Course syllabus

Schedule and Reading Instructions

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

Activity

Date

Time

Place

Content

Reading Instruction

L1

Aug 27 13-15 Q15

Course intro

Conduction electrons and holes, Energy Band model 

This document and Canvas pages

Ch. 1.1-1.5

L2

Aug 29 15-17 Q15

Fermi-Dirac distribution function, carrier concentration

Ch. 1.6-1.11

L3

Sept 1 15-17 Q15

Drift Current
Diffusion currents
Generation/Recombination

Ch. 2.1-2.9

S1

Sept 4 8-10 V11 Tutorial 1 Assignment 1 documents

Sem 1 Labintro

Sept 5

10-11 (note 1 hour only)

Q17

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

Will be summarized and posted online

L4

Sept 8 10-12 W42

PN-diode: Electrostatics

Ch. 4.1-4.5

L5

Sept 9 8-10 Q26

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

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

S2

Sept 11 8-10 Q17

Tutorial 2

Assignment 2 documents

L6

Sept 15 15-17 U51

PN: Solar cells, LEDs and Diode Lasers

Ch. 4.12-4.15

L7

Sept 17 8-10 V32 MOS Capacitor. Electrostatics

Ch. 5.1-5.6

S3

Sept 26 13-15 FB52 Tutorial 3

Assignment 3 documents

Lab Weeks

Sept 17-26

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

Sept 22 15-17 V21

MOSFET: Electrostatics and drain current

Ch. 6.1-6.2, 6.4-6.6

L9

Sept 30 15-17 Q22

MOSFET: Mobility and CMOS inverter

  Ch. 6.3 (Figure 6-9) and 6.7

L10

Okt 1 13-15 Q17 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

L11

Okt 6 15-17 Q22 MOS-based memory devices and image sensors Ch. 6.16, Ch. 5.10 plus additional PDFs

S4

Okt 2 10-12 FA32

Tutorial 4

Assignment 4 documents

Sem 2 Peer Feedback

Feb 21 13-15 E51

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

 

S5

Okt 9 8-10 Q21

Tutorial 5

Assignment 6 documents

S6

Okt 10 15-17 Q15

Tutorial 6

Assignment 6 documents

L12

Okt 8 15-17 M33 Reserve will not be used

Deadline

 

 

First version of lab report submitted under ASSIGNMENTS menu

Deadline

 

Final version of lab report submitted under ASSIGNMENTS menu

Final exam Okt 22 8-13

 

 

 

Course summary:

Course Summary
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