G. Iannaccone

Publication List Details

Period

1994 - 2009

Number

84

Co-Authors

Ultra-low-voltage bilayer graphene tunnel FET (2009)

Fiori, G., Iannaccone, G.

In this work, we propose the Bilayer Graphene Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (BG-TFET) as a device suitable for fabrication and circuit integration with present-day technology. It provides high...

Study of Warm Electron Injection in Double Gate SONOS by Full Band Monte Carlo Simulation (2008)

Giusi, G., Iannaccone, G., Mohamed, M., Ravaioli, U.

In this paper we investigate warm electron injection in a double gate SONOS memory by means of 2D full-band Monte Carlo simulations of the Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE). Electrons are...

Transient Analysis of Warm Electron Injection Programming of Double Gate SONOS Memories by means of Full Band Monte Carlo Simulation (2008)

Giusi, G., Iannaccone, G., Ravaioli, U.

In this paper we investigate "Warm Electron Injection" as a mechanism for NOR programming of double-gate SONOS memories through 2D full band Monte Carlo simulations. Warm electron injection is...

On the possibility of tunable-gap bilayer graphene FET (2008)

Fiori, G., Iannaccone, G.

We explore the device potential of tunable-gap bilayer graphene FET exploiting the possibility of opening a bandgap in bilayer graphene by applying a vertical electric field via independent gate...

EVIDENCE OF SHEAR-WAVE ANISOTROPY IN THE UPPER CRUST OF CENTRAL ITALY (2008)

G. Iannaccone, A. Deschamps

Shear-wave polarization analysis has been performed on data from twelve earthquakes recorded in central Italy. These data are part of a set of high quality seismograms recorded by a three-component...

Quantum analysis of shot noise suppression in a series of tunnel barriers (2008)

Marconcini, P., Macucci, M., Iannaccone, G., Pellegrini, B.

We report the results of an analysis, based on a simple quantum-mechanical model, of shot noise suppression in a structure containing cascaded tunneling barriers. Our results exhibit a behavior that...

Configuration-Interaction Based Simulation of a Quantum Cellular Automaton Cell (2007)

M. Girlanda, M. Governale, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone

Introduction Logic circuits based on the Quantum Cellular Automaton (QCA) concept have been proposed in the past few years[1] and their implementation with basic cells made up of four quantum dots is...

Simulation and Design of a Single Charge Detector (2007)

G. Iannaccone, C. Ungarelli, M. Macucci

this paper, we consider a quantum dot and a constriction realized on the following heterostructure: an undoped GaAs substrate, an undoped 20 nm-thick AlGaAs spacer layer, a Silicon delta doping layer...

The Fast Tracker Processor for Hadron Collider Triggers (2007)

A. Annovi, M. G. Bagliesi, A. Bardi, R. Carosi, P. Giannetti, G. Iannaccone, ...

Abstract—Perspectives for precise and fast track reconstruction in future hadron collider experiments are addressed. We discuss the feasibility of a pipelined highly parallel processor dedicated to...

Configuration-Interaction Based Simulation of a Quantum Cellular Automaton Cell (2007)

M. Girl, M. Governale, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone

We have investigated the behavior of a quantum cellular automaton cell made up of four quantum dots, in response to the electric field duc to a nearby driver cell. We have implemented a simulation...

Online at stacks.iop.org/Nano/13/299 (2007)

G Fiori, G Iannaccone, M Macucci, S Reitzenstein, S Kaiser, M Kesselring, ...

Experimental and theoretical investigation of quantum point contacts for the validation of models for surface states

Origin of the Substrate Current after Soft-Breakdown in Thin Oxide n-MOSFETs (2007)

F. Crupi, G. Iannaccone, B. Neff, I. Crupi, R. Degraeve, G. Groeseneken, ...

Abstract In this paper is presented an experimental investigation on the origin of the substrate current after soft-breakdown in n-MOSFETs with 4.5 nm-thick oxide. At lower voltages this current...

Online at stacks.iop.org/Nano/13/294 (2007)

G Fiori, G Iannaccone

The effect of quantum confinement and discrete dopants in nanoscale 50 nm n-MOSFETs: a three-dimensional simulation

Simulation (2007)

G. Iannaccone, C. Ungarelli, M. Macucci, E. Amirante, M. Governale

of a non-invasive charge detector for quantum cellular automata

Current noise at the oxide hard-breakdown a, a b b c (2007)

F. Crupi, C. Ciofi, G. Iannaccone, B. Neri, S. Lombardo

In this work we analyze the noise properties of the current at the hard-breakdown of a 6 nm thick oxide in an MOS structure. It is shown that in the quantum point contact case single fluctuators,...

Online at stacks.iop.org/Nano/13/369 (2007)

M G Pala, G Iannaccone

A three-dimensional solver of the SchriJdinger equation in momentum space for the detailed simulation of nanostructures

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 24, 73±78, 2000 # 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Manufactured in The Netherlands. Simulation and Measurement of Shot Noise in Resonant Tunneling Structures (2007)

G. Iannaccone, G. Lombardi, M. Macucci, C. Ciofi, B. Pellegrini

Abstract. We present numerical simulations and measurements of shot noise in resonant tunneling structures. We show that when electron-electron interaction through Coulomb force and Pauli exclusion...

Online at stacks.iop.org/Nano/13/267 (2007)

G Curatola, G Iannaccone

We have simulated the electronic properties of silicon-germanium electron waveguides defined by selective etching on a SiGe heterostructure. In particular, we have investigated the dependence of...

Online at stacks.iop.org/Nano/13/373 (2007)

M G Pala, G Iannaccone, S Kaiser, A Schliemann, L Worschech, A Forchel

We present a procedure for extracting the parameters of a simple model for localized states at the exposed surfaces of GaAs/A1GaAs heterostructures. Such a procedure is based on a comparison between...

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING NANOTECHNOLOGY (2007)

M G Pala, G Iannaccone

A three-dimensional solver of the Schrödinger equation in momentum space for the detailed simulation of nanostructures

shot noise (2007)

G Iannaccone, G Lombardi, M Macucci, B Pellegrini

Abstract. Noise can be a unique probe of electron--electron correlations in nanoscale electron devices. While stationary or small signal transport can often be simply understood in terms of single...

E-mail: (2007)

S Di Pascoli, G Iannaccone

electromigration in polycrystalline metal stripes

Simulation and Design of a Single Charge Detector (2007)

G. Iannaccone, C. Ungarelli, M. Macucci

Ve have performed a numerical simulation of a system made of a quantum dot and a nearby quantum point contact defined, by means of depleting metal gates, in a two-dimensional electron gas at a...

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M Macucci, G Iannaccone, J Martorell, A Schenk, K-f Berggren, ...

Status and perspectives of nanoscale device modelling

Simulation of Graphene Nanoribbon Field Effect Transistors (2007)

Fiori, G., Iannaccone, G.

We present an atomistic three-dimensional simulation of graphene nanoribbon field effect transistors (GNR-FETs), based on the self-consistent solution of the 3D Poisson and Schroedinger equation with...

Morphology and depth of reflectors from 2D non-linear inversion of seismic data (2006)

Vassallo, M., Nisii, V., Zollo, A., Iannaccone, G.

We present here two methods to obtain reflection images of upper crust seismic reflectors. The techniques are based on migration and waveform coherence analysis of reflected seismic phases recorded...

A Three-dimensional simulation study of the performance of Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors with doped reservoirs and realistic geometry (2005)

Fiori, G., Iannaccone, G., Klimeck, G.

In this work, we simulate the expected device performance and the scaling perspectives of Carbon nanotube Field Effect Transistors (CNT-FETs), with doped source and drain extensions. The simulations...

Analysis of shot noise suppression in mesoscopic cavities in a magnetic field (2004)

Marconcini, P., Macucci, M., Iannaccone, G., Pellegrini, B., Marola, G.

We present a numerical investigation of shot noise suppression in mesoscopic cavities and an intuitive semiclassical explanation of the behavior observed in the presence of an orthogonal magnetic...

Depth of a Midcrustal Discontinuity beneath Mt. Vesuvius from the Stacking of Reflected and Converted Waves on Local Earthquake Records (2004)

Nisii, V., Zollo, A., Iannaccone, G.

We have developed a technique based on the move-out and stack of reflected seismic phases from local earthquake seismograms. For a given interface depth and a velocity model, the theoretical travel...

Inferences on the source mechanisms of the 1930 Irpinia (Southern Italy) earthquake from simulations of the kinematic rupture process (2004)

Emolo, A., Iannaccone, G., Zollo, A., Gorini, A.

We examine here a number of parameters that define the source of the earthquake that occurred on 23rd July 1930 in Southern Italy (in the Irpinia region). Starting from the source models proposed in...

NANOTCAD2D: Two-dimensional code for the simulation of nanoelectronic devices and structures (2003)

Curatola, G., Iannaccone, G.

In this paper we present NANOTCAD2D, a code for the simulation of the electrical properties of semiconductor-based nanoelectronic devices and structures in two-dimensional domains. Such code is based...

Resonant 90 degree shifter generator for 4-phase trapezoidal adiabatic logic (2003)

A. Bargagli-Stoffi, E. Amirante, J. Fischer, G. Iannaccone, D. Schmitt-Landsiedel

Many adiabatic logic families make use of multi phase trapezoidal or sinusoidal power clocks to recover the energy stored in the load capacitances. A key aspect for the evaluation of the performance...

MOSFETs in the ballistic limit (2003)

G. Curatola, G. Fiori, G. Iannaccone

Modelling and simulation challenges for nanoscale

An integrated geophysical investigation of the upper crust in the epicentral area of the 1980, Ms=6.9, Irpinia earthquake (Southern Italy) (2002)

Improta, L., Bonagura, M.T., Capuano, P., Iannaccone, G.

In this paper we investigate the upper crustal structure of the Irpinia region, Southern Apennines thrust-belt, Italy, through analysis and joint interpretation of gravity data, seismic reflection...

Characteristics of the seismicity of Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei during the year 2000 (2001)

Iannaccone, G., Alessio, G., Borriello, G., Cusano, P., Petrosino, S., Ricciolino, P., ...

This paper describes the characteristics of the seismicity in the volcanic Neapolitan area during the year 2000 recorded by the monitoring seismic network of the Osservatorio Vesuviano. In...

B.: Semiclassical simulation of quantum cellular automaton cells (2001)

M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, S. Francaviglia, B. Pellegrini

We present a simulator for quantum cellular automaton (QCA) circuits, based on a semiclassical model and aimed at the determination of the error probability in the presence of thermal excitations. Di...

Status and perspectives of nanoscale device modelling (2001)

Macucci, M, Iannaccone, G, Greer, J, Martorell, J, Sprung, D W L, Schenk, A, ...

During the meetings of the theory and modelling working group, within the MEL-ARI (Microelectronics Advanced Research Initiative) and NID-FET (Nanotechnology Information Devices-Future and Emerging...

Three-dimensional Statistical Modeling of the Effects of the Random Distribution of Dopants in Deep Sub-micron nMOSFETs (2001)

E. Amirante, G. Iannaccone, B. Pellegrini

We have performed a three-dimensional statistical simulation of the threshold voltage distribution of deep submicron nMOSFETs, as a function of gate length, doping density, oxide thickness, based on...

Detection of Quantum Cellular Automaton Action in Silicon-on-insulator Cells (2001)

M. Gattobigio, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone

We present a proposal for an experiment to demonstrate QCA (Quantum Cellular Automaton) functionality for a cell fabricated with silicon-on-insulator technology. The fundamental feature of a working...

Program, Erase and Retention Times of Thin-oxide Flash-EEPROMs (2001)

G. Iannaccone, S. Gennai

We present an investigation of the process of charging and discharging of the floating gate of thin oxide Flash EEPROMs based on a fully quantum mechanical approach to transport in the vertical...

Inferences on upper crustal structure of the Southern Apennines (Italy) from seismic refraction investigations and subsurface data (2000)

Improta, L., Iannaccone, G., Capuano, P., Zollo, A., Scandone, P.

This paper presents an interpretation of crustal seismic refraction data from the northern sector of the Southern Apennines thrust belt, a region that in historical times experienced large...

Thermal behavior of Quantum Cellular Automaton wires (1999)

Ungarelli, C., Francaviglia, S., Macucci, M., Iannaccone, G.

We investigate the effect of a finite temperature on the behavior of logic circuits based on the principle of Quantum Cellular Automata (QCA) and of ground state computation. In particular, we focus...

Operation of Quantum Cellular Automaton cells with more than two electrons (1999)

Girlanda, M., Governale, M., Macucci, M., Iannaccone, G.

We present evidence that operation of QCA (Quantum Cellular Automaton) cells with four dots is possible with an occupancy of 4N+2 electrons per cell (N being an integer). We show that interaction...

A P-wave velocity model of the upper crust of the Sannio region (Southern Apennines, Italy) (1998)

Iannaccone, G., Improta, L., Capuano, P., Zollo, A., Biella, G., De Franco, R., ...

This paper describes the results of a seismic refraction profile conducted in October 1992 in the Sannio region, Southern Italy, to obtain a detailed P-wave velocity model of the upper crust. The...

Simulation of a non-invasive charge detector for quantum cellular automata (1998)

Iannaccone, G., Ungarelli, C., Macucci, M., Amirante, E., Governale, M.

Information in a Quantum Cellular Automata architecture is encoded in the polarizazion state of a cell, i.e., in the occupation numbers of the quantum dots of which the cell is made up. Non-invasive...

Modeling and manufacturability assessment of bistable quantum-dot cells (1998)

Governale, M., Macucci, M., Iannaccone, G., Ungarelli, C., Martorell, J.

We have investigated the behavior of bistable cells made up of four quantum dots and occupied by two electrons, in the presence of realistic confinement potentials produced by depletion gates on top...

Modeling of Shot Noise in Resonant Tunneling Structures (1998)

G. Iannaccone, M. Macucci, B. Pellegrini

In this paper, we present insights into the transport properties and the geometrical structure of resonant tunneling devices that can be obtained by the study of their noise properties. We stress the...

Enhanced shot noise in resonant tunneling: theory and experiment (1997)

Iannaccone, G., Lombardi, G., Macucci, M., Pellegrini, B.

We show that shot noise in a resonant tunneling diode biased in the negative differential resistance regions of the I-V characteristic is enhanced with respect to ``full'' shot noise. We provide...

Theory of conductance and noise additivity in parallel mesoscopic conductors (1997)

Iannaccone, G., Macucci, M., Pellegrini, B.

We present a theory of conductance and noise in generic mesoscopic conductors connected in parallel, and we demonstrate that the additivity of conductance and of shot noise arises as a sole property...

Weak measurement and the traversal time problem (1996)

Iannaccone, G.

The theory of weak measurement, proposed by Aharonov and coworkers, has been applied by Steinberg to the long-discussed traversal time problem. The uncertainty and ambiguity that characterize this...

Shot noise in resonant tunneling structures (1996)

Iannaccone, G., Macucci, M., Pellegrini, B.

We propose a quantum mechanical approach to noise in resonant tunneling structures, that can be applied in the whole range of transport regimes, from completely coherent to completely incoherent. In...

2D seismic tomography of Somma- Vesuvius. Description of the experiment and preliminary results. (1996)

Zollo, A., Gasparini, P., Biella, G., De Franco, R., Buonocore, B., Mirabile, L., ...

A multidisciplinary project for the investigation of Mt. Vesuvius Structure was started in 1993. The core of the project is represented by a high resolution seismic tomography study by using...

A study of local site effects in Benevento(Southern Italy) by the analysis of seismic records of explosions (1995)

Iannaccone, G., Improta, L., Biella, G., Castellano, M., Deschamps, A., De Franco, R., ...

In this paper we evalllate the seismic amplification effects in the town of Benevento llsing records of an explo- sion of 500 kg fired at abollt 7 km. Seismic records were obtained at 43 selected...