chris Chen, and Vivek Subramanian, 2004 Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting.
  9. "10nm organic FETs: scaling phenomena and characterization", Josephine Lee, Paul Chang, Alex Liddle, and Vivek Subramanian, 2004 Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting.
  10. "Crystalline Organic Semiconducting Thin Films Cast From a Novel Thermolytic Thiophene Oligomer", Paul C. Chang, Amanda R. Murphy, Josephine B. Lee, Jean M.J. Fréchet, and Vivek Subramanian, Flexible Electronics 2004-Materials and Device Technology, edited by Norbert Fruehauf, Babu R. Chalamala, Bruce E. Gnade, and Jin Jang (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 814, Warrendale, PA , 2004), I12.4.
  11. "Organic transistors on fibers: A first step towards electronic textiles", Josephine B. Lee and Vivek Subramanian, IEEE International Electron Device Meeting, 2003.
  12. "Inkjetted Passive Components on Plastic Substrate for RFID", D. Redinger, R. Farshchi, and V. Subramanian, 2003 IEEE Device Research Conference Conference Digest, pp. 187-188, 2003.
  13. "Effect of Thermal Cycling on performance of poly(3-hexyl)thiophene transistors", B. Mattis, P. Chang, and V. Subramanian, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Spring 2003 meeting, Symposium: Organic and Polymeric Materials and Devices, Editors: Paul W.M. Blom, Neil C. Greenham, Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos, C. Daniel Frisbie, MRS Proceedings Volume 771, L10.35, 2003.
  14. "High-quality inkjet-printed multilevel interconnects and inductive components on plastic for ultra-low-cost RFID applications", S. Molesa, D. Redinger, D. Huang, and V. Subramanian, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Spring 2003 meeting, Symposium H: Flexible Electronics--Materials and Device Technology, Editors: Norbert Fruehauf, Babu R. Chalamala, Bruce E. Gnade, Jin Jang, MRS Proceedings Volume 769, H8.3, 2003.
  15. "Inkjetted organic transistors using a novel pentacene precursor", S. Volkman, S. Molesa, B. Mattis, P. C. Chang, and V. Subramanian, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Spring 2003 meeting, Symposium H: Flexible Electronics--Materials and Device Technology, Editors: Norbert Fruehauf, Babu R. Chalamala, Bruce E. Gnade, Jin Jang, MRS Proceedings Volume 769, H11.7, 2003.
  16. "Flexonics", J. Canny, J. Risner, and V. Subramanian, presented at The Fifth International Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 2002.
  17. "Inkjetted gold conductors for electronics on plastics", Daniel C. Huang, Frank Liao, and Vivek Subramanian, presented at the Materials Research Society Spring 2002 meeting.
  18. "Applications of Printing Technology in Organic Electronics and Display Fabrication", V. Subramanian, presented at the Half Moon Bay Maskless Lithography Workshop, DARPA/SRC, Half Moon Bay, CA, Nov 9-10, 2000.
  19. "A 20 nm Gate-Length Ultra-Thin Body p-MOSFET with Silicide Source/Drain", J. Kedzierski, P. Xuan, V. Subramanian, E. Anderson, J. Bokor, T.-J. King, and C. Hu, presented at the Silicon Nanolectronics Workshop 2000.
  20. "60nm Planarized Ultra-thin Body Solid Phase Epitaxy MOS-FETs", P. Xuan, J. Kedzierski, V. Subramanian, J. Bokor, T-J. King, C. Hu, presented at the 58th Annual Device Research Conference, 2000.
  21. "High performance 200nm single-grain TFTs fabricated using a self-aligned germanium seeding technology", P. Kalavade, A. R. Joshi, V. Subramanian and K. C. Saraswat, presented at the 2000 Materials Research Society Spring Symposium.
  22. "Nanoscale SiGe-Channel Ultra-Thin-Body Silicon-on-Insulator P-MOSFETs", Y-C. Yeo, V. Subramanian, J. Kedzierski, P. Xuan, T-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, presented at the 1999 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium.
  23. "Ultra-thin body SOI MOSFET for Deep-sub-tenth Micron Era", Y-K. Choi, K. Asano, N. Lindert, V. Subramanian, T-J. King, J. Bokor and C. Hu, 1999 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting Technical Digest, pp. 919-921, 1999.
  24. "Sub 50-nm FinFET: PMOS", X. Huang, W-C. Lee, C. Kuo, D. Hisamoto, L. Chang, J. Kedzierski, E. Anderson, H. Takeuchi, Y-K. Choi, K. Asano, V. Subramanian, T-J. King, J. Bokor and C. Hu, 1999 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting Technical Digest, pp. 67-70, 1999.
  25. "A bulk-Si-compatible ultrathin-body SOI technology for sub-100nm MOSFETs", V. Subramanian, J. Kedzierski, N. Lindert, H. Tam, Y. Su, J. McHale, K. Cao, T-J. King, J. Bokor, and C. Hu, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Device Research Conference, pp. 28-29, 1999.
  26. "Process issues for deep-submicron electron beam lithography at the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility", V. Subramanian and M. King, Electron Beam Lithography for Nanostructure Fabrication Workshop, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, January 14-15, 1999.
  27. "Laterally Crystallized Polysilicon TFTs Using Patterned Light Absorption Masks", V. Subramanian and K. C. Saraswat, Proceedings of the 55th Annual Device Research Conference, 1997, pp. 54-55.
  28. "A Novel Technique for 3-D Integration: Ge-seeded Laterally Crystallized TFTs", V. Subramanian and K. C. Saraswat, 1997 Symposium on VLSI technology Digest of Technical Papers, 1997, pp. 97-98.
  29. "Response surface characterization of the deposition of LPCVD SiGe for solid-phase crystallized poly-TFTs", V. Subramanian, K. C. Saraswat, H. Hovagimian, and J. Mehlhaff , Proceedings of the Second International Workshop in Statistical Metrology, 1997, pp. 94-97.
  30. "Design and Characterization of SiGe TFT Devices and Process using Stanford's Test Chip Design Environment", M. V. Kumar, V. Subramanian, K. C. Saraswat, J. D. Plummer, and W. Lukaszek, Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures, pp. 143-145.
  31. "Response surface optimization for high-performance solid-phase crystallized silicon-germanium thin film transistors", V. Subramanian, K. C. Saraswat, H. Hovagimian, and J. Mehlhaff, Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol.3014, p. 127-32, 1997.
  32. "Optimization and Modeling of Silicon-Germanium Thin Film Transistors for AMLCD Applications using a Plackett-Burman Experimental Design", V. Subramanian, K. C. Saraswat, H. Hovagimian, and J. Mehlhaff, First International Workshop on Statistical Metrology, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 9, 1996
  33. "Accelerated Breakdown in Thin Oxide Films due to Interfacial Stress and Carrier Depletion", V. Subramanian, N. Bhat, and K. C. Saraswat, Materials Reliability in Microelectronics VI, MRS Symposium proceedings, 1996, pp. 323-328
  34. "A Novel Technique for In-Situ Monitoring of Crystallinity and Temperature during Rapid Thermal Annealing of Thin Si/Si-Ge films on Quartz/Glass", V. Subramanian, L. Degertekin, P. Dankoski, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and K. C. Saraswat, Flat Panel Display Materials II, MRS Symposium, San Francisco, California, Spring 1996