Nanostructured Electronic Devices: Percolation and Reliability

By Muhammad A. Alam

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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• 2009 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
• Electronics from the Bottom Up: A New Approach to Nanoelectronic Devices and Materials

Lecture Number/Topic	Online Lecture	Video	Lecture Notes	Supplemental Material	Suggested Exercises
Lecture 1: Percolation and Reliability of Electronic Devices		View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 2: Threshold, Islands, and Fractals	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 3: Electrical Conduction in Percolative Systems	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 4: Stick Percolation and Nanonet Electronics	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 5: 2D Nets in a 3D World: Basics of Nanobiosensors and Fractal Antennae	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 6: 3D Nets in a 3D World: Bulk Heterostructure Solar Cells	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 7: On Reliability and Randomness in Electronic Devices	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 8: Mechanics of Defect Generation and Gate Dielectric Breakdown	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 9: Breakdown in Thick Dielectrics	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)
Lecture 10: Interface Damage & Negative Bias Temperature Instability	View Flash	View	Notes (pdf)