Course syllabus

Schedule and Reading Instructions

L=Lecture, S=Student recitation, Sem=Seminar, T=Tentamen

Activity

Date

Time

Place

Content

Reading Instruction

L1

Jan 14 15-17 Q26

Course intro

Bond model, Energy Band model, Fermi-Dirac distribution function

This document and Canvas pages

Ch. 1.1-1.9, 1.11, 2.1-2.2

L2

Jan 16 8-10 Q26

Energy Band model, no and po

Ch. 1.1-1.9, 1.11, 2.1-2.2

L3

Jan 20 13-15 Q22

Drift Current
Diffusion currents
Generation/Recombination

Ch. 2.3-2.9

S1

Jan 22 10-12 V34 Tutorial 1 Assignment 1 documents

Sem 1 Labintro

Jan 22

 13-14 (note 1 hour only)

V34

Extraction of properties from measurement data.
What is a good written report?

Will be summarized and posted online

L4

Jan 27 13-15 Q26

PN-diode: Electrostatics

Ch. 4.1-4.5

L5

Jan 29 13-15 V11

PN-diode: Drift and Diffusion currents
Schottky Diodes and Ohmic Contacts

Ch. 4.6-4.9,
4.16, 18-19, 21

S2

Jan 30 10-12 V11

Tutorial 2

Assignment 2 documents

L6

Feb 3 13-15 Q15

PN: Solar cells, LEDs and Diode Lasers

Ch. 4.12-4.15

L7

Feb 4 13-15 V34 MOS Capacitor. Electrostatics

Ch. 5.1-5.6

S3

Feb 7 10-12 Q22 Tutorial 3

Assignment 3 documents

Lab Weeks

Feb 3-Feb 18

Sign-up for one 2h slot

Kista Campus Il2240 or online option  IL224V

All course content until this week

Instructions in Canvas and notes from first Seminar

L8

Feb 10 13-15 Q22

MOSFET: Electrostatics and drain current

Ch. 6.1-6.2, 6.4-6.6

S4

Feb 14 10-12 V32

Tutorial 4

Assignment 4 documents

L9

Feb 17 13-15 E35

Reserve (since in lab week) CANCELLED

 

L10

Feb 18 13-15 W42

MOSFET: Mobility and CMOS inverter

 Ch. 6.3 (Figure 6-9) and 6.7

L11

Feb 19 13-15 E35

MOSFET OFF-state and scaling

Chap. 7 based on
Figs. 7-2, 7-5 & 6, 7-9, 7-13 & 7-14, 7-18 & 7-19

S5

Feb 21 10-12 V23

Tutorial 5

Assignment 5 documents

Sem 2 Peer Feedback

Feb 21 13-15 E51

Peer-review seminar on Laboratory report. Post feedback in Canvas before seminar

 

S6

Feb 24 13-15 V22

Tutorial 6

Assignment 6 documents

L12

Mar 3 13-15 Q15

MOS-based memory devices and image sensors

Ch. 6.16, Ch. 5.10 plus additional PDFs

Deadline

 

 

First version of lab report submitted under ASSIGNMENTS menu

Deadline

 

Final version of lab report submitted under ASSIGNMENTS menu

Final exam Mar 13

14-19

 

 

 

Course summary:

Date Details Due