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On June 30, 1948, AT&T Bell Labs unveiled the transitor to the world, creating a spark of explosive economic growth that would lead into the Information Age. William Shockley led a team of researchers, including Walter Brattain and John Bardeen, who invented the device. Like the existing triode vacuum tube device, the transistor could amplify signals and switch currents on and off, but the transistor was smaller, cheaper, and more efficient. Moreover, it could be integrated with millions of other transistors onto a single chip, creating the integrated circuit at the heart of modern computers.

Today, most transistors are being manufactured with a minimum feature size of 60-90nm--roughly 200-300 atoms. As the push continues to make devices even smaller, researchers must account for quantum mechanical effects in the device behavior. With fewer and fewer atoms, the positions of impurities and other irregularities begin to matter, and device reliability becomes an issue. So rather than shrink existing devices, many researchers are working on entirely new devices, based on carbon nanotubes, spintronics, molecular conduction, and other nanotechnologies.

Learn more about transistors from the many resources on this site, listed below. Use our simulation tools to simulate performance characteristics for your own devices.

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  1. Illinois ECE 440: Introduction to Carrier Drift and Mobility Homework

    28 Jan 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed

    This homework covers Carrier Transport in Semiconductors subjected to an electric field.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8249

  2. Illinois ECE 440: Introduction to Crystal Properties Homework

    28 Jan 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed

    This homework Assignment covers basic introduction to Material Properties and Crystal Structures.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8243

  3. Illinois ECE 440: MOS Field-Effect Transistor Homework

    28 Jan 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed

    This homework covers Output Characteristics and Mobility Model of MOSFETs.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8268

  4. Illinois ECE 440: Photodiodes Homework

    28 Jan 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed

    This homework covers Current and Voltage in an Illuminated Junction, Solar Cells, and PN Junction Simulation.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8276

  5. Illinois ECE 440: PN Junction Homework

    28 Jan 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed

    This homework covers P-N junctions in equilibrium, contact potential, and Space Charge at a Junction.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8274

  6. Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices Homework Assignments (Fall 2009)

    28 Jan 2010 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed

    Homework assignments for the Fall 2009 teaching of Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices.

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8300

  7. Nanoelectronic Modeling: From Quantum Mechanics and Atoms to Realistic Devices

    25 Jan 2010 | Courses | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

    The goal of this series of lectures is to explain the critical concepts in the understanding of the state-of-the-art modeling of nanoelectronic devices such as resonant tunneling diodes, quantum...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8086

  8. Simulation of laser devices with ActiveMedia nanophotonics tool (ACME NPDS)

    This tutorial is intended to demonstrate how to build a device and analyze its optical properties and lasing behavior.

    http://nanohub.org/wiki/SimulationoflaserdeviceswithActiveMediananophotonicstoolACMENPDS

  9. Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 25: Nanomaterials and Devices for Solar Energy

    29 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh

    Nanomaterials and Devices for Solar Energy Topics: Approaches: Breathing Membrane Continuous Operation Fuel Cell Water Management ElectroKinetic Nanobattery EDL Capacitators Laminar...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8082

  10. Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 23: Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Conversion I

    28 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh

    Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Conversion Topics: Overview of Actuators at Nanoscale Electrostatic Actuators Piezo-Actuators Surface Acoustic Wave Motors Actuator...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8078

  11. Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 24: Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Conversion II

    28 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh

    Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy Conversion II Topics: Electrochemistry - Energy Storage Non-linear Diffusion Effect in Electrochemistry Architecture of 3-D batteries Nanomaterials...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/8080

  12. Molecular Sensors for MEMS

    10 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): John P. Sullivan

    This seminar will cover the issues involved in using molecular sensors in MEMS and their application to microchannels, supersonic micronozzles, microjet impingement, microturbines and unsteady...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/7998

  13. Taxonomy of spintronics (a zoo of devices)

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    01 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dmitri Nikonov, George Bourianoff

    The presentation deals with classification of logic devices based on electron spin as a computational variable. Requirements for logic devices are reviewed. Specifically we focus on a)...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/1940

  14. Optical BioMEMS Microfluidic Technologies for Hand-Held, Point-of-Care, Medical Devices

    23 Nov 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James Leary

    Portable, point-of-care, medical diagnostic devices could provide an important new component in more cost-effective healthcare delivery. Rapid measurements of blood samples during an examination...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/7873

  15. Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 20: P-N Diode in Reverse Bias

    18 Nov 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

    Recap diode (forward, zero, reverse) bias diagrams. Recap some of the equations. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices

    http://nanohub.org/resources/7690

  16. Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 19: Current Flow in P-N Diode

    28 Oct 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

    Last time, we talked about unbiased p-n junction. Today: biased (Vext ≠ 0) p-n junction & current flow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices

    http://nanohub.org/resources/7677

  17. Lecture 6: 3D Nets in a 3D World: Bulk Heterostructure Solar Cells

    27 Oct 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline: Introduction: 

definitions
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 diffusion
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 transport
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    http://nanohub.org/resources/7174

  18. Lecture 5: 2D Nets in a 3D World: Basics of Nanobiosensors and Fractal Antennae

    27 Oct 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

    Outline: Background:
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 biosensors Fractal 
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    http://nanohub.org/resources/7173

  19. Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 18: P-N Diode Electrostatics

    22 Oct 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

    Last time, we talked about p-n junction built-in voltage V¬0. Today: more about p-n electrostatics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices

    http://nanohub.org/resources/7612

  20. Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 16-17: Diffusion

    22 Oct 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

    So far: • Energy bands, Doping, Fermi levels • Drift (~n*v), diffusion (~dn/dx) • Einstein relationship (D/μ = kT/q) • “Boring” semiconductor resistors (either n- or...

    http://nanohub.org/resources/7605