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Undergraduate Course: Microelectronic Device Principles 4 (ELEE10003)

Course Outline
School School of Engineering College College of Science and Engineering
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits 10
Home subject area Electronics Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description The aim of this course is to provide a basic understanding of the physics, fabrication technology and operation of (a) a range of advanced micro technologies and (b) contemporary electronic information displays
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Microelectronics 3 (ELEE09011)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 09:00 - 09:50
King's BuildingsLecture1-11 10:00 - 10:50
King's BuildingsTutorial1-11 10:00 - 10:50
First Class Week 1, Tuesday, 09:00 - 09:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Classroom 4, Hudson Beare Building
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes Stationery Requirements Comments
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Microelectronic Device Principles 41:3016 sides
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course the student will or will be able to:
- Understand wave-particle duality
- Solve Schroedinger's equation for electron tunnelling
- Understand the origin of free electrons, periodic potentials and energy bands
- Know about electron transport and scattering mechanisms
- Derive the density of states in 3D, 2D, 1D
- Explain the impact of design and material properties on device performance
- Know the difference between ohmic and Schottky contacts; homo- and hetero- junctions
- Use bandgap engineering to design high electron mobility transistors, low dimensional structures
- Design simple microelectromechanical systems
- Appreciate the ubiquity and diversity of Electronic Information Displays (EIDs)
- Calculate fundamental parameters of Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) such as threshold voltage and switching time
- Understand, explain and design basic passive- and active-matrix addressing schemes (and their relative advantages and disadvantages) for mainstream LCD and Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technologies
- Understand the manufacturing process for LCD, OLED and Thin Film Transistor (TFT) technologies
- Understand the underlying technology of emerging technologies such as microdisplays and electronic paper
- Assess the potential of emerging technologies such as microdisplays and electronic paper
- Choose an appropriate display technology to suit the constraints of a given application
- Have some appreciation of the part the human visual system plays in determining the quality of images displayed on an EID
Assessment Information
Assessment will be based on a single written paper of 90 minutes duration.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser Prof Ian Underwood
Tel: (0131 6)50 5631 / 7474
Email: Ian.Underwood@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Mrs Kim Orsi
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Kim.Orsi@ed.ac.uk
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