Abstract: A method removes defects in a dielectric layer, such as during fabrication of a device that emits light from hot electrons injected into an atomically two-dimensional material. An atomically two-dimensional material and the dielectric layer are adjoined. The dielectric layer is adapted to convey a variable electric field for modulating a wavelength of photons electronically emitted across a band structure of the atomically two-dimensional material. Laser pulses are strobed into the dielectric layer with sufficient cumulative energy to remove a majority of the defects in the dielectric layer without altering the atomically two-dimensional material.

Abstract: A method for producing a circuit layout comprising the steps of establishing high-level input parameters which identify input/output characteristics and high-level functional parameters of a data path, inputting the input parameters to a compiler, the compiler performing steps of creating a data path netlist by selecting data path components in response to the established high-level input parameters; and automatically selecting control logic for the data path components. The data path netlist is a high-level netlist of Boolean logic which can then easily be translated into a gate level implementation of the circuit layout.

Abstract: A method for producing a circuit layout comprising the steps of establishing high-level input parameters which identify input/output characteristics and high-level functional parameters of a data path, inputting the input parameters to a compiler, the compiler performing steps of creating a data path netlist by selecting data path components in response to the established high-level input parameters; and automatically selecting control logic for the data path components. The data path netlist is a high-level netlist of Boolean logic which can then easily be translated into a gate level implementation of the circuit layout.