ELCT 363 - Introduction to Microelectronics

CREDITS/CONTACT HOURS: 3 Credits; 35 Contact hours (two 75-min classes per week)

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Krishna C. Mandal

TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER REQUIRED MATERIAL:

Semiconductor Physics and Devices, Donald A. Neamen, 4th edition, McGraw Hill Higher
Education, ISBN # 978-0-07-352958-5

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:
 Solid State Electronic Devices, Ben G. Streetman and Sanjay Kumar Banerjee, 6th
edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle, NJ 07458, ISBN # 0-13-149726-X
 Lecture notes and course handouts (posted in Blackboard)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Lecture-based course (two 75-min classes per week); provides a basic understanding of the
semiconductor materials - characteristics, working principles and applications; provides the
insight useful for understanding semiconductor devices and technologies; semiconductor
physics, p-n junctions diodes, metal-semiconductor contacts, heterojunctions, transistors.

PREREQUISITES: PHYS 212, MATH 241

REQUIRED/ELECTIVE: Required

TOPICS COVERED:
 Semiconductor crystal lattice and growth of high purity semiconductors
 Atoms and electrons; quantum-mechanical approach
 Energy bands and charge carriers as quasiparticles in semiconductors in equilibrium
 Carrier transport phenomena - drift and diffusion current; device current equations
 Excess carriers in semiconductors; nonequilibrium phenomena
 Semiconductor junctions: p-n junctions diodes
 Schottky barrier diode, heterojunctions, transistors

COURSE OUTCOMES:
A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will:
1. Learn fundamental characteristics of semiconductor materials, such as carrier densities,
carrier transport, carrier generation and recombinations. (a, b, e, k)
2. Learn the basic governing equations that could be utilized to analyze semiconductor
devices. (a, b, e, k)
3. Understand how the semiconductor physics are being used in the working of
semiconductor p-n diodes, Schottky barrier diodes, BJTs, and MOSFETs. (a, b, e, i, k)
 4. Develop ability to utilize above understanding to analyze non-ideal and state of the art
semiconductor microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. (a, b, d, e, g, i, k)
5. Learn how to conduct literature search, review and report findings; demonstrate
teamwork and develop communication skill through group report and presentation. (a, b,
d, e, g, i, k)
6. Demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (f)

RELATION TO ABET PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND IMPORTANCE MATRIX

(H = major importance, M = moderate importance, L = minor importance, blank indicates no
relation)
Course Outcomes
Program Outcomes 6
1 2 3 4 5

(a) an ability to apply knowledge of math, science and eng. H H H M M

(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to

H H M M M
analyze and interpret data
(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams L M

(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering

H H H M M
problems
(f) An understanding of professional and ethical H
responsibility

(g) an ability to communicate effectively L L L L H

(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in

L M H
life-long learning
(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern eng.
M M H M M
tool necessary

ASSESSMENT METHODS:
Homework: 20%
Class Quizzes: 20%
Midterm Exam: 20%
Group Report and Presentation: 10%
(Working in groups, students will research and write a report on a topic in
microelectronics and present their understanding to the class)
Final Exam: 30%
Letter grades will be assigned as follows:
score ≥90: A
85 ≤ score <90: B+
80≤ score <85: B
75≤ score <80: C+
70≤ score <75: C
60≤ score <70: D
score <60: F