Role of online laboratory in nanoelectronics education

Nanoelectronics have become an important component of modern semiconductor manufacturing and have now been recognized as a specialized field in electrical engineering curricula. For teaching nanoelectronics, a new framework is needed. An integrated measurement-based microelectronics laboratory along with simulation is essential for imparting hands-on experience to the students. In this paper, an online laboratory which allows the students to conduct hardware based remote experiments, perform monitoring and control of the experimental setup and collect data through the network link will be described. The laboratory is also integrated with process/device simulation. The laboratory management system developed will also be discussed.