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Schedule and Reading Instructions Fall 2026

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

Activity

Date

Time

Place

Content

Reading Instruction

L1

 Aug 25 13-15 Q17

Course intro

Conduction electrons and holes, Energy Band model 

This document and Canvas pages

Ch. 1.1-1.5

L2

 Aug 28 13-15 E52

Fermi-Dirac distribution function, carrier concentration

Ch. 1.6-1.11

L3

 Aug 31 13-15 Q15

Drift Current
Diffusion currents
Generation/Recombination

Ch. 2.1-2.9

T1

 Sept 2 10-12 Q15 Tutorial 1 Assignment problem set 1-3

Sem 1 Labintro

Sept 4

13-14  (note 1 hour only)

Q26

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

Will be summarized and posted online

L4

 Sept 7 10-12 E35

PN-diode: Electrostatics

Ch. 4.1-4.5

L5

 Sept 9 10-12 Q26

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

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

T2

 Sept 9 13-15 Q26

Tutorial 2

Assignment problem set 4-6

L6

 Sept 14 13-15 V11

PN: Solar cells, LEDs and Diode Lasers

Ch. 4.12-4.15

L7

 Sept 15 15-17 Q15 MOS Capacitor. Electrostatics

Ch. 5.1-5.6

Lab Weeks

Sept 16-23

Sign-up for one 2h slot

Kista Campus, Kistagången 16, Electrum building entrance to cleanroom level 3 (B-stairs)

All course content until this week

Instructions in Canvas and notes from first Seminar
L8 Sept 21 13-15 Q26

MOSFET: Electrostatics and drain current

Ch. 6.1-6.2, 6.4-6.6
T3 Sept 25 10-12 Q26 Tutorial 3 Assignment problem set 7-9

L9

 Sept 28 10-12 E33

MOSFET: Mobility and CMOS inverter

  Ch. 6.3 (Figure 6-9) and 6.7

L10

 Sept 29 15-17 Q15 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

T4

 Sept 30 10-12 Q15

Tutorial 4

Assignment problem set 10-12

Sem 2 Peer Feedback

 Sept 30 13-14 (note 1 hour only) Q22

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

 

L11

 Oct 7 10-12 M36 MOS-based memory devices and image sensors Ch. 6.16, Ch. 5.10 plus additional PDFs

L12

 Oct 8 15-17 M33 Reserve and/or summary of the course

T5

 Oct 9 8-10 Q26

Tutorial 5

Assignment problem set 13-15

T6

 Oct 12 10-12 Q17

Tutorial 6

Assignment problem set 16-18

Deadline

Sept 28

23:59

First version of lab report submitted under ASSIGNMENTS menu
Deadline Oct 21

23:59 

Final version of lab report submitted under ASSIGNMENTS menu
Final exam Oct 22 14-17

E31, E36 

 

 

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