Introduction to Nanoelectronics

Објавено: October 12, 2018
  1.    Course Title Introduction to Nanoelectronics
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ05Л008
  3.    Study program KHIE
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester IV/8   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Katerina Raleva
  9.    Course Prerequisites

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  Knowledge of the key consepts of next generation of nano-scale electronic devices (quantum dot and quantum wire devices). Understands the fundamentals of nanoelectronics and mesoscopic physics. Able to use nano-scale devices in electronic circuits. Able  to understand future nano-scale electronic devices and structures that will be used in  the "beyond CMOS"electronics.

11.    Course Syllabus: Introduction to nanotechnology – top-down and bottom-up approaches. Introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics – quantization, the wave-particle duality, wavefunctions and Schrödinger’s equation. Introduction to solid-state physics – DOS for 0-, 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional structures.  Electrons conduction, balistic transport and Ohm’s law. Two-terminal quantum dot devices and two-terminal quantum wire devices. Molecular FET. Quantum dot and quantum wire FET – current-voltage characteristics. Conventional MOSFET- ballistic vs bulk. Fundamental limits to computation. Future trends in electronics – beyond CMOS technology.
12.    Learning methods:
13.    Total number of course hours 3 + 1 + 1 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 0
16.2. Individual tasks 15
16.3. Homework and self-learning 90
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 20
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral)
17.3. Activity and participation 10
17.4. Final exam 70
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Lectures and tutorials attendance and successful completion of lab exercises.
20.    Forms of assessment  During the semester, two written partial exams are planned (at the middle and at the end of the semester, lasting 120 minutes). If the student does not pass the partial exams, they can take a written exam in each exam session (duration 120 minutes). The student’s activity is scored during the teaching. The student should prepare a project assignment and submit it no later than the end of the session following the end of the course semester. The final grade includes the points from the partial exams or the exam, student activity and the project task.
It is not allowed to use books, scripts, manuscripts or notes of any kind during the exam, as well as a calculator, mobile phone, tablet or any other electronic device.
21.    Language Macedonian and English
22.    Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluation and surveys.
23.    Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Marc Baldo Introduction to Nanoelectronics MITOpenCourseWare Publication 2010
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 D. Vasileska, S.M. Goodnick, G. Klimeck  Computational Electronics: Semiclassical and Quantum Device Modeling and Simulation  CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group  2010