EDA for Nanoelectronics

Objectives

At the end of this curricular unit the student will have acquired the knowledge, skills and competences that allow them to: 

Understand

-        The limitations of the Schokley model in the current circuit design and the need to use new models. 

-        The need to use behavioral models to characterize the operation of passive devices in CMOS and other non-conventional nanoelectronic devices (eg non-volatile memory) 

-        Problems associated with models to be integrated in simulators

Be capable of:

-        Develop scripts for the determination of parameters of new characterization models of FETs, e.g. mosfets and TFTs (analytical and optimization-based approaches).

-        Develop in Verilog compact models for FETs and models for non-conventional devices 

To know : 

-        The operation of MOSFETs and the physical phenomena associated with the reduction of current MOSFET characterization models

-         Non-conventional nanoelectronic devices