University Course Number: ELEG 446/ 646

Course Title: Nanoelectronic Device Principles

Instructor:  Dr. James Kolodzey, Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware,    203 Evans Hall, Newark, DE 19716

Phone: (302) 831-1164;  FAX: 302 831 8179; email: kolodzey@ee.udel.edu

Course website: http://www.ece.udel.edu/~kolodzey/courses/eleg646s05.html
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Telephone Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 10:00 - 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Days course meets on campus: Tues/Thurs. 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. Eastern Time

Location: 304 Pearson Hall (PRS)

Text: Richard S. Muller, Theodore I. Kamins and Mansun Chan, “Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits,” 3rd Ed., J. Wiley & Sons, 2003, ISBN 0-471-59398-2

Prerequisites:  Undergraduate courses in materials and devices.
 

Course Objectives:

1) Introduce the principles that govern the operation and design of optical and electronic devices.

2) Develop the performance characteristics and limitations of devices based on bulk materials and heterojunctions.

3) Explain how nanotechnology and quantum mechanics affect devices with reduced sizes and dimensions, such as wires, dots, and nanophase materials.
 

Course Description:

 Introduction to the fundamental principles of semiconductor devices and derive the operating characteristics of several important device examples.

Nanoelectronic Device Principles – Spring 2005
ELEG 446/ 646

Course Requirements

Homework: Problems assigned on a weekly basis.

Exams: Midterm and Final exam.

Class Attendance: Students are responsible for all material covered in the videotapes and reading assignments.

 Submit all homework and exams to the course instructor at the above address by the due dates shown on the attached schedule. (FAX to: 302-831-8179) This will ensure rapid grading and recording of your work. Please include the University course number on all work. (Delays of up to one week are OK.  Approval for longer delays should be requested from the instructor.)

 The homework will account for 35% of your grade, the midterm exam will count for 25%,  the final exam will count for 35%, and the project will count for 5%.  Each exam will cover roughly half of the course material, but the final will be comprehensive. The Midterm exam will be 1.5 hours long, while the Final will be 2 hours long.

 The exams will be 'closed-book" but a formula and data sheet will be provided, so it will not be necessary to memorize equations or constants.  It will only be necessary for you to be able to select the right equations and data from a list of all those covered by the course.
Graded midterm exams will be returned by mail with a copy of the solutions. Final exams are not usually returned unless you specifically request it.

 Homework assignments will be posted on the course website (http://www.ece.udel.edu/~kolodzey/courses/eleg646s05.html).   Homework will be graded on a "logical approach" basis rather than on whether you obtain the right answer.  Thus you should be able to obtain 100% on the homework by making a reasonable effort to solve all problems and submitting them. Graded homework submitted by FAX will not be returned to you.

 Solutions will be posted on the website and you will be notified by e-mail that we have received your homework. If you do not have web and/or FAX access, mail in your homework and it will be returned with a copy of the solutions. Be sure that you understand the homework solutions before taking the exams.
 

Nanoelectronic Device Principles – Spring 2005
ELEG 446/ 646

Course Topics

Conduction and Transport: conductors, semiconductors, insulators, and organics (polymers and biomaterials)

Drift, diffusion, recombination, tunneling

Carrier densities, distribution functions, density of states

Equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties: carrier injection, generation, lifetimes

Junctions:  bias, Fermi potentials, capacitance, I-V characteristics

Transistors: bipolar and field effect characteristics, gain, limitations, and scaling

Microwave devices: IMPATT, Gunn, mixers and detectors

Tunnel devices: tunnel diodes, resonant tunneling

Optoelectronic devices: photodetectors, LEDs, and lasers

Mesoscopic devices: behavior in the nanoscale: quantum wells, wires and dots; molecular electronics; spintronics