Special Topics in Electronic Engineering

This course will review key concepts of semiconductor device physics and survey fundamental theory and novel ideas of realizing “beyond Moore” technology and devices. In addition to the traditional approach to semiconductor devices based on the effective mass approximation and drift-diffusion equation, the first-principles approach starting from atomistic viewpoint and quantum transport equation will be presented and emphasized. Students will be guided to carry out computer programming and hands-on computer simulations by learning several important numerical analysis techniques.