EE 400D/539D

Device Design
Assignments, Winter 2015

Assignment 1. Due Tuesday, 1/13/15

• Design a diode (1D structure) with thickness of 10 um to minimize on voltage at a forward current of 4.5 A while ensuring that the off current at a reverse voltages up to -30 V remain below 0.1 mA. Test and optimize your design using Synopsys TCAD tools.
• What device would you like to design? What would be some requirements and/or figures of merit that would define success for your design?
  
  

Assignment 2. Due Tuesday 1/27/15

• In class preentation of proposed proposed project including requirements and goals.

Assignment 3. Due Thursday 2/5/15

• Report based on Assignment 2

Assignment 4. Due Tuesday 2/24/15

• Schematic of your device structure and initial simulation of device design.
• Comparison of simulation results to estimates from hand calculations.
• List of parameters that you plan to vary in order to optimize device performance.

Assignment 5. Due Tuesday 3/10/15

• In class presentation of design project.

Assignment 6. Due Friday 2/20/15

• Final project report.
  • Description of need your design is aimed to fill and summary of requirements and figures of merit used to quantify success of design.
  • Description of the high level structure of your design.
  • Calculations used to estimate appropriate device parameters (e.g., dimensions, concentrations).
  • Comparison of device operation from full simulation to estimates from hand calculations.
  • Broader considerations involved in design (e.g., cost, standards, environmental impact,
  • Results of optimization of device parameters to achieve requirements and maximize figures of merit.
  • Analysis of robustness and manufacturability of your design (e.g., impact of environmental conditions and process variations).
  • Summary and conclusions.