Fundamentals of Current Flow
Very different from what is taught in standard courses, "Fundamentals of Current Flow" provides a unified conceptual framework for ballistic and diffusive transport of both electrons and phonons - essential information for understanding nanoelectronic devices.
The traditional description of electronic motion through a solid is based on diffusive transport, which means that the electron takes a random walk from the source to the drain of a transistor, for example. However, modern nanoelectronic devices often have channel lengths comparable to a mean free path so that electrons travel ballistically, or "like a bullet."
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Fundamentals of Current Flow is one course in a growing suite of unique, 1-credit-hour short courses developed in an edX/Purdue University collaboration. Students may elect to pursue a verified certificate for this specific course alone or as one of the six courses needed for the edX/Purdue MicroMasters® program in Nanoscience and Technology.
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What you'll learn
- Ballistic and diffusive conductance
- Density of states
- Number of modes
- Conductivity
- Landauer formula
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Instructors | Supriyo Datta, Shuvro Chowdhury, Risi Jaiswal |
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Language | English |
Subjects | Science |
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Rating | Not enough ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Effort | 5 weeks, 5–6 hours per week |
Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
Cost | $750 |
From | PurdueX, Purdue University via edX |
Instructors | Supriyo Datta, Shuvro Chowdhury, Risi Jaiswal |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science |
Tags | Engineering Science Electronics |
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