Introduction to Nanoelectronic Single-Electron Circuit Design

Employing an unconventional approach in explaining the operation and design of single-electron circuits, this examination shows how all models and equivalent circuits are derived from first principles of circuit theory. The volume studies single-electron circuits as an introduction to the rapidly expanding field of nanoelectronics. Treated are both the analysis and synthesis of circuits with the nanoelectronic metallic single-electron tunneling (SET) junction device, which helps explain the characteristics of the nanoelectronic devices and subcircuits.

Jaap Hoekstra was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1955. He received the M.Sc. degree in experimental physics from the University of Amsterdam, and the Ph.D. degree for research on (junction) charge-coupled devices; involving device physics, device development and subsystem concepts from the Delft University of Technology. From 1988 to 1995 he was at the Computer Architecture Laboratory at the TU-Delft working in the field of artificial neural networks. From 1996-1997 he worked on chaotic dynamics in power systems at the laboratory for Electrical Power Systems. In April 1997 he joined the Electronic Research Laboratory, where he is currently involved in research projects on artificial neural nets, biologic-inspired networks, neuromorphic circuits, nano-scale electronic devices, and single electron tunneling devices (SET transistor).