-
Lock It Up!: A SCALE K-12 Curriculum Unit
Teaching Materials | 22 May 2024 | Contributor(s):: Suzanne Hawthorne, Matt Riney, Brandy Tippery, Tamara J. Moore
Grade LevelsHigh School: Integrated Chemistry and PhysicsApproximate Time Needed to Complete UnitThree weeksUnit SummaryIn this unit students will use the engineering design process to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of electrical circuits and microelectronics. In...
-
Nanotechnology in Electronics: An Introduction to the units on LEDs, Thermistors, and Transistors
Teaching Materials | 12 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Jacyln Murray, NNCI Nano
The purpose of the following group of lab units is to illustrate properties associated with nanotechnology and the electronics industry through utilization of semiconductors. By using macro-examples of actual nano-circuitry, students will understand what is happening on the...
-
Quantum Workshop III: LED Circuit and Device Physics
Teaching Materials | 07 Feb 2015 | Contributor(s):: Stella Quinones
A hands-on learning exercise used to illustrate the device physics of a light emitting diode (LED) in a simple resistor circuit. Students explore the photon energy of four LEDs, compare the voltage drop (or forward bias) across the LED, and explain the behavior of the LED under...
-
A methodology for SPICE-compatible modeling of nanoMOSFETs
Teaching Materials | 17 Nov 2010 | Contributor(s):: Alba Graciela Avila, David Espejo
An original SPICE-compatible model for Intel's 45nm High-K MOSFET is presented. It takes into account some Quantum-Mechanical Effects that occur at small scale like Channel Length Modulation (CLM), Threshold Voltage variation and Velocity saturation, and is the first in his class that is not...
-
Homework for Circuit Simulation: ECE 255
Teaching Materials | 08 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: Gerold Neudeck
This collection of homeworks is used in ECE 255 "Introduction to Electronic Analysis and Design" (Purdue University). Students do their work, orsometimes check their work, by using the Spice 3F4 simulator on the nanoHUB.
-
Resonant Tunneling Diodes: an Exercise
Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: H.-S. Philip Wong
This homework assignment was created by H.-S. Philip Wong for EE 218 "Introduction to Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology" (Stanford University). It includes a couple of simple "warm up" exercises and two design problems, intended to teach students the electronic properties...