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431-315 Semiconductor Engineering | |
Credit Points | 7.14 |
Prerequisites | 431-222 Electronic Devices and Circuits |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials and project work |
Subject Description | Introduction to history of semiconductor engineering. Crystal lattices. Energy bands and carrier distribution. Excess carriers in semiconductors. PN junctions: equilibrium, diffusion, drift. Semiconductor devices: BJTs, FETs, MOS, memory. Transistors on chips: LSI, MSI, VLSI, planar processing. Introduction to optoelectronic semiconductor devices. Microwave semiconductor devices. Charge-coupled devices, sensors, solar cells. |
Assessment | One written examination not exceeding three-hours; practice classes, tests, assignments and project reports, not exceeding 20 pages |
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