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Nanoelectronics and Information Technology
Nanoelectronics (UE S3-11)
This course gives an introduction to nanoelectronics and ICTs and
discusses the advances electron device technologies.
discusses the advances electron device technologies.
Outline of the course
- Introduction
- From micro- to nanoelectronics
- Bottom-up and top-down approaches
- Single electron transistors (SETs)
- Principle of operation
- Application to electrometers
- The influence of offset charges
- Hybrid logic circuits SET-FET
- Transmission of information by quantum-dot cellular automata (QCAs)
- Quantum information processing
- Single-electron memory (SEM)
- Principle of operation
- Intrgation on silicon
- Multi-bit storage
- Devices based on quantum wires
- Carbon-nanotube devices
- Devices based on semiconductor nanowires
- Examples of reconfigurable logic circuits
- Fast devices
- Tunnel junctions
- Resonant tunneling
- Nano-electromechanical devices (NEMs)
- Post-silicon technology
- Molecular electronics
- Neural networks
Evaluation
- Written exam
- Graded reports on lab practicals
Prior knowledge
course volume
- ECTS: 6
