Introduction to Nanoelectronics

Course title: PIntroduction to Nanoelectronics

Code: 3ФЕИТ05Л008

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+1+1+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: None

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Knowledge of the key consepts of next generation of nano-scale electronic devices (quantum dot and quantum wire devices). Understands the fundamentals of nanoelectronics and mesoscopic physics. Able to use nano-scale devices in electronic circuits. Able  to understand future nano-scale electronic devices and structures that will be used in  the "beyond CMOS"electronics.

Total available number of classes: 180

Course Syllabus: Introduction to nanotechnology - top-down and bottom-up approaches. Introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics - quantization, the wave-particle duality, wavefunctions and Schrödinger's equation. Introduction to solid-state physics - DOS for 0-, 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional structures.  Electrons conduction, balistic transport and Ohm's law. Two-terminal quantum dot devices and two-terminal quantum wire devices. Molecular FET. Quantum dot and quantum wire FET - current-voltage characteristics. Conventional MOSFET- ballistic vs bulk. Fundamental limits to computation. Future trends in electronics - beyond CMOS technology.

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