ECE 7995 : Nano-Electronics and Information Technology

I. Overview  

      Nano-Electronics and Information Technology (ECE7995) is an introduction to current and future issues of electronics and informational technology at nanoscale. This is an interdisciplinary science and engineering course. The course will cover 1) science and technology at nanoscale, 2) extreme of CMOS technology, 3) quantum devices, 4) molecular electronics, 5), spintronics, 6) DNA computation, 7) quantum computation, and 8) fabrication and 9) characterization methods.

II. Instructor:

 Jaewu Choi, Assistant Professor

Electrical & Computer Engineering

5050 Anthony Wayne Dr. #3100, Wayne State University

Tel: 313-577-3990, e-mail: jchoi@ece.eng.wayne.edu

III. Class Schedule: Tu, Th (3:30 PM - 5:20 PM) at Room 0112 Mano

IV. Office Hours: Wednesday 10 AM – 12 AM

V. Course Prerequisites:

This course is open to graduate students interested in nano-scale physics, electronic materials, devices, fabrication and characterization of nano-structures, and quantum computation. Students from Physics, Chemistry, Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Bio-Medical Engineering and other disciplines are encouraged to register this course. The course is designed to include graduate students no explicit knowledge of electronic materials and devices with a solid understanding of semiconductors and semiconductor device. The equivalent prerequisites are two out of PHY5550 (basic electronics), PHY7050 (elementary solid state physics), ECE4570 (Electronics II), ECE4850 (Optical Fiber Communications), and ECE5500 (Current Electronics and Photonic Materials Technology), ECE5550 (Solid State Electronics I), or could be waived with consent of instructor.

VI. Policy on Evaluation and Grading:

The course grade will be determined by performance on in-class short quizzes (20%), in-class discussion

and participations (20%), a presentation (20%) and a term report (40 %).

 Depending on class averages, grades may be renormalized, but only to improve your grade.

VII. Textbooks and Reference Materials:

Textbook: Nanoelectronics and Information Technology (Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel Devices), Rainer Waser, Wiley-VCH (2003).

Some reference articles, book chapters, and instructors' course notes will be posted or e-mailed to each individual. Students are strongly encouraged to search the literature to broaden their understanding of class material.

Reference 1: Introduction to Nanotechnology, C.P. Poole Jr., F.J. Owens, Wiley (2003).

Reference 2: Nanosystems, K.E. Drexler, Wiley (1992)

Reference 3: Introduction to Molecular Electronics, M.C. Petty, M.R. Bryce, and D. Bloor, Edward Arnold (1995)

Reference 4: Mesophysics and Electronics, T. Ando, Y.Arakawa, K.Furuya, S. Komiuyama, and H. Nakashima, Springer (1998)

Reference 5: Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation, D.D. Awschalom, D. Loss, and N. Samarth, Springer (2002)

Reference 6: Quantum Heterostructures, V. Mitin, V. Kochelap, and M. Stroscio, Cambridge (1999)

Reference 7: Biological Micro- and Nano-tribology, M. Scherge and S. Gorb, Springer (2001)

Reference 8: Physics of Submicron Devices, D.K. Ferry, and R.O. Grondin, Plenum Press (1991)

Reference 9: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, M.A. Nielsen, and I.L. Chung, Cambrige (2000)

Reference 10: Computing with Cells and Atoms, C.S. Calude and F. Paun, Tayor and Francis (2001)

Reference 12: VLSI Technology, S.M. Sze, McGraw-Hill (1998)

Reference 13: CMOS: Digital Integrated Circuits, Sung-Mo Kang, and Yusuf Leblebici, McGraw-Hill (1999)

Reference 14: Modern Semiconductor Device Physics, S.M. Sze, Wiley (1998)

Reference 15: Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy, T. Sakurai and Y. Watanabe, Springer (2000)

VIII. Schedule

*: The schedule can be affected by business trips and they will be made-up after discussion of the schedule with participants of the class.

**: Selection a topic for the term paper and presentation.

Note 1: No cheating is allowed. The instructor may fail a student for cheating.

Note 2: In general, no make-up exam (quiz) will be given without any reasonable written notice beforehand.