University of Michigan
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ECE News and Announcements
| Apr 26, 2006 |
Nanocircuits and Nanoarchitectures
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Term: FALL 2006
Course No.: 498/598
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor: Prof. Pinaki Mazumder
Prerequisites: Instructor's Consent
Course Description:
Pervasive applications of microelectronics in all walks of our life that ushered in the 21st Century era of triumvirate information, bio and nano technologies have fueled the growth of multi-billion-transistor Silicon integrated circuits. Advances in integrated circuit technologies have been steadily accomplished during the past four decades by continually shrinking the feature sizes of MOS transistors and the accompanying metal interconnects with a view to achieving higher density, faster clock rate, and lower power consumption. As the feature sizes of MOS devices are further scaled down deep into sub-50 nanometer dimensions, the Silicon industry is swiftly approaching the realms of nanoelectronics where device fabrication will mandate the creation of precision structures by manipulation of a string of atoms. It is expected that the nano-scale Silicon technologies in conjunction with other emerging quantum and nanotechnologies will bring about a profound and radical changes in our technology-centric society in the same ways as the revolutionary monolithic fabrication technologies have brought about the electronic revolution in the last century. [More Info] |
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