Course Content
Shrink-down approaches: Introduction, CMOS Scaling, The nanoscale MOSFET, Finfets, Vertical MOSFETs, limits to scaling, system integration limits (interconnect issues etc.), Resonant Tunneling Transistors, Single electron transistors, new storage, optoelectronic, and spintronics devices. Atoms-up approaches: Molecular electronics involving single molecules as electronic devices, transport in molecular structures, molecular systems as alternatives to conventional electronics, molecular interconnects; Carbon nanotube electronics, bandstructure & transport, devices, applications.
Text / References
- 1 Introduction to Nanotechnology, C.P. Poole Jr., F.J. Owens,Wiley (2003).2: Nanoelectronics and Information Technology (Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel Devices), Waser Ranier, Wiley-VCH (2003)3.Nanosystems, K.E. Drexler, Wiley (1992)4.The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, John H. Davies, Cambridge University Press, 19985.Research Papers