Undergraduate Course: Microelectronics 2 (ELEE08020)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The objective of the course is to introduce the concepts underlying device operation and fabrication. Students will gain an appreciation of the basic semiconductor properties relevant to device operation and fabrication, and an understanding of the operation of the p-n junction diode and transistors, together with their properties, such as I-V characteristics. |
| Course description |
Part 1: Semiconductor theory
Part 2: IC fabrication
Part 3: The pn junction diode
Part 4: Transistors
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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 | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 180 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Course Start Date |
19/09/2022 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1.5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
65 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
20 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
20% Coursework, 80% Exam
The School has a 40% Rule for 1st and 2nd year courses, i.e. you must achieve a minimum of 40% in coursework and 40% in written exam components, as well as an overall mark of 40% to pass a course. If you fail a course you will be required to re-sit it. You are only required to re-sit components which have been failed. |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 1:30 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 1:30 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate and work with a knowledge and understanding of the principles and terminology of semiconductor physics and semiconductor devices.
- Use prior knowledge of mathematical tools (algebraic manipulation, calculus) and fundamental electrical theory to derive and work with mathematical relationships to be used as models predicting the observed interrelations between important semiconductor parameters such as conductivity, carrier concentration, mobility and temperature. Also to use the same background and tools to understand and derive the mathematical relations describing the operating characteristics of semiconductor devices, including diodes, photodiodes, and transistors.
- Evaluate, integrate and analyse the knowledge and understanding gained from 1 and 2, to develop a broad qualitative understanding of some more complex semiconductor and device behaviours, and to be able describe them in physically accurate terms.
- Integrate knowledge of semiconductors and devices to understand and be able to describe qualitatively the technology and sequencing of processes required to fabricate semiconductor devices.
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Reading List
Rcommended:
Semiconductor Devices, Physics and Technology
Simon Sze, Ming-Kwei Lee
3rd Edition, International Student Version
Wiley (2013)
ISBN: 978-0-470-87367-0
Background:
Electronic Devices and Circuits
Theodore F. Bogart, Jeffrey S. Beasley & Guillermo Rico
6th Edition
Prentice Hall (2003)
ISBN: 978-0-131-11142-4
Microelectronic Devices
Keith Leaver
2nd Edition
Imperial College Press (1997)
ISBN: 978-1-86094-020-0 / 978-1-86094-013-2
Principles of Analog Electronics
Giovanni Saggio
1st Edition
CRC Press (2014)
ISBN: 978-1-4665-8201-9
The Solid State
H.M. Rosenberg
3rd Edition
Oxford University Press (1992)
ISBN: 0-19-851870-6
Introduction to Solid State Physics
Charles Kittel
8th Edition
Wiley (2005)
ISBN: 0-471-41526-X
Introduction to the Physics of Electrons in Solids
Brian K. Tanner
Cambridge University Press (1996)
ISBN: 0-521-23941-9 / 0-521-28358-2 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Delivered by Dr Les Haworth and Dr Philip Hands. |
| Keywords | Semiconductor,devices,fabrication,transistors |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Philip Hands
Tel: (0131 6)50 7473
Email: Philip.Hands@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Brunori Viola
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: vbrunori@ed.ac.uk |
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