ECE 606 Lecture 6: Energy Bands (continued)

04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Outline: Properties of electronic bands E-k diagram and constant energy surfaces Conclusions R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 3 (pages 63-70)

ECE 606 Lecture 5: Energy Bands

04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Outline: Schrodinger equation in periodic U(x) Bloch theorem Band structure Properties of electronic bands Conclusions R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 3 (pages 51-62)

ECE 606 Lecture 4: Solution of Schrodinger Equation

04 Feb 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Outline: Time-independent Schrodinger Equation Analytical solution of toy problems Bound vs. tunneling states Conclusions Additional Notes: Numerical solution of Schrodinger Equation R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, …

ECE 606 Lecture 3: Elements of Quantum Mechanics

28 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Outline: Why do we need quantum physics Quantum concepts Formulation of quantum mechanics Conclusions R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, Addison-Wesley, 1987, Chapter 1 (pages 23-32)

ECE 606 Lecture 2: Geometry of Periodic Crystals

28 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

Outline: Volume & surface issues for BCC, FCC, Cubic lattices Important material systems Miller indices Conclusions Helpful software tool: Crystal Viewer in the ABACUS tool suite. R. F. Pierret, "Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals", Modular Series on Solid State Devices, Volume VI, …

ECE 612 Lecture 16: MOSFET Leakage

31 Oct 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Outline: 1) MOSFET leakage components, 2) Band to band tunneling, 3) Gate-induced drain leakage, 4) Gate leakage, 5) Scaling and ITRS, 6) Summary.

MPI for the Next Generation of Supercomputing

05 Dec 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew Lumsdaine

Despite premature rumours of its demise, MPI continues to be the de facto standard for high-performance parallel computing. Nonetheless, supercomputing software and the high-end ecosystem continue to advance, creating challenges to several aspects of MPI. In this talk we will review the design and …

a TCAD Lab

31 Oct 2008 | Tools | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck, Dragica Vasileska

An Assembly of TCAD tools for circuit, device, and process simulation

Notes on Fermi-Dirac Integrals (3rd Edition)

23 Sep 2008 | Publications | Contributor(s): Raseong Kim, Mark Lundstrom

Fermi-Dirac integrals appear frequently in semiconductor problems, so an understanding of their properties is essential. The purpose of these notes is to collect in one place, some basic information about Fermi-Dirac integrals and their properties. We also present Matlab functions (in a zipped …

Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 3: Crystallographic Points, Directions, and Planes

23 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh

Crystallographic Points, Directions, and Planes Issues to Address... How to define points, directions, planes, as well as linear, planar, and volume densities Define basic terms and give examples of each: Points (atomic positions) …

ECE 495N Lecture 7: Quantum Capacitance/Shrödinger's Equation

17 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Effect of Doping on Semiconductors

16 Sep 2008 | Tools | Contributor(s): Umberto Ravaioli, Nahil Sobh

effects of doping in bulk silicon.

ECE 495N Lecture 6: Quantitative Model for Nanodevices III

12 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

ECE 612 Lecture 5: MOSFET IV: Square law and bulk charge

07 Oct 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Outline: 1) Introduction, 2) Square law theory, 3) PN junction effects on MOSFETs, 4) Bulk charge theory (exact), 5) Summary.

ECE 612 Lecture 3: MOS Capacitors

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

Outline: 1) Short review, 2) Gate voltage / surface potential relation, 3) The flatbandvoltage, 4) MOS capacitance vs. voltage, 5) Gate voltage and inversion layer charge.

ECE 495N Lecture 4: Quantitative Model for Nanodevices I

10 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

ECE 495N Lecture 3: Importance of Electrostatics

10 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

OMEN Nanowire

15 Dec 2008 | Tools | Contributor(s): SungGeun Kim, Mathieu Luisier, Benjamin P Haley, Abhijeet Paul, Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Gerhard Klimeck

Full-band 3D quantum transport simulation in nanowire structure

Nanoelectronics and the meaning of resistance: Course Handout and Exercises

02 Sep 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Handout with reference list, MATLAB scripts and exercise problems.

ECE 495N Lecture 2: Quantum of Conductance

02 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta