EEE 540: Advanced Semiconductor Devices (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
E0E540 begins with the review of classical semiconductor physics and devices (e.g., pn junction diode, MOSFET, and bipolar transistor) learned in the prerequisite courses. Then classical optoelectronic and photonic devices, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes, photodetectors, and solar cells are discussed. Advanced semiconductor devices, such as tunnel diode, tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET), thin film transistor (TFT), JFET, and MESFET, are introduced subsequently. After that, physics background on heterostructure, quantum well, superlattice, two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), modulation doping, Coulomb blockade effect, quantized transport, ballistic transport, and quantum capacitance are discussed. Based on the knowledge, high electron-mobility transistor (HEMT), modulation-doped FET (MODFET), single-electron transistor, floating gate MOSFET, and ballistic transistor are introduced. Finally, state-of-the-art semiconductor nanoelectronic and photonic devices based on carbon nanotube, nanowire, graphene, and MoS2 are briefly discussed
Recommended Text and Reference:
• S. M. Sze and Kwok K. Ng, “Physics of Semiconductor Physics (4th)”, Wiley, 2012
• Supriyo Datta, “Quantum Transport Atom to Transistor”, Cambridge University Press, 2005
EEE 541: Advanced VLSI Design (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Overview of important issues in high performance digital VLSI design: Interconnect as key limiting factor, wire modeling, clock distribution of high speed system, power distribution, crosstalk and power distribution noise. Low power design issues. CMOS design methodology: Structured design strategies, automated synthesis, placement and routing, circuit extraction, simulation, design rule check and testing. Combinational and sequential system design, state machine design, subsystem design, architectural design. Practical chip design examples.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Thomas Dillinger, “VLSI Design Methodology Development”, 1st Edition, PEARSON, 2020.
• Goel, “High-Speed Vlsi Interconnections”, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2015.
• Hongjiang Song, “VLSI ANALOG CIRCUITS”, 2nd Edition, MC GRAW HILL, 2017.
• Chandrasetty, Vikram Arkalgud, “VLSI Design”, Springer, 2011.
• Kaushik, Brajesh K., Dasgupta, Sudeb, Singh, Virendra (Eds.), “VLSI Design and Test”, Springer, 2017.
EEE 542: Advanced Digital Signal Processing (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Signal Modeling: Pade & Prony Matching, Solution of Autocorrelation Normal Equations, Burg's Algorithm, Linear Prediction, Wiener and Kalman Filtering. Spectral Estimation: non-parametric (periodogram, Welsh and Blackman-Tukey modifications), parametric (AR, MA and ARMA). Two Dimensional Signal Processing: 2D z-transform, 2-D DFT and DCT, 2-D filters, image processing. Multirate Signal Processing: decimation & interpolation, polyphase filters, QMF filter banks Signal Coding: waveform coding, predictive coding, transform coding, MPEG1/2/4 audio and speech coding.
EEE 543: Power Semiconductor Circuits and Drives (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Static switching devices, characteristics of SCR, BJT, MOSFET, IGBT, SIT, GTO, MCT. Classifications of static power converters and their application. Control circuits for static power converters. Pulse width modulation; PWM control of static power converters. Switch mode DC to DC converters, resonant converters, Fourier analysis of static converter waveforms, HD, THD, pf, ZVS and ZCS of static converters. Hysteresis current of AC drives. Input/output filter design of static power converters. Design of protection circuits for static power converters. Design of microcomputer controllers for static power converter switching.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Muhammad H. Rashid, "Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications", Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition.
• Abraham I. Pressman, "Switching Power Supply Design", McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition.
EEE 544: Photovoltaic Engineering (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Physics of photovoltaic (PV) cells, the diode model and IV characteristics, cell efficiency, maximum power point and fill factor, maximizing PV cell performance, solar energy and solar radiation, air mass (AM), solar insolation, optical absorption, absorption co-efficient, enhancing the absorption in a PV cell, exotic junctions, heterojunction, schottky junction, graded and multijunction/tandem solar cells, overview of battery technology, types, structure and operation mechanism, battery capacity, state of charge (SOC) and depth of discharge (DOD), issues involved with over-charging, under-charging and over-discharging, internal resistance, sulfation and gassing effect, requirements and strategies for charge control, battery safety and maintenance issues, design considerations for a stand-alone PV system.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Stuart R. Wenham, Martin A. Green, Muriel E. Watt, Richard Corkish, Applied Photovoltaics, 3rd Ed., Earthscan, London, UK, 2012.
• Roger Messenger, Amir Abtahi, “Photovoltaic Systems Engineering”, CRC Press, 4th Ed., 2017.
• Soteris Kalogirou, “Solar Energy Engineering, Processes and Systems”, 1st Ed., Academic Press, Burlington, MA, USA, 2009.
• S.M. Sze, “Physics of Semiconductor Devices”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 3rd Ed., 2007.
EEE 545: Nanotechnology (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Introduction to nanophysics and nanotechnology – scaling laws and limits to smallness; quantum nature of nanoworld; nano fabrication (top-down and bottom-up process); nanoscopy (electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy); Properties and application of dielectric and metal nanostructures – individual nanoparticles and nanoclusters; nanostructured materials; carbon nanostructures; nanomagnets; Properties and application of semiconductor nanostructures - fabrication of semiconductor nanowires and quantum dots; electronic and optical properties(2D and 3D quantum confinement); optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures (local probe techniques); quantum dots nanowire- and quantum-dot-based electronic and photonic devices; Nanoelectronics Devices, Nano-electronics & nano-photonics, Nanotechnology in Energy Conversion and Storage, Nanobiotechnology & medical applications, Nanobiotechnology and Nanotechnology in Healthcare, Environmental Nanotechnology.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Chris Binns, “Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” WILEY, 2010.
• M. Bououdina, J. Paulo Davim, “Handbook of Research on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, and Advanced Materials”, Inspec, Scopus, 2014.
• Narendra Kumar, Sunita Kumbhat, “Essentials in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”, 2016.
• Chelladurai V, “LTD Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Foods and Beverages”, TAYLOR & FRANCIS, 2019.
EEE 546: Nano-photonics and Plasmonics (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Introduction, Light scattering, Materials for plasmonics,Localized plasmon resonances, Surface Plasmon-Coupled Emission,Propagating plasmons, Modelling plasmonic nanostructures, Modes in plasmonics, SERS and fluorescence, Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Biosensing, Coupled-oscillators models, Nanofabrication for plasmonics, Nonlinear plasmonics, Plasmonics for energy conversion, data storage and biomed applications, Silicon, Diamond, and Graphene photonics, Single-Molecule Detection, Other emerging topics in nanophotonics and plasmonics, Numerical experiments, Case Study
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Matthew Pelton, Garnett W. Bryant, “Introduction to Metal-Nanoparticle Plasmonics”, Wiley, 2013.
• H Rigneault, J. M. Lourtioz, C. Delalande, A. Levenson, “Nanophotonics”, Wiley, 2010.
• Arthur McGurn, “Nanophotonics”, Springer 2018.
• Paras N Prasad, “Nanophotonics”, Wiley, 2016.
EEE 547: Advanced Embedded System Design (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Introduction, Design Process, Embedded system architecture: Instruction Set Architecture, Basic Embedded Processor/Microcontroller Architecture, Memory System Architecture, 4 I/0 Sub-system, Co-processors and Hardware Accelerators, Processor Performance Enhancement; Designing embedded computing platform: Using CPU Bus, Memory Devices and their Characteristics, I/O Devices, Component Interfacing, Designing with Processors, Implementation; Programming Embedded Systems: Program Design, Programming language; Operating system: Basic Features of an Operating System, Processes and Threads, Context Switching, Scheduling, Inter-process Communication, Real-time Memory Management, I/O, Example Real-time OS, Evaluating and Optimizing Operating System Performance; Network Based Embedded Applications: Network Fundamentals, Layers and Protocols, Elements of Protocol Design, High Level Protocol Design Languages, Network Based Design, Internet-Enabled Systems, Wireless Applications; Embedded System Development; Embedded Control Applications: Open-loop and Closed Loop Control Systems, PID Controllers, Fuzzy Logic Controller.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• CORRADINI M L, “Control Systems With Saturating Inputs: Analysis Tools And Advanced Design”, SPRINGER, 2012.
• M. Khalgui, O. Mosbahi, A. Valentini, “Embedded Computing Systems: Applications, Optimization, and Advanced Design”, Scopus, 2013.
• SANGIOVANNI-VINCENTELLI, “Embedded Systems Development from Functional Models to Implementations”, SPRINGER, 2013.
• Wei Wu, “Model-Based Design for Effective Control System Development”, Scopus, 2017.
• GUAN N, “Techniques for Building Timing Predictable Embedded Systems”, SPRINGER, 2016.
EEE 548: Embedded Internet of Things (IoT), (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
IoT concepts: Technologies that led to evolution of IoT, IoT and SCADA, IoT and M2M, IoT and Big Data, Cool Applications, Sensors, Embedded Systems, Networking, Circuits ; IoT Standards: Requirement of international standard ( case study), IoT standards in practice, Operating platforms /systems; Programming with Advanced C/ Embedded C, Micro-controller programming using Arduino, Programming with Python, IoT Protocols: HTTP, CoAP, MQTT, AMQP, 6LoWPAN, IoT Cloud Infrastructure; Basics of Networking: Networking Fundamentals, Types of Networks, Network Topologies, Network Topologies, Components of IoT System: Design of IoT systems, Monitoring, Analysis & Control, Setting up and Using Cloud Services, Multimedia Technologies, Surveillance system, Development of prototypes: Building IoT Applications using Raspberry Pi; Relevance of IoT for the future: IoT in everyday life, Internet of Everything, Performance and Security in IoT; IoT Applications: Lighting as a service (case study), Intelligent Traffic systems (case study), Smart Parking (case study), Smart water management (case study), IoT for smart cities (Case study Smart city); IoT Scenario: IoT for health services, IoT for financial inclusion, IoT for rural empowerment; Challenges in IoT implementation: Big Data Management, Connectivity challenges, Mission critical applications.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Hassan Q. F. Atta Ur Rehman Khan, “Internet of Things: Challenges Advances and Applications”, T & F, 2019.
• Information Resources Management Association (USA), “Securing the Internet of Things: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications”, 3 Volumes, 2019.|
• Information Resources Management Association (USA), “The Internet of Things: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice”, SCOPUS, 2017.
• Abhik Chaudhuri, “Internet of Things for Things and by Things, 1st Edition, Taylor and Francis, 2019.
• D. Simões, B. Barbosa, S. Filipe, “Smart Marketing With the Internet of Things”, 2018.
• Srinivasa K. G. Siddesh G. M. Hanumantha Raju R., “INTERNET OF THINGS”, CENGAGE. 2018.
• S. Kumar Pani, C. Hota, G. Qu, S. L. Lau, and X. Liu, “Blockchain and AI Technology in the Industrial Internet of Things”, 2021.
EEE 549: Industry 4.0 Fundamental (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Introduction to Mechatronics: Introduction to 4.0, Safety, Measurement, Mechanical Drive, Fluid power, AC/DC Electricity, Electrical Relay Control, Robotics Programming, Electronic Sensor; Introduction to Industrial Control System: Introduction to 4.0 Principles, Mechanical Drives, Pneumatics, Ethernet Communication, CNC Programming, Mechatronic System; Robot operation and Programming: Robotics Safety Component, Frame, Program Development, Input, Output Macros and more; Introduction to Industrial Internet of Things: Advanced Programmable controller, Data analytics, Variable frequency drive, barcode production and identification, Motor and conveyor, Ethernet network, RFID Product Identification, Smart Sensor, Programmable Controller, System optimization, PLC troubleshooting.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Klaus Schwab, “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, World Economic Forum, 2017.
• Bernard Marr, “Tech Trends in Practice: The 25 Technologies that are Driving the 4th Industrial Revolution”, Wiley, 2020.
• Woodrow W. Clark, Grant Cooke, “The Green Industrial Revolution”, Energy, Engineering and Economics, 2015.
EEE 550: Advanced CMOS Technology (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
CMOS Technology Overview: Evolution and recent advances in silicon electronics, Moore's Law and the ITRS, State-of- the-Art CMOS technology. Overview on CMOS Fabrication Processes: Overview of basic silicon processing steps, photolithography, isolation technique, threshold voltage adjustment, design rules and layout, technology for nanoscale fabrication. Nanoscale MOSFETs. MOSFET figures of merit: on- and off current, CVI metric, gate delay, power-delay product. Nanometer bulk MOSFETs: doping profiles, high-k dielectrics, gate stack design. Non-classical MOSFET structures: transport enhanced MOSFETs (strained Si and SiGe, Ge), SOI MOSFETs, multiple gate MOSFETs (lateral double-gate MOSFET, FinFET, Tri-gate MOSFET). Problems and challenges of nanoscale MOSFETs: shallow source/drain junctions, doping fluctuations (in the channel, in the source/drain regions), decreasing current drive capability, the limits of scaling (physical and process constraints). RF CMOS Devices and Circuits. Figures of merit of RF transistors, small-signal and low-noise RF MOSFETs, power RF MOSFETs. Challenges of Giga-Scale Integration. Reliability and yield, interconnects and delay, power dissipation and thermal issues, economics issues, active devices beyond CMOS, Si optoelectronic components.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Lawrence J, “Advances In Laser Materials Processing Technology: Technology, Research And Application”, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2010.
• Krzysztof Iniewski, “Advanced Circuits for Emerging Technologies” Wiley, 2012.
• Behzad Razavi, “Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits”, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2017.
• Weste Et Al, “Cmos Vlsi Design: A Circuits And Systems Perspective”, 4th Edition, Pearson, 2015.
• Hongjiang Song, “VLSI Analog Circuits: Algorithms, Architecture, Modeling, and Circuit Implementation”, 2nd Edition McGraw Hill, 2016.
• Saraju Mohanty, “Nanoelectronic Mixed-Signal System Design”, 1st Edition, McGraw Hill, 2015.
• Dr. M S Suma, Poornima M ,Namita Palecha, “CMOS VLSI Design”, New Age International (P) Ltd., 2017.
EEE 552: Laser Theory (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Geometrical optics and Ray-transfer matrix: Reflection, refraction, imaging, and lenses. Definition of ray-transfer matrix and applications. Electromagnetic theory of light: Optical wave functions, wave equations, Maxwell's equations in various media, energy flow and absorption. Interference: Principle of superposition and interference, two-beam interference and interferometry, multi-wave intereference, Fabry-Perot interferometer, group/phase velocity and dispersion. Diffraction: Fraunhofer diffraction, Fresnel diffraction, diffraction at aperture and straight edge, diffraction gratings. Polarization: Jones vectors and Jones matrices, Fresnel equations, polarization devices. Photon, laser, and Gaussian-beam optics: Photon optics, laser basics, optical resonators, Gaussian beam, transmission of Gaussian beams through optical components. Semiconductor optics: Basic semiconductor physics, interaction of photons with semiconductors, absorption and emission. Semiconductor photonic devices: p-n junctions, light-emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers, photodetectors.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Yamada, Minoru, “Theory of Semiconductor Lasers, 2014.
• Yamada, “Theory of Semiconductor Lasers: From Basis of Quantum Electronics to Analyses of The Mode Competition Phenomena and Noise”, SPRINGER, 2014.
• Anil K. Maini, “Lasers and Optoelectronics: Fundamentals, Devices and Applications”, Wiley, 2013.
• Saleh B E A, “Fundamentals of Photonics”, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2012.
• Alphan Sennaroglu, “Photonics and Laser Engineering: Principles, Devices, and Applications”,1st Edition, McGraw Hill, 2010.
• Safa O. Kasap, “Optoelectronics & Photonics: Principles & Practices”, 2nd Edition, Pearson, 2013.
EEE 554: Application Specific Integrated Circuit Design (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Types of ASICs- Standard cell, gate array, programmable logic devices. ASIC library design, library cell, gate array and standard cell design. Programmable ASIC logic cell and programmable I/O cell design. Programmable ASIC interconnects. Logic synthesis and simulation of ASIC using Hardware Description Language. Floor-planning, placement and routing of ASIC. ASIC testing: Boundary scan test, faults, fault simulation, automatic test pattern generation, built-in self-test.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Raju Hazare Raghunandan G. H, “LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS”, CENGAGE, 2019.
• P. K. Rout, D. P. Acharya, U. Nanda, “Advances in Analog Integrated Circuit Optimization: A Survey, 2018.
• Paul R. Gray, Paul J. Hurst, Stephen H. Lewis, Robert G. Meyer, “Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits”, 5th Edition, 2012
• Stephen Brown, Zvonko Vranesic, “Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design”, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2014.
• LaMeres, Brock J., “Introduction to Logic Circuits & Logic Design with Verilog” 2019.
EEE 555: Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics Technology (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Introduction to Physics of the Solid State: Crystal structure and lattice vibrations; energy bands, reciprocal space, effective masses, Fermi surfaces, localised particles e.g. donors, traps, excitons. Methods of Measuring Properties: Crystallography - particle size determination and surface structure; microscopy; spectroscopy. Properties of Individual Nanoparticles: Metal nanoclusters, semiconducting nanoparticles, rare gas and molecular clusters, synthesis methods. Carbon Nanostructures: Carbon molecules, carbon clusters - C60 and fulllerenes; carbon nanotubes; applications of carbon nanotubes. Bulk Nanostructured Materials: Solid disordered nanostructures - synthesis and properties; nanostructured crystals - zeolites, photonic crystals. Nanostructured Ferromagnetism: Ferromagnetism; dynamics of nanomagnets, giant and colossal magnetoresistance; ferrofluids. Optical and Vibrational Spectroscopy: Excitons; infrared surface spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Brillouin spectroscopy; Luminescence - photoluminescence, surface states, thermoluminescence. Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Preparation; size and dimensionality effects; excitons; single-electron tunnelling; applications - IR detectors, quantum dot lasers; superconductivity. Self-Assembly and Catalysis: process of self-assembly; catalysis. Organic Compounds and Polymers: Forming and characterizing polymers; nanocrystals; conductive polymers; supramolecular structures - dendritic molecules, micelles. Biological Materials: Biological building blocks - polypeptide nanowires and protein nanoparticles; nucleic acids - DNA, genetic code and protein synthesis. Nano Machines and Devices: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS); molecular and supramolecular switches.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• Rainer Waser, “Nanoelectronics and Information Technology: Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel Devices”, 3rd Edition, 2012.
• Madkour, Loutfy H., “Nanoelectronic Materials Fundamentals and Applications”, 2019.
• Labbé, C., Chakrabarti, S., Raina, G., Bindu, B. (Eds.), “Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices”, Volume III, 2018.
• M. Taghi Ahmadi, R. Ismail, S. Anwar, “Handbook of Research on Nanoelectronic Sensor Modeling and Applications”, 2017.
• Morris J E, “Nanoelectronic Device Applications Handbook”, Taylor & Francis, 2017
EEE 557: Advanced Optoelectronics (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
Wave nature of light: Maxwell’s Wave Equations, Optical Reflection and Transmission, Boundary Conditions, Guided waves, Waveguide theory, Planar Dielectric waveguide, Transverse Electric-Magnetic (TE-TM) modes, V-number, Mode field Diameter (MFD), Waveguide Intermode and Intramode dispersion, Group and phase velocity, Optical fiber transmission, Chromatic and material Dispersion, Numerical aperture, Light absorption and scattering, Graded Index fiber. Semiconductor devices: Direct and Indirect Energy band gap Semiconductors, pn junction LEDs, Heterojunction high intensity LEDs, Solid State Lasers, Steady State Semiconductor Rate Equations, Blackbody Radiation, Boltzmann’s Statistics, Einstein’s Coefficients, Phase Coherence of Stimulated Emissions, Atomic line shapes, Absorption of Stimulated Transitions, Population Inversion, Three-level System, Four Level System, Metastable level, Quantum Wells, Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers, Optical Laser Amplifiers (EDFA), Quantum Efficiency and Responsivity of photodetectors, pin photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes, heterojunction separate absorption and multiplication (SAM) APDs, Superlattice APDs, Noise in photodetectors, Optical Signal to noise ratio (OSNR) of a receiver, Optical fibre dispersion, Bit rate error, Transmission Bandwidth. Principles of Photovoltaic Devices: Solar Cells, Operating Current and voltage, Fill Factor, Equivalent Circuit, Solar Cell Structures and Efficiencies. Optoelectronic Modulators: Optical Anisotropy, Uniaxial Crystals and Fresnels’ Optical Indicatrix, Dichroism, Birefringent Optical devices, Pockels Electro-optic effect, Kerr Nonlinearity, Phase and Polarisation Modulation, Mach-Zehnder Modulator, Coupled waveguide modulators, Acoustic-optic modulators, Second and third order harmonic generation, nonlinear optical effects.
Recommended Text and Reference:
• S.O. Kasap; Optoelectronics and Photonics, Principles and Practices, Pearson Education Inc. First Edition
• Donald A. Neamen; Semiconductor Physics and devices, Tata McGraw Hill, Third Edition
• Eugene Hecht; Optoelectronics, An Introduction, Prentice-Hall, Second Edition, J. Wilson, JFB Hawkes; Optics, Pearson, 5th Edition
EEE 595: Special Topics in Electronics (3 credits, 3 hours/week)
This course will explore an area of current interest in Electronics area of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The emphasis will be on thorough study of a contemporary field within EEE, and the course will be made accessible to students with an EEE background. The syllabus should be approved by the department chair prior to commencement of the term, and a detailed description will be provided before the registration period.