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ABACUS Tool Suite (Fall 2023)
Series | 19 Oct 2023 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
The objective of the recitation series is to enable faculty to enhance existing or new semiconductor classes with interactive simulations.
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Lessons from Nanoscience: A Lecture Notes Series
Series | 31 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom (editor)
The focus of the series is on electronics, but volumes in areas of nanoscience and technology broadly related to electronics will be also be considered, as long as they are driven by a quest for unifying principles that embed a diversity of phenomena or techniques.
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Recitation Series for Semiconductor Education
Series | 08 Dec 2021 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
The objective of this recitation series is to enable faculty to enhance existing or new semiconductor classes with interactive simulations. Simulations and animations can immerse students into “what if” scenarios and engage them in more active forms of learning, including...
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MOSFET Design
Series | 12 Jan 2021 | Contributor(s):: Stella Quinones, Jose Valdez
A series of homework assignments were created to introduce senior level undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering students to the design of MOSFETs by combining calculations of MOSFET related design parameters for a set of doping and oxide thickness values with the analysis of MOSFET...
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[Illinois] MNTL Industry Affiliates Program 2017
Series | 19 Apr 2017 | Contributor(s):: Frederick A. Kish, Yurii A Vlasov, Minjoo Larry Lee, Wenjuan Zhu, Songbin Gong, Arend van der Zande, Lynford Goddard
PRIMARY GOALS OF THE PROGRAM To conduct precompetitive research. The MNTL IAP offers a cost-effective approach for companies to develop insight into commercial applications for academic research, and a mechanism for faculty and students to connect with commercial research applications. To...
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Device Options and Trade-offs for 5 nm CMOS Technology Seminar Series
Series | 05 Oct 2015 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Today's CMOS technology is so-called 14-nm technology. 10 nm technology development is well underway, and 7 nm has begun. It will soon be time to select a technology for the 5 nm node. To help understand the device options, what each on promises, what the challenges and trade-offs are,...
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Process Modeling
Series | 23 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This series on process modeling describes key process modeling steps such as implantation, diffusion, oxidation, etching, deposition, etc.
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Nanoelectronics and Modeling at the Nanoscale
Series | 30 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
Nanoelectronics refers to the use of nanotechnology on electronic components, especially transistors. Although the term nanotechnology is generally defined as utilizing technology less than 100 nm in size, nanoelectronics sometimes refers to transistor devices that are so small that inter-atomic...
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From Semi-Classical to Quantum Transport Modeling
Series | 10 Aug 2009 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This set of powerpoint slides series provides insight on what are the tools available for modeling devices that behave either classically or quantum-mechanically. An in-depth description is provided to the approaches with emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Conclusions...
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ECE 495N Teaching Materials: Homeworks and Exams (Fall 2008)
Series | 07 Jul 2009 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
Teaching materials for ECE 495N "Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics".
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ECE 659 Teaching Materials: Homeworks and Exams (Spring 2009)
Series | 24 Jun 2009 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
Teaching materials for ECE 659 "Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor".
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Computational Electronics HW Set
Series | 24 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
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Quantum Mechanics: Stationary Perturbation Theory
Series | 10 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
Stationary perturbation theory is concerned with finding the changes in the discrete energy levels and the changes in the corresponding energy eigenfunctions of a system, when the Hamiltonian of a system is changed by a small amount. In this section we provide reading material regarding...
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Quantum Mechanics: Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
Series | 10 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
Time-dependent perturbation theory, developed by Paul Dirac, studies the effect of a time-dependent perturbation V(t) applied to a time-independent Hamiltonian H0. Since the perturbed Hamiltonian is time-dependent, so are its energy levels and eigenstates. Therefore, the goals of time-dependent...
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Quantum Mechanics: Harmonic Oscillator
Series | 09 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
The quantum harmonic oscillator is the quantum mechanical analogue of the classical harmonic oscillator. It is one of the most important model systems in quantum mechanics because an arbitrary potential can be approximated as a harmonic potential at the vicinity of a stable equilibrium point....
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Quantum Mechanics: WKB Approximation
Series | 09 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
In physics, the WKB (Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin) approximation, also known as WKBJ (Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin–Jeffreys) approximation, is the most familiar example of a semiclassical calculation in quantum mechanics in which the wavefunction is recast as an exponential function, semiclassically...
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Quantum Mechanics: Hydrogen Atom and Electron Spin
Series | 09 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
A hydrogen atom is an atom of the chemical element hydrogen. The electrically neutral atom contains a single positively-charged proton and a single negatively-charged electron bound to the nucleus by the Coulomb force. The most abundant isotope, hydrogen-1, protium, or light hydrogen, contains no...
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Quantum Mechanics: Landauer's Formula
Series | 08 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
When a metallic nanojunction between two macroscopic electrodes is connected to a battery, electrical current flows across it. The battery provides, and maintains, the charge imbalance between the electrode surfaces needed to sustain steady-state conduction in the junction. This static...
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Quantum Mechanics: Periodic Potentials and Kronig-Penney Model
Series | 09 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
The Kronig-Penney model is a simple approximation of a solid. The potential consists of a periodic arrangement of delta functions, square well or Coulomb well potentials. By means of epitaxial growth techniques artificial semiconductor superlattices can be realized, which behave very similar to...
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Quantum Mechanics: Tunneling
Series | 08 Jul 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
In quantum mechanics, quantum tunnelling is a micro nanoscopic phenomenon in which a particle violates the principles of classical mechanics by penetrating a potential barrier or impedance higher than the kinetic energy of the particle. A barrier, in terms of quantum tunnelling, may be a form of...