EC1803 NANO ELECTRONICS L T P C

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
 To introduce the students to Nano electronics, Nano devices, spintronics and molecular
electronics.
 To identify quantum mechanics behind Nano electronics.
 To describe the principle and the operation of Nano electronic devices.
 To introduce the concept of carbon Nano tubes
 To describe the concept of molecular Electronics
UNIT I- INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY 9
Background to nanotechnology: Types of nanotechnology and Nano machines –
Molecular Nanotechnology-Electron microscope – scanning electron microscope –
atomic force microscope –scanning tunnelling microscope-nanomanipulator-atom
manipulation- nanodots – Nanomaterials
UNIT II- FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOELECTRONICS 9
Fundamentals of logic devices- physical limits to computations; concepts of logic
devices – field effect devices – coulomb blockade devices – spintronics – quantum
cellular automata – quantum computing – DNA computer-performance of information
processing systems
UNIT III - SILICON MOSFETs & QUANTUM TRANSPORT DEVICES 9
Silicon MOSFETS - fundamentals of MOSFET Devices- scaling rules – silicon-dioxide
based gate dielectrics-metal gates-junctions & contacts-advanced MOSFET concepts-
Quantum transport devices based on resonant tunnelling-Electron tunnelling
UNIT IV- CARBON NANOTUBES 9
Carbon Nanotube– formation of nanotubes-purification of carbon nanotubes – electronic
properties – synthesis of carbon nanotubes – carbon nanotube interconnects – carbon
nanotube FETs –Nanotube for memory applications
UNIT V- MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS 9
Electrodes & contacts – molecular electronic devices – simulation and circuit design –
fabrication; Future applications- MEMS – robots – random access memory – mass
storage devices.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO1: Understand the fundamental science and quantum mechanics behind Nano electronics
CO2: Apply the concepts of a quantum transport and tunnelling effects in nano electronics
CO3: Analyze the difference between microelectronics and Nano electronics
CO4: Understand the formation of carbon nanotubes
CO5: Understand about molecular electronics devices
CO-PO Mapping
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TEXTBOOKS:
1. K.E. Drexler, Nano systems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing and Computation, Wiley
India Pvt Ltd, (2013),3rd Edition (I,II,IV)
2.Cuevas & Juan Carlos, Molecular Electronics-An Introduction to Theory and Experiment,
World Scientific,(2017) 2nd Edition,(III,V)

REFERNCES:
1. Charles P. Poole, Jr. and Frank, Introduction to Nanotechnology, John Wiley and sons, 2013,
2nd Edition.
2. Lynn E Foster, Nanotechnology, Pearson Education, 2007, 2nd Edition.