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Solar Cells Lecture 4: What is Different about Thin-Film Solar Cells?
29 Aug 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
Thin film solar cells promise acceptable efficiency at low cost. This tutorial examines the device physics of thin-film solar cells, which generally require a different type of analysis than crystalline solar cells.
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Solar Cells Lecture 5: Organic Photovoltaics
29 Aug 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
Organic solar cells make use of low-cost organic polymers forphotovoltaics. Although these solar cells may appear to be quitedifferent from solar cells made with conventional, inorganicsemiconductors (e.g. they make use of exciton generation rather than electron-hole generation) this...
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Solar Cell Fundamentals
19 Aug 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam
The modern solar cell was invented at Bell Labs in 1954 and is currently receiving renewed attention as a potential contribution to addressing the world's energy challenge. This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar cell technology fundamentals. It begins with a broad overview of...
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Physics of Current and Future Devices
27 Jun 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of powerpoint slides is part of a series Nanoelectronics and Modeling at the Nanoscale. It gives a glimpse on effects that occur in current and future nanoscale devices that have to be properly captured with appropriate physical models.
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Lecture 7: On Reliability and Randomness in Electronic Devices
14 Apr 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
Outline:Background informationPrinciples of reliability physicsClassification of Electronic ReliabilityStructure Defects in Electronic MaterialsConclusions
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Lecture 9: Breakdown in Thick Dielectrics
05 Apr 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
Outline:Breakdown in gas dielectric and Paschen’s lawSpatial and temporal dynamics during breakdownBreakdown in bulk oxides: puzzleTheory of pre-existing defects: Thin oxidesTheory of pre-existing defects: thick oxidesConclusions
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Lecture 8: Mechanics of Defect Generation and Gate Dielectric Breakdown
10 Mar 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
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Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 22&23: P-N Junction Capacitance; Contacts
07 Mar 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop
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Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 24: Narrow-base P-N Diode
07 Mar 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop
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Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 25: Intro to BJT
07 Mar 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop
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Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 26: Narrow-base BJT
07 Mar 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop
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Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 27: BJT Gain
07 Mar 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop
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Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 21: P-N Diode Breakdown
07 Mar 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop
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Semiconductor Device Theory Exercises
30 Jul 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck, Mark Lundstrom
This collection of problems should help the students to better understand Semiconductor Device Physics on a fundamental and more complex level. Crystal lattices and Miller indiciesFrom 1 well to 2 wells to 5 wells to periodic potentialsPeriodic potentials and bandstructureBandstructure...
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Lecture 10: Interface Damage & Negative Bias Temperature Instability
29 Jul 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
Outline:Background informationNBTI interpreted by R-D modelThe act of measurement and observed quantityNBTI vs. Light-induced DegradationPossibility of Degradation-free TransistorsConclusions
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Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices Homework Assignments (Fall 2009)
28 Jan 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Mohamed Mohamed
Homework assignments for the Fall 2009 teaching of Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices.
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Illinois Tools: Basic Bulk Silicon Transport Data at 300K
27 Oct 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Kyeong-hyun Park, Mohamed Mohamed, Nahil Sobh, Fawad Hassan
Calculations of doped bulk silicon transport data (new version release)
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Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 20: P-N Diode in Reverse Bias
30 Oct 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop
Recap diode (forward, zero, reverse) bias diagrams.Recap some of the equations.
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2009 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
09 Jul 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom, Muhammad A. Alam, Joerg Appenzeller
The school will consist of two lectures in the morning on the Nanostructured Electronic Devices: Percolation and Reliability and an afternoon lecture on Graphene Physics and Devices. A hands on laboratory session will be available in the afternoons.
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Colloquium on Graphene Physics and Devices
29 Jul 2009 | | Contributor(s):: Joerg Appenzeller, Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom
This short course introduces students to graphene as a fascinating research topic as well as to develop their skill in problem solving using the tools and techniques of electronics from the bottom up.