Instructor
David L. Pulfrey
Kaiser 4040
pulfrey{at}ece.ubc.ca
TA
Alireza Motieifar
Kaiser 4037 (Ampere)
amotiei1{at}ece.ubc.ca |
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Lectures
Tuesday & Thursday
0930h -1100h
Room MCLD 242
Office
Hours
TA:
1300h - 1400h, Wednesday
Prof:
1400h - 1600h, Monday & Wednesday |
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Course Description
This
course is about semiconductor devices of topical importance. The devices to be covered in 2011 are solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and transistors. You will learn how these devices work, how they are made, how
they are designed, and how they are analyzed. For solar cells, the emphasis will be on Si multicrystalline cells. The prospects for photovoltaics as a viable source of renewable energy will be discussed. For LEDS, high-brightess and white-light diodes will be covered. The prospects for LEDs significantly reducing the energy used in general lighting will be discussed. For transistors, BJTs, HBTs, MOSFETs, MESFETs and HEMTs will be covered.
You will learn which of these transistors are suited to particular applications, e.g., high-speed digital switching, high-frequency analog amplification, high-power drivers, low-noise amplification, semiconductor memory, nanoelectronics.
The objective of the course is to provide a solid foundation in the
physics of semiconductors so that students will be able to not only understand
current devices and exploit them in novel applications, but also
appreciate the workings of new semiconductor devices as they materialize and evolve
in future years. The material is presented rigorously, and this is not a survey course.
AMD: 45nm SOI FET (2009)
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