CMOS

Redesigning CMOS Electronics: What, Why and How?

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KAUST

A little more than half of the world’s population enjoy benefits of information technology which is enabled by complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) electronics. Going forward, we will enjoy further augmentation of quality of life through integrated CMOS electronic systems consisting of logic, memory, communication devices, energy storage and harvester, power management units, sensors and actuators. Their main attributes will include but not limited to high performance and storage capacity for data management; seamless connectivity; energy efficiency; hyper-scale integration density; appropriate functionalities based on their applications and operational environment; reliability and safety; and finally affordability and simplicity to expand their user base to include those who do not have any access to them today. Even using last fifty years’ wealth of knowledge and experience, such integrated electronic system development and deployment is a monumental engineering challenge. From that perspective, redesigning CMOS electronics might seem to be an overly ambitious goal specially, if that means transformation of such physically rigid complex electronic systems into a fully flexible one. To address this intriguing challenge, we have developed a unique coin like architecture based soft singular platform, which can be used as the building block of standalone fully flexible CMOS electronic system with all the aforementioned characteristics. We have devised an effective heterogeneous integration strategy based on mature and reliable CMOS technology only to integrate hybrid materials and diverse set of devices for multi-disciplinary applications. These will be the focus of this talk.

Prof. Muhammad Hussain selected as distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Electron Devices Society

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Prof. Muhammad Hussain has been selected as a distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS). The IEEE sponsored EDS Distinguished Lecturer Program exists for the purpose of providing IEEE EDS Chapters with a list of quality lecturers.

Prof. Hussain named Fellow of Institute of Nanotechnology, UK

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Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering from founding batch faculty has been named as the Fellow of Institute of Nanotechnology, UK.

KAUST team achieves remarkable flexibility with Silicon

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KAUST's Integrated Nanotechnology Lab are working to transform cutting-edge materials to make high-performance devices, but also about portability - they will have to be flexible, stretchable and reconfigurable

Stretchable Electronics Make Thermotherapy Easier for Arthritis Patients

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A paper has been published to cover a new technology that makes electronic devices stretchable while retaining their electrical and thermal properties.

Scientists made cutting edge 'smart skin' with household items

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Congratulations to Prof. Muhammad Hussain whose smart skin project made out of cheap household materials such as foil and tape - was featured on the Washington Post and a few other news media.

The Institute of Physics (IoP), nominated Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain for the Fellowship at the Institute of Physics

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Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain nominated for the Fellowship at the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK.

Prof. Muhammad Hussain's article selected for "2015 Applied Physics Letters Editors' Picks

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Prof. Muhammad Hussain's article "Functional integrity of flexible n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors on a reversibly bi-stable platform" was selected for "2015 Applied Physics Letters Editors' Picks"- published by the American Institute of Physics - a scientific journal featuring concise, up-to-date reports on significant new findings in applied physics.

Muhammad Hussain elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)

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The Fellowship is an international distinction assigned only to highly selected scientists for their contributions in the fields of APS, and was given to Prof Hussain for contributions to exploration, evaluation, and transition of planar and nonplanar high-k/metal gate complementary metal oxide semiconductor electronics, silicon/silicongermanium/ III-V nanotube devices, and flexible, stretchable, reconfigurable complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor electronic systems.

Self-destructible electronics is a Mission Impossible no more

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In today's digital age, the increasing dependency on information makes everyone potentially exposed to privacy invasion and cyber security. Annual reports on tech-safety breaches are alarming, with stolen portable devices, laptops or mobiles, along with hacked hardware skyrocketing to 50% in the United States only. Bigger the picture, global is the risk of unwilling access to private lives or strategical documents, with everyone in the eye of the most dangerous of information violation. In such cases, an immediate ability to remotely destroy the sensitive parts, if it is not possible to regain them, would save us.

Costless and reliable 3D high-speed printing process to revolutionize decal sensors fabrication

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Attempts for 3D fabrication of decal electronics were previously made. But, rigid, bulky, and planar CMOS electronics were larger in size and limited in adaptability with the human body. Unwillingly, such obsolete device creates localized heating, power-loss and grumpy data performances.

Dental braces get smart

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-By Francesca Serra Muhammad Hussain, associate Professor of electrical engineering at the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering Division of KAUST, recently developed a new dental brace technology that can straighten teeth faster and more effectively than actual products. The orthodontic system was designed to induce faster bone regeneration and to enhance protection of the enamel. According to Hussain and his team, the technology is going to introduce a paradigm shift in orthodontic treatments "The integration of high performance inorganic mechanically conformable and

Democratizing electronics one step at a time

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"You would not believe how many amazingly talented people there are in the world, but they often are just not exposed to opportunities," noted Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, KAUST professor of electrical engineering and currently a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is determined to try and change this—one step at a time.

Professor Hussain elected IEEE Fellow

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Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, KAUST professor of electrical engineering, was recently elected as an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, effective January 1, 2020, for his “contributions to flexible and stretchable electronic circuits.

Taking engineering to the masses 

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KAUST, like many other international research institutions, is no different in its approach to addressing our current need for continuous and uninterrupted distance learning. E-learning has proved effective in theoretical and mathematically-oriented disciplines, where access to a computer locally or over the cloud is all that is required.

Hammad Mehmood Cheema

Hammad Mehmood Cheema worked as a Post Doctorate Fellow at Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas & Circuit Technology (IMPACT) Research Group with Professor Atif Shamim at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) during (2011-2013). Currently, Hammad is working as an Associate Professor at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). Ph.D. Thesis: Hammad Mehmood Cheema, “Flexible Phase-Locked Loops and Millimeter Wave PLL Components for 60-GHz Wireless Networks in CMOS,” A catalogue record is available from the Eindhoven University of Technology Library, ISBN