Sem8

Transistors and Microwave Devices:
Bipolar junction transistor (BJT), frequency response and
switching of BJT, Single electron transistor, Field effect
transistor (JFET), MOSFET and MESFET devices:
structure and its operation, Tunnel diode, Resonant
tunneling and NDR effects in nanostructures, Transferred
electron devices-Gunn diode, Nano-CMOS technology.

Photonic Devices:
Radiative Transitions and Optical Absorption, Light
emitting Diodes, OLED, Infrared LED, Photodetector,
Photoconductor, Photodiode, Semiconductor Lasers, Laser
Operation, population inversion, carrier and optical
confinement, optical cavity 

Nanopiezotronics, nano-generators and Micro-ElectroMechanical-Systems (MEMS):
Piezoelectric, Electrostrictive and magnetostrictive effects,
important materials exhibiting the properties and their
applications sensors and actuator devices, Piezoelectricity
of ZnO nanowires, combination of piezoelectric and
semiconducting properties, Piezotronic nanodevices using
ZnO nanowires, chemical/humidity nanosensors, ZnO
nanowires, nano-generator, Flexible nanogenerator, and
power fibers. What is MEMS, MEMS technology? 

Memory:
Introduction, The non-volatile memory (NVM) market, and
applications, Development in charge storage memory
technology: Floating gate concept-NOR flash technologyNAND flash technology-Flash memory scaling. Advanced
Memory Storage Concept: Ferroelectric Memories
(FeRAM), Magnetoresistive Memories (MRAM), Resistive
RAM (ReRAM and RRAM), and Phase Change Memories
(PCM).