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Advanced Semiconductor Devices (B.Tech)

Departmental Elective-II: advanced MOS devices, heterostructures, power and nano-scale devices.

6 MonthsDuration 5Chapters25Topics
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01Unit 1: MOSFET Scaling and Short-Channel Effects 5 topics
  1. MOS capacitor and threshold voltage review
  2. Constant-field and constant-voltage scaling
  3. Short-channel effects: VT roll-off, DIBL, velocity saturation
  4. Hot-carrier effects and punch-through
  5. Gate leakage and subthreshold conduction
02Unit 2: Advanced MOS Structures 5 topics
  1. SOI MOSFET
  2. FinFET and multi-gate transistors
  3. High-k dielectrics and metal gates
  4. Strained silicon
  5. Tunnel FET
03Unit 3: Heterostructure Devices 5 topics
  1. Heterojunctions and band alignment
  2. Compound semiconductors: GaAs, InP, GaN
  3. HEMT and two-dimensional electron gas
  4. Heterojunction bipolar transistor
  5. RF and microwave applications
04Unit 4: Power Semiconductor Devices 5 topics
  1. Power MOSFET structures
  2. IGBT
  3. Wide band-gap materials: SiC and GaN
  4. SiC MOSFET and GaN HEMT power devices
  5. Figures of merit
05Unit 5: Nanoscale and Emerging Devices 5 topics
  1. Quantum confinement: wells, wires and dots
  2. Carbon nanotube FET
  3. Single-electron transistor
  4. Spintronic devices
  5. Memristors

About

You will be able to

  • Explain MOSFET scaling and short-channel effects
  • Describe SOI, FinFET, high-k metal gate and other advanced MOS structures
  • Explain heterojunctions, HEMTs and HBTs and compound semiconductors
  • Compare silicon, SiC and GaN power devices
  • Describe quantum-confined and emerging nanoscale devices

Who it is for

  • B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering students of Semester 5 under AKTU who have chosen this Departmental Elective
  • Students interested in VLSI, semiconductor industry and research

What you need

  • Electronic Devices (Semester 3)

Questions

Which syllabus is followed?

The current AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow) B.Tech syllabus of Advanced Semiconductor Devices (Electronics & Communication Engineering, Semester 5). If your university or college follows a different syllabus, the centre teaches from your own university syllabus.

Is this a compulsory subject?

No. In the AKTU scheme it is offered as a Departmental Elective-II option in Semester 5 of Electronics & Communication Engineering; it is taught for students who have chosen this elective.

How is the subject examined?

AKTU assesses it through sessional tests, assignments and attendance, and an end-semester university examination; the centre covers every unit with theory, derivations and numericals.

Are previous-year questions practised?

Yes. Unit-wise AKTU previous-year questions, short-answer questions and the test series are solved in class.

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