ELEC 3908 ➔ Fall 2011
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.