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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
15370
World Ranking
2142
National Ranking
840

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of transistor technologies for logic products.
  • 2012 - IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal “For sustained leadership in developing innovative transistor technologies for advanced logic products.”
  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to deep submicron metal oxide semiconductor transistor development for microprocessors

Overview

Tahir Ghani is affiliated with Intel in the United States and has contributed to multiple research fields, primarily focused on engineering and medicine. Their work spans several areas including electrical and electronic engineering, public health, environmental and occupational health, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, anesthesiology and pain medicine, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of subjects. These include advancements in semiconductor devices and circuit design, semiconductor materials and devices, advanced memory and neural computing, reproductive health and contraception, anesthesia and sedative agents, pregnancy and medication impact, and TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells.

Recent publications by Tahir Ghani include:

  • The future transistors, 2023, Nature
  • Entropy and Correlation Coefficients of Neutrosophic and Interval-Valued Neutrosophic Hypersoft Set with application of Multi-Attributive Problems, 2022, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes between Ongoing Pregnancies after Accidental Misoprostol Use and Normal Pregnancies: A Case-control Study, 2023, International Journal of Infertility & Fetal Medicine
  • Publisher Correction: The future transistors, 2023, Nature
  • Silver nanoparticles decorated open-ended anodized titania nanotubes via pulse current deposition: Plasmonic boost for dye sensitized solar cells applications, 2025, Materials Chemistry and Physics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Wei Cao, Huiming Bu, M. Vinet, Min Cao, and Shinichi Takagi.

Publications appear frequently in journals such as Nature, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), International Journal of Infertility & Fetal Medicine, and Materials Chemistry and Physics.

Awards received by Tahir Ghani include membership in the National Academy of Engineering awarded in 2015 for the development of transistor technologies for logic products. In 2012, they received the IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal for sustained leadership in developing innovative transistor technologies for advanced logic products. Additionally, Ghani was named an IEEE Fellow in 2009 for contributions to deep submicron metal oxide semiconductor transistor development for microprocessors.

Best Publications

  • A 45nm Logic Technology with High-k+Metal Gate Transistors, Strained Silicon, 9 Cu Interconnect Layers, 193nm Dry Patterning, and 100% Pb-free Packaging

    K. Mistry;C. Allen;C. Auth;B. Beattie

  • A 90nm high volume manufacturing logic technology featuring novel 45nm gate length strained silicon CMOS transistors

    T. Ghani;M. Armstrong;C. Auth;M. Bost

  • A 22nm high performance and low-power CMOS technology featuring fully-depleted tri-gate transistors, self-aligned contacts and high density MIM capacitors

    C. Auth;C. Allen;A. Blattner;D. Bergstrom

  • A 90-nm logic technology featuring strained-silicon

    S.E. Thompson;M. Armstrong;C. Auth;M. Alavi

  • A logic nanotechnology featuring strained-silicon

    S.E. Thompson;M. Armstrong;C. Auth;S. Cea

  • Semiconductor transistor having a stressed channel

    Anand Murthy;Robert S. Chau;Tahir Ghani;Kaizad R. Mistry

  • A 14nm logic technology featuring 2 nd -generation FinFET, air-gapped interconnects, self-aligned double patterning and a 0.0588 µm 2 SRAM cell size

    S. Natarajan;M. Agostinelli;S. Akbar;M. Bost

  • The High-k Solution

    M.T. Bohr;R.S. Chau;T. Ghani;K. Mistry

  • 45nm High-k + metal gate strain-enhanced transistors

    C. Auth;A. Cappellani;J.-S. Chun;A. Dalis

  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING SALICIDE RESISTANCE ON POLYCRYSTAL SILICON GATE

    Jan Chia-Hong;Tsai Julie A;Yang Simon;Ghani Tahir

  • The future transistors

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  • A 90 nm logic technology featuring 50 nm strained silicon channel transistors, 7 layers of Cu interconnects, low k ILD, and 1 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ SRAM cell

    S. Thompson;N. Anand;M. Armstrong;C. Auth

  • High performance 32nm logic technology featuring 2 nd generation high-k + metal gate transistors

    P. Packan;S. Akbar;M. Armstrong;D. Bergstrom

  • A 32nm logic technology featuring 2 nd -generation high-k + metal-gate transistors, enhanced channel strain and 0.171μm 2 SRAM cell size in a 291Mb array

    S. Natarajan;M. Armstrong;M. Bost;R. Brain

  • Transistor and manufacturing method thereof

    ティー. ボーア,マーク;T Bohr Mark;ガーニ,タヒル;Tahir Ghani

  • In search of "Forever," continued transistor scaling one new material at a time

    S.E. Thompson;R.S. Chau;T. Ghani;K. Mistry

  • Semiconductor device having doped epitaxial region and its methods of fabrication

    Anand S. Murthy;Daniel Bourne Aubertine;Tahir Ghani;Abhijit Jayant Pethe

  • Scaling challenges and device design requirements for high performance sub-50 nm gate length planar CMOS transistors

    T. Ghani;K. Mistry;P. Packan;S. Thompson

  • Effectiveness of reverse body bias for leakage control in scaled dual Vt CMOS ICs

    A. Keshavarzi;S. Ma;S. Narendra;B. Bloechel

  • OPTIMIZATION OF MECHANICAL STRAIN IN CHANNELS OF P-MOS AND N-MOS TRANSISTORS

    Bohr Mark;Ghani Tahir;Cea Stephen;Mistry Kaizad

  • III-V SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING III-V SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL LAYER

    Glass Glenn A;Murthy Anand S;Ghani Tahir

Frequent Co-Authors

Anand S. Murthy
Anand S. Murthy Intel (United States)
Mark T. Bohr
Mark T. Bohr Intel (United States)
Scott E. Thompson
Scott E. Thompson University of Florida
Dmitri E. Nikonov
Dmitri E. Nikonov Intel (United States)
Fatih Hamzaoglu
Fatih Hamzaoglu Intel (United States)
Brian S. Doyle
Brian S. Doyle Intel (United States)
Ian A. Young
Ian A. Young Intel (United States)
Kevin Zhang
Kevin Zhang Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)
Mark L. Doczy
Mark L. Doczy Intel (United States)
Sasikanth Manipatruni
Sasikanth Manipatruni Intel (United States)

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