Postgraduate Course: Principles of Microelectronic Devices (ELEE11049)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The aim of this course is to provide a understanding of the physics, fabrication technology and operation of (a) a range of advanced micro technologies and (b) contemporary electronic information displays |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | BEng or MEng Electronics and Electrical Engineering degree,
or similar |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
62 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Principles of Microelectronic Devices | 2:00 | |
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
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | microelectronics semiconductor analogue |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Ian Underwood
Tel: (0131 6)50 5631 / 7474
Email: Ian.Underwood@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jo Aitkenhead
Tel: (0131 6)50 5532
Email: Jo.Aitkenhead@ed.ac.uk |
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