PTCEC339 Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics Syllabus:

PTCEC339 Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To understand the concepts of nano electronics and quantum electronics
 To understand the concepts of nano electronic devices, transistors, tunneling devices and superconducting devices
 To understand the basics of nanotube devices

UNITI INTRODUCTION TO NANO ELECTRONICS

Scaling to nano – Light as a wave and particle- Electrons as waves and particles- origin of quantum mechanics – General postulates of quantum mechanics – Time independent Schrodinger wave equation- Electron confinement – Quantum dots, wires and well-Spin and angular momentum

UNIT II QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

Quantum electronic devices – Short channel MOS transistor – Split gate transistor – Electron wave transistor – Electron wave transistor – Electron spin transistor – Quantum cellular automata -Quantum dot array, Quantum memory.

UNIT III NANO ELECTRONIC TRANSISTORS

Coulomb blockade – Coulomb blockade in Nano capacitors – Coulomb blockade in tunnel junctions – Single electron transistors, Semiconductor nanowire FETs and SETs, Molecular SETs and molecular electronics – Memory cell.

UNIT IV NANO ELECTRONIC TUNNELING AND SUPER CONDUCTING DEVICES

Tunnel effect -Tunneling element -Tunneling diode – Resonant tunneling diode – Three terminal resonant tunneling devices- Superconducting switching devices- Cryotron- Josephson tunneling device.

UNIT V NANOTUBES AND NANOSTRUCTURE DEVICES

Carbon Nanotube – Fullerenes – Types of nanotubes – Formation of nanotubes –Assemblies – Purification of carbon nanotubes – Electronic properties – Synthesis of carbon nanotubes – Carbon nanotube interconnects – Carbon nanotube FETs and SETs –Nanotube for memory applications- Nano structures and nano structured devices.

30 PERIODS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES: 30 PERIODS

T-CAD/ Any other relevant software based Simulations
1. Field Effect Transistors
2. Single Electron Transistors
3. Tunneling devices

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to
CO1: Understand the basics of nano electronics including quantum wires, dots and wells
CO2: Use the mechanism behind quantum electronic devices
CO3 : Analyze the key performance aspects of tunneling and superconducting nano electronic devices
CO4: Apply the knowledge in the development of nanotubes and nanostructure devices

TOTAL:60 PERIODS
TEXTBOOKS

1. Hanson, Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics, Pearson education, 2009.

REFERENCES

1. Jan Dienstuhl, Karl Goser, and Peter Glösekötter, Nanoelectronics and Nanosystems: From Transistors to Molecular and Quantum Devices, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
2. Mircea Dragoman and Daniela Dragoman, Nanoelectronics: Principles and Devices, Artech House, 2009.
3. Robert Puers, Livio Baldi, Marcel Van de Voorde and Sebastiaan E. Van Nooten, Nanoelectronics: Materials, Devices, Applications, Wiley, 2017.
4. Brajesh Kumar Kaushik, Nanoelectronics: Devices, Circuits and Systems, Elsevier science, 2018