Publication of textbook, Semiconductor materials, Devices, and Fabrication, by Wiley

Dear All,

You are receiving this email because you registered for the NPTEL course Fundamental of Electronic Materials and Devices.

A textbook based on this course is now published by Wiley. The link to the book on Wiley's website is given below and also the link to the Amazon web page. 

https://www.wileyindia.com/semiconductor-materials-devices-and-fabrication.html
http://www.amazon.in/Semiconductor-Materials-Fabrication-Parasuraman-Swaminathan/dp/8126566590?_encoding=UTF8&tag=wilind-21

The textbook contains the videos of the lectures as well, along with the text. While the MOOC focused on materials and devices, the text book also includes chapters and videos related to device fabrication, which provide information on various aspects of integrated circuit manufacturing and the challenges faced during miniaturization.

Please do check out the book if you are interested.

Best,

Parasuraman S
 


Reminder:Feedback for Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

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We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

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All the best for the exam

Dear All,

Wishing you all the best for the exam on 26th. Please do well.

Best,

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - last two assignment solutions

Week 6 assignment solutions are now available online. The solution is uploaded as a PDF file, which can be accessed at the link give below

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1OLWsk9xYhsWlRZWDlNOEZOQU0

The file is also available in the lectures notes for Week 6 - Transistors. A lesson is added at the end, called Week 6 assignment solutions and the PDF file can be obtained from the link given in that lesson.

Week 7 and 8 assignment solutions are also posted online. The link is

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1OLWsk9xYhsVXNubUZ1dkZPMGc

The file is also available at the end of the lecture notes for Week 8.

With these all the assignments are done. We had a total of 7 assignments out of which the best 5 will be chosen for inclusion in calculating the final marks.

Best,
Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - assignments submission reminder

Dear All,

This is a reminder that the assignment for week 6 and the combined assignment for weeks 7 and 8 are due on Thursday, March 16 by 10 pm. I shall post the solutions after the deadline is past. 

Best,

Parasuraman


Hall ticket for March 26th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered for the March 26th  NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on March exams to download the hall ticket(s) for the March 26th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

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Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 26th 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:


1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.


NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - weeks 7 and 8 assignment online

The last assignment for this course (assignment 7) comprising lessons from Weeks 7 and 8 is now available online.

Due date for this assignment is March 16 (Thursday) and time is 10:00 PM.  The official last date for the course is March 17.

The assignment contains ten multiple choice questions (MCQs). You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

You are welcome to have discussions on the assessment in the forum and Vivek, Shashi, and I can moderate, but I request you to not to post any answers in the forum. I shall post the solutions, once the submission deadline is over.

We will take best 5 out of 7 assignments.

Best,
Parasuraman S 


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 6 assignment deadline extension

The deadline for week 6 assignment has been extended. The new deadline is March 16 (Thursday) at 10:00 pm.  March 17 is the official end date for the course. Hence, I have changed the deadline to be one day before the course end date. The solutions will be posted on March 17.

Best

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 5 assignment solutions

Week 5 assignment solutions are now available online. The solution is uploaded as a PDF file, which can be accessed at the link give below

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1OLWsk9xYhsRG5kZ3hNWUZCUmM

The file is also available in the lectures notes for Week 5 - Junctions-continued. A lesson is added at the end, called Week 5 assignment solutions and the PDF file can be obtained from the link given in that lesson.


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 5 assignment deadline extension

The deadline for week 5 assignment has been extended. The new deadline is March 7 (Tuesday) at 10:00 pm. The solutions will be posted after the deadline.

Best

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 6 assignment online

Week 6 assignment is now available online.

Due date for this assignment is March 10 (Friday) and time is 10:00 PM

The assignment contains ten multiple choice questions (MCQs). You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

You are welcome to have discussions on the assessment in the forum and Vivek, Shashi, and I can moderate, but I request you to not to post any answers in the forum. I shall post the solutions, once the submission deadline is over.

There will be one more assignment and then we will take best 5 out of 7.

Best,
Parasuraman S 



Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 7 and 8 lessons online

Dear All,

Lessons from week 7 and 8 are now online. These are the final set of lecture videos for this course.

In both these weeks we will look at the interaction of semiconductors with light and use that to describe optoelectronic devices. Primarily four types of devices will be discussed - LEDs, LASERs, photodetectors, and solar cells. There are also worked numerical assignments along with the lecture videos. Last year there was an interaction session with some of the students. The video of this session is also posted at the end of the lectures. You are also welcome to go through this in case it helps answer any of your questions.

So far we have released 5 assignments. Assignment 6 will deal with transistors and we shall release that shortly. There will be on more assignment combining weeks 7 and 8. This gives a total of 7 assignments, out of which the best 5 will be selected for evaluation along with the marks in the final exam.

Best,

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 4 assignment solutions

Week 4 assignment solutions are now available online. The solution is uploaded as a PDF file, which can be accessed at the link give below

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1OLWsk9xYhsRWswLXgteVd1c2s

The file is also available in the lectures notes for Week 4 - Junctions. A lesson is added at the end, called Week 4 assignment solutions and the PDF file can be obtained from the link given in that lesson.


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 4 assignment deadline reminder

Dear All,

Just a reminder that week 4 assessment is due by 10:00 pm tomorrow (Friday), Feb 24. I shall post the solutions after the deadline is done.

Best

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 5 assignment online

Week 5 assignment is now available online.

Due date for this assignment is March 3 (Friday) and time is 10:00 PM

The assignment contains ten multiple choice questions (MCQs). You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

You are welcome to have discussions on the assessment in the forum and Vivek, Shashi, and I can moderate, but I request you to not to post any answers in the forum. I shall post the solutions, once the submission deadline is over.

Best,
Parasuraman S 


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 6 lessons online

Dear All,

Lessons from week 6 are now available online.

In this week we will study transistors which are examples of 3 terminal 2 junction devices. Transistors have primarily two main functions, one to act as an amplifier and the other to act as a switch. We will look at a overview of different types of transistors and focus specifically on the field effect transistor, especially the metal oxide semiconductor configuration, i.e. the MOSFET. The MOSFET forms the basis of integrated circuits since they can be used to perform various logical and arithmetic operations.

In the last 2 weeks, we will study optoelectronic devices, those that depend on the interaction between semiconductor and light radiation.          

Best,

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 3 assignment solutions

Week 3 assignment solutions are now available online. The solution is uploaded as a PDF file, which can be accessed at the link give below

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1OLWsk9xYhscko2QS11RVotR3M


The file is also available in the lectures notes for Week 3 - Extrinsic semiconductors. A lesson is added at the end, called Week 3 assignment solutions and the PDF file can be obtained from the link given in that lesson.


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 3 assignment deadline reminder

Dear All,

Just a reminder that week 3 assessment is due by 10:00 pm tomorrow (Friday), Feb 16. I shall post the solutions after the deadline is done.

Best

Parasuraman


Last 1 week for Exam Registartion - Hurry up!!!

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 22 February 2017 at 10:00am.

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Online


Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the exam allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 15th March 2017.


FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

The sample format is attached here for your reference:




Photos of Toppers in every course are published on the website http://nptel.ac.in/noc along with the name of the college/organization you belong to.

Click here to take a look at a sample page: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/individual_course.php?id=noc16-ce12

Best of luck for the exams.

- NPTEL team


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 4 assignment online

Dear All,

Week 4 assignment is now available online.

Due date for this assignment is Feb 24 (Friday) and time is 10:00 PM

The assignment contains ten multiple choice questions (MCQs). You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

You are welcome to have discussions on the assessment in the forum and Vivek, Shashi, and I can moderate, but I request you to not to post any answers in the forum. I shall post the solutions, once the submission deadline is over.

Best,
Parasuraman S 


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 2 assignment solutions

Week 2 assignment solutions are now available online. The solution is uploaded as a PDF file, which can be accessed at the link give below

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1OLWsk9xYhsTWFvYlZBeHBkMzA

The file is also available in the lectures notes for Week 2 - Intrinsic semiconductors. A lesson is added at the end, called Week 2 assignment solutions and the PDF file can be obtained from the link given in that lesson.


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 2 assignment deadline reminder

Dear All,

Just a reminder that week 2 assessment is due by 10:00 pm today (Monday), Feb 13. I shall post the solutions after the deadline is done.

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 5 lessons online

Dear All,

Lessons from week 5 are now available online.

Here, we  continue our discussion on pn junctions and will consider the effect of an applied voltage on the electrical behavior of the junction. We will look at junction breakdown mechanisms in reverse bias and also junctions formed when two dissimilar semiconductors are brought in contact, heterostructures. There will also be a video on worked numerical problems on pn junctions.

In week 6, we will study transistors which are examples of 3 terminal 2 junction devices, while pn junctions are 2 terminal 1 junction devices.

Also, a reminder that week 2 assignment is due on Monday (Feb 13) by 10 pm. The solutions will be posted by Tuesday (Feb 14).       

Best,

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 2 assignment deadline extension

Dear All,

I am extending the deadline for week 2 assignment to Feb 13 (Monday) 10 pm. This is to give some time those who joined late to finish the assignment. The solution will be posted after the deadline is done. 

Best,

Parasuraman


Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - week 1 assignment solutions

Week 1 assignment solutions are now available online. The solution is uploaded as a PDF file, which can be accessed at the link give below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1OLWsk9xYhsSUdfdlVQbERFX1k/view?usp=sharing

The file is also available in the lectures notes for Week 1 - semiconductor basics. A lesson is added at the end, called Week 1 assignment solutions and the PDF file can be obtained from the link given in that lesson.



Week 3 Assignment online

Dear All,

Week 3 assignment is now available online.

Due date for this assignment is Feb 17 (Friday) and time is 10:00 PM

The assignment contains ten multiple choice questions (MCQs). You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

You are welcome to have discussions on the assessment in the forum and Vivek, Shashi, and I can moderate, but I request you to not to post any answers in the forum. I shall post the solutions, once the submission deadline is over.

Best,
Parasuraman S 


Week 4 lessons

Dear All,

Lessons from week 4 are now available online. This starts the electronic devices part of the course.

To understand the working of electronic devices we need to understand the properties of the interface. We will first start with metal-metal junctions and use that to explain the concepts of Fermi level alignment. These junctions are used in thermocouples. We will then investigate metal-semiconductor junctions, which are of two types Ohmic and Schottky junctions. Finally, this week we will start studying the junction between a p- and n-type semiconductor, called a pn junction or a diode.   

The lessons on pn junctions will continue on to week 5 where we will consider the effect of an applied voltage on the behavior of a pn junction.

Also, a reminder that week 1 assignment is due today (Feb 6) by 10 pm. The solutions will be posted on Tuesday (Feb 7).       

Best,

Parasuraman


Reminder: Week 1 assignment due Feb 6 (Monday)

Dear All,

This is just a reminder about the submission of Week 1 assignment.

Due date for this assignment is Feb 6 (Monday) and time is 10:00 PM

You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

I shall post the solutions once the deadline is over.

Best,
Parasuraman S 


Reminder 1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the March 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd FEBRUARY 2017 (Thursday) until 22nd FEBRUARY 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday). 

The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 26th March 2017(Sunday) 
[Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same exam city will be allocated for both the sessions) through this form.

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00AM -12.00PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00PM - 5.00PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.

Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/March%202017%20Exam%20cities.pdf

 Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 12 -16th March 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 
25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (
http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and 
make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -  
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will automatically apply.

3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 
There are 2 modes of operation:


Option 1

1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.

2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.

3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.

4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.


Option 2

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.

2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.

3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.

The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.

If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.

Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.

If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.


After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till February 22, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after February 22 2017.


Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM


Week 3 lessons

Dear All,

Lessons from week 3 are now available online.

In week 2 looked at intrinsic semiconductors. In this week (week 3) we will look at the effect of doping these intrinsic semiconductors to form extrinsic semiconductors. These can be either n-type or p-type or compensation doping. We will study the effect of doping on carrier concentration, Fermi level position, and electrical conductivity. At the end of the week, we will also look briefly at degenerate and amorphous semiconductors. Doped semiconductors are used extensively in electronic devices and hence week 3 lessons will form the basis for the second part of the course.

Weeks 1, 2, and 3 formed the electronic materials part of the course. Starting from week 4 we will focus on devices. The assessment for week 3 will be uploaded later.       

Best,

Parasuraman


Week 2 Assignment online

Dear All,

Week 2 assignment is now available online. I am releasing this early to give you some flexibility in completing the assignment.

Due date for this assignment is Feb 10 (Friday) and time is 10:00 PM

The assignment contains ten multiple choice questions (MCQs). You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

You are welcome to have discussions on the assessment in the forum and Vivek, Shashi, and I can moderate, but I request you to not to post any answers in the forum. I shall post the solutions, once the submission deadline is over.

Best,
Parasuraman S 


Week 2 lesson on 2D semiconductors

In this online course we focus on traditional bulk semiconductors. Recently there has been a lot of work on synthesizing and studying two dimensional (2D) forms of these semiconductors and other materials, which are not traditionally semiconductors. These are called 2D semiconductors and graphene, which is the 2D form of graphite is the most common example. These are semiconductors which are a single atomic layer thick and have a large 2D area, with respect to the thickness, and hence some interesting electronic properties. Researchers are looking at a variety of other materials like silicene (2D form of silicon), germanene (2D Germanium), stanene (2D form of tin), phosphorene (2D form of phosphorous) and so on.

For those who are interested to know more about these materials and their properties I have created a new lesson on week 2 in which an article from Nature magazine on these materials is attached. This is only an optional reading lesson and you will not be tested on this in the assessments or exam. 
 


Week 2 lessons

Dear All,

Today, Jan 23, is the official start date for the course. Week 1 lessons and assessment are already available online. Today I am releasing the videos and lectures notes for Week 2 lessons.

In week 2 we will be doing a worked assignment from the material discussed in week 1. This is to help you gain some experience with doing numerical problems in this area. Then we will be discussing intrinsic or pure semiconductors for the rest of the week. The assessment for week 2 will be made available later this week.

Best,

Parasuraman 


Week 1 Assignment now online

Dear All,

I am releasing week 1 assignment early. This is to give you some flexibility in completing the assignment. Since NPTEL has extended the deadline for course registration to Jan 30, I am giving an extended deadline for this assignment.

Due date for this assignment is Feb 6 (Monday) and time is 10:00 PM

The assignment contains ten multiple choice questions (MCQs). You are allowed to submit the assignment multiple times and only the last submission will be taken into consideration.  

You are welcome to have discussions on the assessment in the forum and Vivek, Shashi, and I can moderate, but I request you to not to post any answers in the forum. I shall post the solutions, once the submission deadline is over.

Best,
Parasuraman S 


Week 1 lessons

Dear All,

The lessons for week 1 are have now been made available in the course portal. I am releasing the videos before the course official start date next week, Jan 23rd. This is to provide some flexibility for those who want to start early. Along with the video, each lesson also has an accompanying PDF file, which acts as course notes. These PDFs can be accessed by clicking on the link "Text Version". The assessment for week 1 will be posted later, closer to Jan 23rd.

Please feel free to use the forum to post questions about the videos or the notes. Either me or the TAs will answer your questions. If you encounter any technical difficulty in accessing the contents please let us know immediately so that we can try and fix it, if it is an issue at our end.

Best,
Parasuraman S


Welcome message from Course Instructor

Dear All,

Welcome to this installment of the course on the Fundamentals of electronic materials and devices.  This is the second time I am offering this course in MOOC format. Last year we had around 500 students who took the final certification exam. Hoping this year as well we get an active participation from all of you. The official start date for the course is January 23 but I shall release the video lectures for the first week on Jan 15 so that all of you have that extra week to go through the lectures. The assignment will be made available after Jan 23. Along with the lectures I have also prepared course notes for the individual lectures in PDF format. These will also be made available to you along with the videos and you can you these to refresh your understanding of the videos and as a source for ready reference. I shall also be adding supplementary reading material along with the course videos and notes. These are not for grading but will be useful for those interested to know in detail about specific aspects of the field.     

You can find the weekly course plan and also details on the assignments and grading in the opening page. Exam dates are also mentioned there. There will be 7 assignments and we will consider the best 5, for 50 % of the total marks. The remaining 50 % marks will come from the final exam. I shall be posting last year's question paper as well for you to practice. This will be later in the course. There are two TAs assigned for this course. They will help monitor the forum and answer questions regarding the course material. I will also help them with that. You can also reach me through email, if you have specific questions about the course material and also related topics. 

Please use the forum to introduce yourselves. We had a couple of students do that already. This is so that we also know your backgrounds and can plan the course accordingly.

All the best and hopefully you gain something positive at the completion of this course.

Parasuraman S


Welcome to NPTEL Online Certification Course Fundamentals of electronic materials and devices!

Dear Student:

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on January 23 2017. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.     
•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course: Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices
Course duration : 23 Jan 2017 - 17 Mar 2017
Dates of exams : 26 March 2017
Time of exam : Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning 

-NPTEL team.