Course Description
Introduction to the basic concepts of nanoelectronics to electrical engineering students with little to no background in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics via a new perspective in establishing the conceptual framework that underlies this microscopic viewpoint on using examples related to the emerging field of nanoelectronics.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
The scope of each assignment will require the graduate student to offer analytical derivation to the problems in addition to conceptual descriptions. The final project will include additional requirements for the presentation related to current developments in academic work and applications to industry.
Athena Title
Nanoelectronics
Prerequisite
ELEE 3270 or ELEE 3270E
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students should have learned: (1) About classic and current research and theories about electronic transport in nanoscale structures; (2) Major experimental approaches used to measure the electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of nanostructures; (3) Differences of the electronic transport behaviors when structure size shrinks to nanoscale; Quantum transport; (4) Methods to search and read scientific papers and design research projects to address impartment problems in nanoelectronics.
Topical Outline
1) The New Perspective: Two Key Concepts; Why Electrons Flow; Conductance Formula; Ballistic (B) Conductance & Diffusive (D) Conductance; Connecting Ballistic (B) to Diffusive (D); Angular Averaging; Drude Formula 2) Energy Band Model: E(p) or E(k) Relation; Counting States; Density of States; Number of Modes; Electron Density (n); Conductivity vs. Electron Density (n); Quantum Capacitance; The Nanotransistor 3) What and Where is the Voltage: A New Boundary Condition; Quasi-Fermi Levels (QFL's); Current from QFL's; Landauer Formulas; What a Probe Measures; Electrostatic Potential; Boltzmann Equation; Spin Voltages 4) Heat and Energy: Second Law & Information: Seebeck Coefficient; Heat Current; One level Device; Second Law; Entropy; Law of Equilibrium; Shannon Entropy; Fuel Value of Information
Syllabus
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