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Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology

Recent advances in fields such as electron microscopy and device fabrication have put nanotechnology at the forefront of today’s electronic engineering. Nanotechnology encompasses the design and study of devices on a scale of less than 100nm, barely a few hundred atoms across. Devices utilising nano-wires, single electron logic and nano-scale memories are now being developed for various applications, including ultra-high speed processors. In the environmental and medical fields, nano-scale versions of devices, for example, photodiodes, are being combined with “lab-on-a-chip” technologies to offer revolutionary improvements in sensing capabilities.

All such applications depend upon a good understanding of nano-fabrication and integration methodologies, requiring knowledge of a wide range of electronic engineering principles - both hardware and software. The nanotechnology degree at York emphasises those areas of nanotechnology of direct relevance to contemporary electronics.

The University of York is committed to developing expertise in the field of Nanotechnology. It has recently invested in a major new resource, opening a multi-million pound Nanotechnology Research Centre, with Departmental staff taking a leading role. Our Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology course is the UK’s first IEE accredited degree programme in this discipline. It focuses on the applications emerging from our own research as well as important developments elsewhere.

Aspects covered in the programme include:

• An introduction to nanotechnology, giving an overview of device miniaturisation, behaviour and fabrication.
• Nanofabrication, including fabrication techniques and practical experience of fabricating a simple nano/micro-scaled device in the departmental clean room facility.
• Nanophotonics, exploring the optical properties of nanostructures, such as quantum wells, wires and dots and the exciting possibilities offered by the use of nanostructures in photonic components.
• Advanced Information Storage, considering the limitations of current storage media - optical recording, magnetic recording and magneto-optical recording technologies - and the increase in storage density that advanced storage media will possess due to the rapid advances being made in nanotechnology.

Course Structure

FIRST YEAR	SECOND YEAR	THIRD YEAR	FOURTH YEAR
CORE SUBJECTS:	CORE SUBJECTS:	CORE SUBJECTS:	CORE SUBJECTS:
Nanotechnology: Systems and Materials	Nanofabrication	Nanoelectronic and Spintronic Devices	Major Industrial/Research Project (2 terms)
Computing	Nanomeasurement	Photonics and Nanophotonics	Project Management
Communications	Semiconductor Devices	Design & Construction Project	OPTIONS:
Circuit Design (Analogue and Digital)	Digital Circuit Design and Programming	Wireless Principles	Advanced Information Storage
Major Circuit Components Design and Application	Analysis of Frequency and Filters	Distributed Circuits	Electron Devices: Growth and Characterisation
Computer Programming in Java/C	Electromagnetic Fields and Transmission Lines	Software Engineering Project	Electronics for Medicine
Mathematics	Noise and Interference in Circuits	Laboratory Practical	Personal and Mobile Communications
Laboratory Practical	Software Engineering	OPTIONS:	Automatic Flight Control Systems
	Mathematics	Environmental Engineering	Biologically Inspired Computation
	Laboratory Practical	Analogue / Digital Filters	Embedded Computer Systems
		DSP Architectures	Radio Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design
		Digital Engineering	Signal Processing
		Distributed Computer Systems	Information and Coding
		Accounting and Finance	Transducers, Sensors and Actuation
		Mobile Communication Systems	Strategic Management
		Optical Communications	Enterprise
		Wireless Modems
		Flight Control
		Neural Networks
		Management of Technology
		Business Law for Technology
		Antennas and Propagation
		Internet Protocols
		Modern & Digital Control

The structure of the BEng Honours Degree courses is identical to that of the MEng for the first two years but involves a less ambitious individual project and a smaller range of courses and options in the final year.

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