Illinois ECE 598EP Hot Chips: Atoms to Heat Sinks
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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 phonons, mobility and thermal conductivity, power dissipation in modern devices (CMOS, phase-change memory, nanowires, nanotubes), circuit leakage, thermal breakdown, system-level issues, thermometry, and heat sinks.
This course is intended to bridge a gap for those of you with Electrical Engineering or Physics backgrounds who are interested in nanoscale power and thermal issues, and for those of you with Heat Transfer (Mechanical Engineering) backgrounds interested in nanoscale electronic issues. Material Scientists, Chemical Engineers and other interested parties are also encouraged to enroll. We will cover fundamentals as well as modern research topics, and would like to accommodate a broad range of backgrounds and interests. If you are unsure of your individual preparation for this class, please check with the instructor. Broadly speaking, a basic knowledge of solid-state physics, transistor operation, and familiarity with Matlab (or similar) would be ideal.
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 phonons, mobility and thermal conductivity, power dissipation in modern devices (CMOS, phase-change memory, nanowires, nanotubes), circuit leakage, thermal breakdown, system-level issues, thermometry, and heat sinks. Handouts are supplemented with papers from the research literature. Grading is based on homeworks, Wikipedia assignments, a final conference-level group paper, and oral presentations.
Topics:
- Introduction: Why Power Matters in Nano-Electronics
- Electronics Overview from Silicon to Package
- The Microscopic Origin of Macroscopic Laws:
- Low-Dimensional and Boundary effects
- Power in Electronic Devices
- Power in Integrated Circuits
- Power in Electronic Systems
- Power and Architecture
- FINAL In-Class Presentations
References
No single textbook covers all topics. We will rely on handouts, slides, PDFs, and sections from several books including:
- Nanoscale Energy Transport and Conversion,” G. Chen, Oxford, (2004)
- Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor, by S. Datta, Cambridge, (2006)
- Low-power CMOS VLSI circuit design, by K. Roy and S. Prasad, Wiley, (2000)
Two related textbooks are fully available online:
- A Heat Transfer Textbook, by J. H. Lienhard
- Principles of Semiconductor Devices, by B. Van Zeghbroek
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 1 - Hot Chips: Atoms to Heat Sinks | View Flash | ||||
Introduction
Content:
The Big Picture
Another CPU without a Heat Sink
Thermal Management Methods
Impact on People and Environment
Packaging cost
IBM S/390 refrigeration and... |
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 3.1 - Hot Chips: Electrons and Phonons | View Flash | ||||
Electrons and Phonons |
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 3.2 - Hot Chips: Electrons and Phonons | View Flash | ||||
Electrons and Phonons |
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 3.3 - Hot Chips: Electrons and Phonons | View Flash | ||||
Electrons and Phonons
Topics:
Energy Stored in These Vibrations
The Einstein Model
Einstein Low-T and High-T Behavior
The Debye Model
Peter Debye (1884-1966)
Website Reminder
The... |
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 8 - Hot Chips: Thermal Conductivity of Solids | View Flash | ||||
Thermal Conductivity of Solids
Topics:
Kinetic Theory of Energy Transport
Simple Kinetic Theory Assumptions
Phonon MFP and Scattering Time
Silicon Film Thermal Conductivity
Silicon... |
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 12 - Hot Chips: Boundary Resistance and Thermometry | View Flash | ||||
Boundary Resistance and Thermometry
Topics:
Summary of Boundary Resistance
Acoustic vs. Diffuse Mismatch Model
Band to Band Tunneling Conduction
Thermionic and Field Emission(3D)
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 13 - Hot Chips: Conductance Quantization | View Flash | ||||
Conductance Quantization
Topics:
Ideal Electrical Resistance in 1-D
Charge and Energy Current Flow in 1-D
Conductance as Transmission
Conductance of 1-D quantum wire
Quasi 1-D Channel... |
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Illinois ECE 598EP Lecture 14 - Hot Chips: Power Dissipation in Semiconductors | View Flash | ||||
Power Dissipation in Semiconductors
Topics:
Simple Power Dissipation Models
Revisit Simple Landauer Resistor
Continuum view of Heat Generation
Details of Joule Heating in Silicon
Self... |