ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2011)

29 Aug 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

This course is about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport in nanoscale devices. The objective is to develop a broad understanding of basic concepts. The course is designed …

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Thermal Transport Across Interfaces

23 Aug 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Timothy S Fisher

These lectures provide a theoretical development of the transport of thermal energy by conduction in nanomaterials, in which material interfaces typically dominate transport. The physical nature of …

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Solar Cell Fundamentals

19 Aug 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam

This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar cell technology fundamentals.

http://nanohub.org/resources/11888

Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications

28 Jul 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

These lectures are an introduction to near-equilibrium carrier transport using a novel, bottom up approach as developed by Supriyo Datta. This approach is more rigorous than the Drude approach - …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11763

Illinois ECE598XL Semiconductor Nanotechnology

27 Jun 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Xiuling Li

Lectures and discussion on current topics of semiconductor nanotechnology building block formation, characterization and device applications. Group IV, III-V and II-VI semiconductor nanowires, …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11399

Tutorial 4: Far-From-Equilibrium Quantum Transport

29 Mar 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

These lectures focus on the application of the theories using the nanoelectronic modeling tools NEMO 1- D, NEMO 3-D, and OMEN to realistically extended devices. Topics to be covered are realistic …

http://nanohub.org/resources/11042

MSE 405 Physics of Solids

29 Jan 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Hersam

Introduction to quantum mechanics and solid state physics. Specific topics include free electron behavior, potential energy wells and barriers, energy band theory, phonons, and electrical properties …

http://nanohub.org/resources/10084

Device Characterization with the Keithley 4200-SCS

20 Jan 2011 | Courses | Contributor(s): Lee Stauffer

This training session is based on the Keithley 4200-SCS Semiconductor Characterization System. It is intended for beginning to intermediate users. It covers basic concepts, both of the instrument, as …

http://nanohub.org/resources/10386

Nanoelectronic Devices, With an Introduction to Spintronics

09 Sep 2010 | Courses | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom

Nanoelectronic devices are at the heart of today's powerful computers and are also of great interest for many emerging applications including energy conversion, sensing and alternative computing …

http://nanohub.org/resources/9363

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

Colloquium on Graphene Physics and Devices

22 Sep 2009 | Courses | 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.

http://nanohub.org/resources/7180

Nanostructured Electronic Devices: Percolation and Reliability

17 Sep 2009 | Courses | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

In this series of lectures introduces a simple theoretical framework for treating randomness and variability in emerging nanostructured electronic devices for wide ranging applications – all within …

http://nanohub.org/resources/7168

ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2009)

26 Aug 2009 | Courses | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

This course develops a basic understanding of the theory of charge carrier transport in semiconductors and semiconductor devices and an ability to apply it to the anslysis of experiments and devices.

http://nanohub.org/resources/7281

ECET 499N: Introduction to Nanotechnology

30 Mar 2009 | Courses | Contributor(s): Helen McNally

An introduction to the emerging area of nanotechnology will be studied. The primary focus will be on the technologies of nanotechnology, with specific emphasis on electronics and electrical …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6583

Illinois ECE 598EP Hot Chips: Atoms to Heat Sinks

27 Jan 2009 | Courses | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

This course pursues a parallel treatment of electrical and thermal issues in modern nanoelectronics, from fundamentals to system-level issues. Topics include energy transfer through electrons and …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6163

ECE 659 Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor

27 Jan 2009 | Courses | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

This course the basic concepts of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics with special emphasis on non-equilibrium problems involving nanoscale current flow to graduate students with little or no …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6172

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5660

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5346

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. …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5328

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5306