ELEC 3908       Fall 2011

                           Winter 2012


Physical Electronics


Fundamentals of device physics and operation of the pn junction, bipolar transistor and MOSFET. Basic integrated circuit processing and application to diodes, BJTs and MOSFETs. Correlation between processing, structure, operation and modeling. Consideration of parasitic and small-geometry effects, reliability and process variation.


Prerequisites: ELEC 2507.


Lectures three hours a week, laboratory and problem analysis three hours a week.


ELEC 5703       Winter 2012


Nanoscale Technology & Devices


Engineering at the nanoscale. Quantum mechanics: particle confinement, band structure, effect of scale. Analysis tools: microscopy, spectroscopy, etc. Fabrication: thin films, nanoparticles, nanotubes, organics, graphene. Structures and properties: quantum well devices, nanocrystals, nanostructuring. Applications and devices: electronic, optoelectronic, photonic, etc.


Lectures three hours a week.