ECE 633 - Nanoelectronics
Instructor
Professor
Youngki
Yoon
Office:
QNC
5623
Office
Hours:
After
class;
by
appointment
(via
email)
for
other
times
Email:
youngki.yoon@uwaterloo.ca
Lecture hours
Thursdays 2:30 – 5:20 PM in room EIT 3141
Course website
The course website is on LEARN (login with your WatIAM userid and password)
Course objectives
This course will help students with limited prior background in nanoelectronics
- Acquire the understanding of nanomaterials and nanoscale electronic devices, and
- Develop hands-on coding experience for plotting electronic band structures of various nanomaterials.
Course schedule (tentative)
-
Bottom-up
view
on
nanoelectronic
devices
(2
weeks)
Origin of current flow; conductance quantum; current-voltage characteristics -
Quantum
mechanics
of
electrons
(2
weeks)
Schrödinger equation; finite difference method; hydrogen atom -
Basis
functions
(2
weeks)
Hydrogen molecule; basis functions; basis transformation; density matrix -
Band
theory
of
solids
(2
weeks)
Reciprocal lattice; Brillouin zone -
Band
structures
of
nanomaterials
(2
weeks)
Graphene, carbon nanotube, layered semiconductors - Nanomaterials to nanoelectronic devices (2 weeks)
Coding assignment
MATLAB (or equivalent software package) will be used to plot the band structures of various nanomaterials. No prior programming experience is required!
Computer lab
Matlab is available at most engineering computer labs and ECE labs. Please check the website for details.
Textbook
No textbook is required for this course.
General references
- Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor, Supriyo Datta, Cambridge University Press (2013).
Marking scheme
- Assignment: 30%
- Project: 20%
- Final Exam: 50%
- No Midterm Exam