EEL 4329 / EEL 5400

Future of Microelectronic Technology

Spring 2008

Instructor Dr. Scott Thompson

535 Engineering Bldg

846-0320

Office hours: M, W, F 3th/4 period

(plus email thompson@ece.ufl.edu for more)

Grader Srivatsan Parthasarathy (psrivats@ufl.edu)

Textbook Nanoelectronics and Information Technology by Reiner Waser (ISBN: 978-3527405428, Wiley-VCH)

Plus instructor handouts, classic and state of the art review papers from the literature (for example: VLSI Technology Symposium Short Course Emerging Information Processing Technology beyond CMOS), and a few short videos (public interview by Moore on Moore’s law)

Prerequisite Basic knowledge of semiconductor physics and devices. The class will be introductory and targeted towards students with a diverse background from electronics to material science. The class will be designed to introduce CMOS, non classical CMOS, and post CMOS device concepts without a quantum mechanical background.

Grading

Homework/team project assignments and team project.

– 90%

• 20% Exam 1: Feb 5

• 20% Exam 2 March 4

• 20% Exam 3 April 3

• 30% Final exam ( exam 1F May 1 8-10PM *note PM)

– 10% homework/real world semiconductor team research project

• Class divided into ~ 3 - 4 person per group

• **Some*** 5 – 10 min group periodic report out

• Final report

• Part peer evaluation

Summary This class will expose the student to state of the art technology issues and industrial team problem solving. The class will provide links between the short-term topics, which will certainly be in production during the next 10 years such as nano-scale MOSFET, strained Si, high k gates to far-reaching topics, which are well ahead or off the main stream, offering high potential. Some of these topics will include carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics and single electron devices for logic applications.

Relevance The slowing of Moore’s Law slows will have a profound effect on industry and university business and jobs. Students starting their careers in the $300B microelectronic industry are will surely be affected by these technology trends.

Course topics

Week 1-2 Moore’s Law and microelectronic industry trends

Week 3 Logic device: State of the Art for a Si MOSFET

Week 4 Requirements for a logic device replacement

Week 5-6 CMOS devices limits: quantum-statistical

Week 7-11 Post CMOS logic device

- Multi-Gate CMOS

- Carbon nanotubes

- High level overview of Quantum Transport Devices

- Single electron devices for Logic applications

- Spintronics

Week 12-14 Memory devices

DRAM, ferroelectric, magneto resistive, and phase change RAM

Week 16 December 8th and 10th

Other

• Class attendance required. Class attendance/participation used to decide “close” grades (i.e. A or B+?)

• No make-up exam/homework unless very good reason. See me. Will be handled on case by case basis

• Student with disability: Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Student Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the instructor when requesting accommodations.

• Expect on time to class. No cell phones

• University honesty policy