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Dr Weidong Zhang, Beng, Msc, PhD (Liverpool) 

Research collaboration with IMEC(Belgium) International SEMATECH (USA), and other industrial organisations and universities.

 

Contact:

519a, School of Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, L3 3AF, UK
Tel: +44 151 231 2868
Fax:  +44 151 231 2453
Email: W.ZHANG@LJMU.AC.UK

 

Career Profile

2005-date:     Senior Lecturer in Microelectronics,  Liverpool JMU

2002-2005:    Lecturer in Microelectronics,  Bournemouth University

1992-1999:    Associate Professor/Lecturer,  Xidian University

Research Profile

 

        Authored and co-authored more than 10 technical publications. 
        Member of the Microelectronics Research Group.

        One EPSRC research grant.

        One HEFCE Promosing Researcher Grant.

        One PhD researchers under supervision.

        Completion of more than 5 MSc research project supervision

        Collaborative research with industrial companies and universities.

        Dr Zhang's research has been financially supported by the EPSRC, HEFCE.

 

Research Interests

 

        Reliability of gate dielectrics in CMOS devices.

        VLSI devices and Processing;  

        Digital/Analogue/Mixed Signal/RF ASIC design; 

 

Course Teaching Responsibilities

        Teaching Beng/Bsc in electrical and electronic engineering

Recent Research Projects

"Stress-Induced Leakage Current (SILC) in Thin Gate Oxides of MOSFETs," Sponsored by EPSRC.

 

Promising Researcher Grant, Sponsored by HEFCE.

 

Recent publications 

 

A list of recent publications since 2000 in top-quality international journals:

 

X. F. Zheng, W. D. Zhang, B. Govoreanu, D. Ruiz Aguado, J. F. Zhang

Energy and Spatial Distribution of Electron Traps throughout SiO2/Al2O3 Stacks as the IPD in Flash Memory Application

accepted for publication in IEEE Trans. Elec. Dev. January 2010.

 

X. F. Zheng, W. D. Zhang, B. Govoreanu, J.F.Zhang, J. van Houdt

A discharge-based multi-pulse technique (DMP) for probing electron trap energy distribution in high-k materials for Flash memory application

IEDM, 2009.

 

X. F. Zheng, W. D. Zhang, B. Govoreanu, J.F.Zhang, J. van Houdt,

Impact of PDA temperature on electron trap energy and spatial distributions in SiO2/Al2O3 stack as the IPD in Flash memory cells

Microelectronic Engineering, vol.86, pp.1834–1837, 2009.

 

W. D. Zhang, B. Govoreanu , X. F. Zheng,  D. Ruiz Aguado, M. Rosmeulen, P. Blomme, J. F. Zhang, J. Van Houdt

Two-pulse C-V: A new method for characterizing electron traps in the bulk of SiO2/high-k dielectric stacks

IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol.29, no. 9, pp1043-1046, 2008.

 

W. D. Zhang, J. F. Zhang, C. Z. Zhao, M. H. Chang, G. Groeseneken, and R. Degraeve

Electrical signature of the defect associated with gate oxide breakdown

IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol.27, no. 5, pp393-395, 2006.

 

M. H. Chang, J. F. Zhang, and W. D. Zhang

An assessment of capture cross sections and effective density of electron traps generated in silicon dioxides

IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol.53, no.6, pp1347-1354, 2006.

 

Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Lalor MJ, et al.
Effects of detrapping on electron traps generated in gate oxides 
SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 18 (2): 174-182 FEB 2003

 

Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Lalor M, et al.
Two types of neutral electron traps generated in the gate silicon dioxide 
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES 49 (11): 1868-1875 NOV 2002

 

Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Lalor M, et al.
On the mechanism of electron trap generation in gate oxides 
MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 59 (1-4): 89-94 NOV 2001

 

Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Uren MJ, et al.
Dependence of energy distributions of interface states on stress conditions 
MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 59 (1-4): 95-99 NOV 2001

 

Zhang WD, Zhang JF, Uren MJ, et al.
On the interface states generated under different stress conditions 
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 79 (19): 3092-3094 NOV 5 2001

 

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