Solid State Electronics and Photonics Electrical and Computer Engineering The Ohio State University An Overview for Prospective Students http://www.ece.osu.edu/ssep
SSEP Area: Who Are We? First Row Betty Lise Anderson Steven A. Ringel Wu Lu Second Row George J. Valco Paul R. Berger Leonard J. Brillson Patrick Roblin
Areas of ECE Concentration Circuits Communications and Signal Processing Computer Engineering Controls Electromagnetics Power Systems Solid State Electronics and Photonics
Areas of ECE Concentration The Food Chain Controls Communications and Signal Processing Computer Engineering Electromagnetics Circuits Solid State Electronics and Photonics Power Systems
Solid State Electronics and Photonics Circuits & Electronics Track EE 331 All Intro to Materials for Electrical Engineering EE 323 All Electronic Analysis, Design and Simulation EE 432 All Physics of Semiconductor Devices Solid Lines indicate a link through prerequisites LAB EE 327 Aut PHY 631 Aut Quantum Mechanics Series EE 637 Aut LAB Solid State Microelectronics Laboratory Electromagnetics Branch Electronic Devices & Circuits Laboratory PHY 632 Win EE 734 Odd Spr EE 735 Even Win LAB EE 737 Odd Win EE 732 Odd Aut EE 736 Odd Win EE 731 Spr EE 716 Aut LAB EE 710 Aut LAB EE 723 Win EE 720 Win EE 721 Spr EE 722 Aut PHY 633 Spr PHY 780.06 Spr Condensed Matter Physics Silicon Compound Semiconductors Solid State Technology EE 730 Aut Photonics Lab Quantum Electron Devices: Lasers Fundamentals of Semiconductors for Microelectronics & Optoelectronics Electronic Surfaces & Interfaces Fiber Optics Optics with Laser Light Microwave Circuits Microwave Transistor Amplifiers & Oscillators & Lab Low Power Mixed Signal VLSI Design Digital VLSI Design Intro to Analog Integrated Circuits EE 831 Even Win EE 832 Even Spr EE 835.x Win EE 833 Even Aut EE 917 Ask Dept. EE 820 Spr Semiconductor Devices High-speed Semiconductor Devices Special Studies in Nanostructure Devices Optical Effects in Materials & Devices Advanced Optical Concepts Analog VLSI Design The terms even or odd refer to the year in which the quarter occurs. For example, autumn 02 is even, winter 01 is odd, even though they are in the same academic year.
Solid State Electronics and Photonics Electronic Devices Optoelectronic Devices Solar cells, LED s, CD lasers, Fiber optics Nanoelectronics Plastic semiconductors Micro-machines
Computer Food Chain
Career Opportunities Bachelor s Manufacturing? Master s Development? Ph.D. Fundamental Research?
Moore s Law A new technology every 2 years Process Name P856 P858 Px60 P1262 P1264 P1266 P1268 1 st Production 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Lithography.25µm.18µm.13µm 90nm 65nm 45nm 32nm Gate Length.20µm.13µm <70nm <50nm <35nm <25nm <18nm Wafer Size (mm) 200 200 200/300 300 300 300 300 Manufacturing Development Copy Exactly! Research Pathfinding Intel 4
Accelerated Scaling of 130nm Node Planar Transistors 90nm Node 70nm Length (Production2001) 65nm Node 50nm Length (Production in 2003) 30nm Prototype (Production in 2005) 45nm Node 20nm Prototype (Production in 2007) 32nm Node Intel 5 15nm 25 nm 15nm Prototype (Production in 2009)
Silicon devices are Nanotechnology 50nm 100nm Transistor for 90nm process Source: Intel 15nm 25 nm Influenza virus Source: CDC 15nm Research Transistor Intel 6
Transistor Gate Length Scaling 10 10 Micron 1 0.1 3.0um 2.0um 1.5um 1.0um.8um.5um.35um.25um.18um.13um 90nm Gate Length Typical Feature Size 50nm 1 0.1 0.01 0.01 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Transistor Gate Length is Smallest Feature on the Device Intel 7
Our OSU ECE Program Ranked #22 in the nation out of 126 ECE Programs nationwide by the National Research Council, the most comprehensive academic program review, every ~8-12 years! Highest in the State of Ohio. Tier #1 Research University Tier #1 Research University our faculty participate and drive leading edge research, not reading about it in a book.
National Research Council Doctoral Program Study The Ohio State University Engineering Department Rank/Total Percentile Quality Effective Aerospace 24/33 27.3% 2.84 (good) 3.03 (reasonable) Biomedical 26/38 31.6% 3.26 (strong) 3.25 (reasonable) Chemical 40/86 53.5% 2.73 (good) 3.07 (reasonable) Electrical 22/126 82.5% 3.53 (strong) 3.63 (extremely) Mechanical 25/110 77.3% 3.32 (strong) 3.28 (reasonable) Material Science 21/65 67.7% 3.48 (strong) 3.36 (reasonable)
National Research Council Doctoral Program Study The Ohio State University Sciences Department Rank Quality Effective Chemistry 22/168 86.9% 3.87 (strong) 3.79 (extremely) Computer Science 39/108 63.9% 2.92 (good) 2.94 (reasonable) Math 29/139 79.1% 3.66 (strong) 3.13 (reasonable) Physics 24/147 83.7% 3.75 (strong) 3.70 (extremely) Astrophysics & Astronomy 23/33 30.3% 2.91 (good) 2.76 (reasonable) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 59/194 69.3% 3.16 (strong) 3.22 (reasonable)
Big is Small Breadth and Strength across Ohio State Students change majors 3-43 4 times, on average. Feels Small Within ECE ECEs know each other ECEs know their faculty Interaction with Faculty Within each ECE discipline, close knit.
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