Course Micro- and Nanodevices
The enrollment will be effected on the OPAL platform, where you'll find further informations about the course.
Course Content
Lecture Complexes- Semicondcuctor basics
- pn-junction / diode
- MOS-Transistor basics
- MOS transistors with sizes in the sub-100nm range
- New MOS transistor concepts (Multi-gate transistors, FinFETs, etc.)
- Single-electron transistors
- Quantum devices (Resonant tunnel diodes - RTDs, etc.)
- Bipolar transistors with sizes in the sub-1µm range
- Carbon nano-tubes
- Wave, Particle and Carriers in the Semiconductor
- pn Junction and Diode (generation and recombination effects, currents in diodes)
- MOS Transistor (calculation of important parameters, short and long channel effects, breakdown mechanism)
- The MOS field effect transistor (Measuring)
- Simulation of a MOSFET using ELDO / PSpice
Degree Programs
- Compulsory Subject in the 1st Semester of the Master Course Micro and Nano Systems (M_MN__1)
- Pflichtfach im 1. Semester des Master-Studiengangs Mikrosysteme und Mikroelektronik (M_MSMN1, alternativ zu BMNT)
Timetable for the current Semester
Type | Weekday | Groups | Time | Room | Start |
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L | on Thursdays | M_MN1_1, M_MN2_1 | 09.15-10.45 | 2/W038 | 2023-10-12 |
E | on Fridays, 2nd week | M_MN1_1, M_MN2_1 | 07.30-09.00 | 2/W037 | 2023-11-03 |
P | on Fridays | M_MN1_1, M_MN2_1 | 09.15-13.00 | 2/W368 | 2023-10-27 |
Teaching Materials
- Lecture slides
- 1 - Introduction
- 2 - Semicondcuctor Basics
- 3 - Charges in Semiconductors
- 4 - Currents in Semiconductors
- 5 - The pn-junction
- 6 - The diode
- 7 - MOS-Transistor Basics
- 8 - Short-Channel MOS-Transistors I
- 9 - Short-Channel MOS-Transistors II
- Worksheets
- Worksheet 1 (Wave, Particle and Carrier in the Semiconductor)
- Worksheet 2 (pn Junction and Diode)
- Worksheet 3 (Integrated MOS Transistors 1)
- Worksheet 4 (Integrated MOS Transistors 2)
- Worksheet 5 (Integrated MOS Transistors 3)
- Worksheet 6 (Integrated MOS Transistors 4)
- Lab Guides
Examination current Semester
Date / Time: | Tuesday, 2024-02-27, 08 - 11 am |
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Room: | 2/N112 (new: C10.112) |
Type: | Written examination |
Permitted: | Pocket calculator (no Bluetooth / Wifi), empty sheets of gridded paper, formula sheet will be provided |
Examiner: | Prof. Horstmann, M.Eng. Hafez |
Surveillance: | DI Loebel |