Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices

18 Aug 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

The goals of this course are to give the student an understanding of the elements of semiconductor physics and principles of semiconductor devices that (a) constitute the foundation required for an electrical engineering major to take follow-on courses, and (b) represent …

Illinois ECE 598EP Hot Chips: Atoms to Heat Sinks

27 Jan 2009 | Courses | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

This course pursues a parallel treatment of electrical and thermal issues in modern nanoelectronics, from fundamentals to system-level issues. Topics include energy transfer through electrons and phonons, mobility and thermal conductivity, power dissipation in modern devices (CMOS, phase-change …