Dr. Fat Duen Ho

Professor, ECE

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Engineering Building
Room 263D
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.6168
fat.ho@uah.edu

Biography

Dr. Ho works with graduate students researching and publishing papers in the areas of microelectronic devices, circuits, and materials. His present research interests focus on microelectronic device modeling for integrated circuit design, nonvolatile semiconductor memories, metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor field effect transistors, ferroelectric nonvolatile memories, digital and analog and RF circuits using ferroelectric devices, RF (radio frequency) MOSFET modeling for wireless communications, and RF circuits for wireless communications. He has been actively involved in the research on digital and analog, and RF circuits using ferroelectric transistors and ferroelectric capacitors. He and his students attend Integrated Ferroelectric conferences worldwide, publishing and presenting their results.

Curriculum Vitae


Education

  • Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1976
  • M.S.E.E., Southern Illinois University, 1971
  • B.A., Chu Hai College, 1965
  • B.S.E.E., South China Technological Institute, 1956

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Educator Award, IEEE, Huntsville, 2005
  • NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1987
  • NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1986
  • NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1985
  • Certificates of Recognition awarded by NASA/ASEE for research contribution made through the Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Marquette University Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1979

Affiliations

  • IEEE Senior Member

Recent Publications

  • M.R. Hunt, C. Mitchell, C.L. McCartney and F. D. Ho," MFSFET Two-Bit 1T1C DRAM Memory Design and Empirical Data", Electronics Letters, In Press, 2016.

  • C. Mitchell, M.R. Hunt, C.L. McCartney and F. D. Ho, "Implementation of Low-Power, Non-volatile Latch Utilizing Ferroelecric Transistor," Electronics Letters, 5th November 2015, Vol 51, No. 23, pp 1884-1886.

  • Crystal L. McCartney, Cody Mitchell, Mitchell Hunt, and Fat D. Ho, "Design and Testing of a 1T-1C Dynamic Memory Cell Utilizing a Ferroelectric Transistor," International Journal of Integrated Ferroelectrics, 157:1, 1-11, 2014.

  • Crystal L. McCartney, Cody Mitchell, Mitchell Hunt, and Fat D. Ho, "Design and Testing of a 1T-1C Dynamic Memory Cell Utilizing a Ferroelectric Transistor," 2013 ISIF, Grapevine, Texas, July 28-31, 2013.

  • Mitchell R. Hunt, Crystal L. McCartney, Cody Mitchell, Joseph Evans and Fat D. Ho, Empirical Data of the Metal-Ferroelectric-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor Polarization and Channel Resistance for Timing and Retention Analysis, 2013 ISIF, Grapevine, Texas, July 28-31, 2013.

  • Cody Mitchell, Crystal L. McCartney, Mitchell Hunt and Fat D. Ho, "Characteristics of a Three-Transistor DRAM Circuit Utilizing a Ferroelectric Transistor," 2013 ISIF, Grapevine, Texas, July 28-31, 2013.