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1. Introduction to Thermoelectricity

   Courses | 17 Oct 2019 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, Ali Shakouri

   A short course designed to introduce semiconductor scientists and engineers to thermoelectric science and technology. The first module (by Lundstrom) is on the theory of thermoelectricity with the goal of understanding the thermoelectric transport coefficients. The second module (by Shakouri)...

2. ECE 695A Reliability Physics of Nanotransistors

   Courses | 17 Jan 2013 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Alam

   This course will focus on the physics of reliability of small semiconductor devices. In traditional courses on device physics, the students learn how to compute current through a device when a voltage is applied.

3. ECE 606 Solid State Devices - new version here https://nanohub.org/courses/ECE606/2020x/outline

   Courses | 10 Oct 2012 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

   I newer version of this course is released herehttps://nanohub.org/courses/ECE606/2020x/outline ------- Note: to access these lectures please login or create an account.This course provides the graduate-level introduction to understand, analyze, characterize and...

4. ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2011)

   Courses | 29 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

   This course is about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport in nanoscale devices. The objective is to develop a broad understanding of basic concepts. The course is designed for those who work on electronic materials and devices – whether they are...

5. Solar Cell Fundamentals

   Courses | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam

   A new version of the course has been posted here.  The modern solar cell was invented at Bell Labs in 1954 and is currently receiving renewed attention as a potential contribution to addressing the world's energy challenge. This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar...

6. Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications

   Courses | 28 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

   Engineers and scientists working on electronic materials and devices need a working knowledge of "near-equilibrium" (also called "linear" or "low-field") transport. The term "working knowledge" means understanding how to use theory in practice. Measurements...

7. Tutorial 4: Far-From-Equilibrium Quantum Transport

   Courses | 29 Mar 2011 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

   These lectures focus on the application of the theories using the nanoelectronic modeling tools NEMO 1- D, NEMO 3-D, and OMEN to realistically extended devices. Topics to be covered are realistic resonant tunneling diodes, quantum dots, nanowires, and Ultra-Thin-Body Transistors.

8. Nanoelectronic Devices, With an Introduction to Spintronics

   Courses | 09 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom

       Nanoelectronic devices are at the heart of today's powerful computers and are also of great interest for many emerging applications including energy conversion, sensing and alternative computing paradigms. Our objective, however, is not to discuss specific devices or...

9. Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices Homework Assignments (Fall 2009)

   Courses | 28 Jan 2010 | Contributor(s):: Mohamed Mohamed

   Homework assignments for the Fall 2009 teaching of Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices.

10. Nanoelectronic Modeling: From Quantum Mechanics and Atoms to Realistic Devices

    Courses | 25 Jan 2010 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

    The goal of this series of lectures is to explain the critical concepts in the understanding of the state-of-the-art modeling of nanoelectronic devices such as resonant tunneling diodes, quantum wells, quantum dots, nanowires, and ultra-scaled transistors. Three fundamental concepts critical to...

11. Nanostructured Electronic Devices: Percolation and Reliability

    Courses | 17 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam

    In this series of lectures introduces a simple theoretical framework for treating randomness and variability in emerging nanostructured electronic devices for wide ranging applications – all within an unified framework of spatial and temporal percolation. The problems considered involve...

12. ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2009)

    Courses | 26 Aug 2009 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    This course develops a basic understanding of the theory of charge carrier transport in semiconductors and semiconductor devices and an ability to apply it to the anslysis of experiments and devices.

13. ECE 659 Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor

    3.5 out of 5 stars 

    Courses | 27 Jan 2009 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta

    Spring 2009 This is a newly produced version of the course that was formerly available. We would greatly appreciate your feedback regarding the new format and contents. Traditionally atomistic approaches have been used to model materials in terms of average parameters like the...

14. ECE 606: Principles of Semiconductor Devices

    5.0 out of 5 stars 

    Courses | 12 Nov 2008 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam

    In the last 50 years, solid state devices like transistors have evolved from an interesting laboratory experiment to a technology with applications in all aspects of modern life. Making transistors is a complex process that requires unprecedented collaboration among material scientists, solid...

15. ECE 612: Nanoscale Transistors (Fall 2008)

    3.5 out of 5 stars 

    Courses | 27 Aug 2008 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    Additional material related to the topics discussed in this course course is available at https://nanohub.org/courses/NT   Fall 2008 This course examines the device physics of advanced transistors and the process, device, circuit, and systems...

16. Illinois ECE 440: Solid State Electronic Devices

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    Courses | 18 Aug 2008 | Contributor(s):: Eric Pop

    The goals of this course are to give the student an understanding of the elements of semiconductor physics and principles of semiconductor devices that (a) constitute the foundation required for an electrical engineering major to take follow-on courses, and (b) represent the essential basic...

17. CQT: Concepts of Quantum Transport

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    Courses | 30 Nov 2006 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta

    Note: For an expanded version of these lectures see Datta's 2008 NCN@Purdue Summer School presentations on Nanoelectronics and the Meaning of Resistance. How does the resistance of a conductor change as we shrink its length all the way down to a few atoms? This is a question that...