Electronics from the Bottom Up: an educational initiative on 21st century electronics

17 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, Supriyo Datta, Muhammad Alam

In the 1960’s, a group of leaders from industry and academia, recognized that the age of vacuum tubes was ending and that engineers would have to be educated differently if they were to realize the opportunities that the new field of microelectronics presented. The Semiconductor …

CQT: Concepts of Quantum Transport

08 Dec 2006 | Courses | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

In this series of four lectures (approximately 6 hours total) Supriyo Datta explores the physics of current flow in nanodevices in simple physical terms, stressing clearly what is now known and what is not.

Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics (Fall 2004)

07 Dec 2005 | Courses | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta, Behtash Behinaein

Welcome to the ECE 453 lectures. The development of "nanotechnology" has made it possible to engineer material and devices on a length scale as small as several nanometers (atomic distances are ~ 0.1 nm). The properties of such "nanostructures" cannot be described in terms of macroscopic …

McCoy Lecture: Nanodevices and Maxwell's Demon

08 Dec 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

This is a video taped live lecture covering roughly the same material as lecture 1 of "Concepts of Quantum Transport". Video only.

PASI Lecture: Nanodevices and Maxwell's Demon, Part 1

13 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Pan American Advanced Study Institute (PASI) Lectures. This is part 1 of a video taped set of two one-hour live lectures covering roughly the same material as Lectures 1-3 of Concepts of Quantum Transport.

HCIS-15 Lecture: Nanodevices and Maxwell’s Demon

23 Jul 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

The 15th International Conference on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS-15) lecture. This 30 minute lecture covers roughly the same material as Lecture 1 of Concepts of Quantum Transport.

Geometry of Diffusion and the Performance Limits of Nanobiosensors

05 Dec 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam, Pradeep Ramachandran Nair

This presentation demonstrates how the classical diffusion-capture (D-C) model has improved sensor performance, since the D-C model is a "geometry of diffusion" rather than a "geometry of electrostatics." A scaling law based on D-C is also posited; the scaling law resolves many classical puzzles …

PASI Lecture: Nanodevices and Maxwell's Demon, Part 2

14 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Pan American Advanced Study Institute (PASI) Lectures. This is part 2 of a video taped set of two one-hour live lectures covering roughly the same material as Lectures 1-3 of Concepts of Quantum Transport.

The Long and Short of Pick-up Stick Transistors: A Promising Technology for Nano- and Macro-Electronics

11 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

In recent years, there has been enormous interest in the emerging field of large-area macro-electronics, and fabricating thin-film transistors on flexible substrates. This talk will cover recent work in developing a comprehensive theoretical framework to describe the performance of these "pick-up …

ECE 495N: Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics

28 Aug 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Fall 2008 This is a newly produced version of the course that was formerly available. We would greatly appreciate your feedback regarding the new format and contents. Objective: To convey the basic concepts of nanoelectronics to electrical engineering students with no background in …

ECE 612 Nanoscale Transistors (Fall 2006)

08 Aug 2006 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

This course examines the device physics of advanced transistors and the process, device, circuit, and systems considerations that enter into the development of new integrated circuit technologies.

Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor (Spring 2004)

07 Aug 2006 | Courses | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

The development of "nanotechnology" has made it possible to engineer materials and devices on a length scale as small as several nanometers (atomic distances are ~ 0.1 nm). The properties of such "nanostructures" cannot be described in terms of macroscopic parameters like mobility and diffusion …

ECE 612: Nanoscale Transistors (Fall 2008)

27 Aug 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

This course examines the device physics of advanced transistors and the process, device, circuit, and systems considerations that enter into the development of new integrated circuit technologies. The course consists of three parts. Part 1 treats silicon MOS and MOSFET fundamentals as well as …

Nanoelectronics and the Meaning of Resistance

20 Aug 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

The purpose of this series of lectures is to introduce the "bottom-up" approach to nanoelectronics using concrete examples. No prior knowledge of quantum mechanics or statistical mechanics is assumed; however, familiarity with matrix algebra will be helpful for some topics.

Physics of Nanoscale Transistors: An Introduction to Electronics from the Bottom Up

10 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Transistor scaling has pushed channel lengths to the nanometer regime, and advances in nanoscience have opened up many new possibilities for devices. To realize these opportunities, our traditional understanding of electronic devices needs to be complemented with a new perspective that begins from …

Electronics from the "Bottom Up": An Intel-NCN@Purdue initiative in nanoelectronics education

05 Jul 2007 | Publications | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, Supriyo Datta, Muhammad Alam

In the 1960’s, a group of leaders from industry and academia, the Semiconductor Electronics Education Committee (SEEC), recognized that the age of vacuum tubes was ending, and that engineers would have to be educated differently if they were to realize the opportunities that the new field …

Percolation Theory

03 Nov 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

The electronic devices these days have become so small that the number of dopant atoms in the channel of a MOFET transistor, the number of oxide atoms in its gate dielectric, the number silicon- or metal crystals in nanocrystal Flash memory, the number of Nanowires in a flexible nanoNET transistor, …

Electronics From the Bottom Up: a view of conductance

17 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Resistance is one of the first concepts an electrical engineer learns, but things get interesting at the nanoscale. Experimentalists have found that no matter how short the resistor is, its resistance cannot drop below a fundamental lower limit. They also found that resistance …

Electronics From the Bottom Up: top-down/bottom-up views of length

17 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad Alam

When devices get small stochastic effects become important. Random dopant effects lead to uncertainties in a MOSFET’s threshold voltage and gate oxides breakdown is a random process. Even a concept as simple as “channel length” becomes uncertain. This short (20 min) talk, a …

Physics of Nanoscale MOSFETs

26 Aug 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Transistor scaling has pushed channel lengths to the nanometer regime where traditional approaches to MOSFET device physics are less and less suitable This short course describes a way of understanding MOSFETs that is much more suitable than traditional approaches when the channel lengths are of …