Topics planned to be covered in this course are:

• VLSI design and Nanoelectronics
• Physics and Operation of MOSFET
• SPICE and Circuit simulation
• TCAD simulation: Theory and demonstration
• Compact Modeling: Theory and demonstration
• Scaling and Moore's Law
• Ballistic and Quasi-ballistic transport
• International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
• Nanoscale Transistors: FinFET, FDSOI, Negative Capacitance Transistor
• Characterization: Current and capacitance measurement demonstration
• RF CMOS and GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors

In addition -

Laboratory visits and exposure to RF transistor measurement system are also planned in this course.

There will be a dedicated session on new research problems in nanoelectronics.