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Semiconductor Devices and Circuits

ABOUT THE COURSE:

This course is intended to equip any students interested in electronic materials and devices with the fundamentals of semiconductor devices. The materials covered in The course begins with fundamentals and accelerates to advanced topics in semiconductor physics. The course connects circuit performance to material and device behavior. At the end of the course, the students would learn to: 1.) Learn the important concepts related to semiconductor technology. 2.) Perform the analysis and design of semiconductor devices (electrostatics and current-voltage characteristics) from fundamental principles. 3.) Learn how to extract device parameters by suitable experiments. 4.) Engineer and innovate on device design and even construct new devices intended for special applications in circuits. There is special emphasize placed on this aspect. 5.) Learn the fundamentals of circuit design and observe how device properties and device design impact circuit behaviour (eg. dc and ac response, noise) 6.) Extend the concepts and analysis to advanced topics such as: devices based on disordered semiconductors (eg. organic semiconductors, amorphous metal oxides), flexible and printed electronics, etc.

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Final Exam (in-person, invigilated, currently conducted in India) is mandatory for Certification and has INR Rs. 1100 as exam fee


INTENDED AUDIENCE: Graduate and Senior Undergraduate Students pursuing studies in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Electronic Materials, Physics

CORE/ELECTIVE: Core Course

UG/PG: UG and PG Course

PREREQUISITES: A background in electrical engineering helps to some extent, but this is not required

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Companies working in semiconductors and integrated circuits: Intel, AMD, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Analog Devices etc.

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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:



Sanjiv Sambandan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India. He is also cross-appointed at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Prior to taking up academic positions, he was with the Electronic Materials and Device Lab, Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC), Palo Alto, California, USA. He is also the founder and director of openwater.in, a clean water startup from his lab (www.openwater.in).

COURSE LAYOUT:

Week 1  :  Excursion in Quantum Mechanics 
Week 2  :  Excursion in Solid State Physics 
Week 3  :  Density of States, Fermi Function and Doping 
Week 4  :  Recombination-Generation, Charge Transport and Continuity Equation 
Week 5  :  Metal-Semiconductor (MS) Junctions
Week 6  :  PN Junctions 
Week 7  :  Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)
Week 8  :  Metal Oxide Semiconductor Capacitors (MOSCAP) and CV Characteristics 
Week 9  :  Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET) 
Week 10  :  MOSFET Continued 
Week 11  :  Connections: Circuit Design to Device Physics 
Week 12  :  Thin Film Transistors 

SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:

•    Prof. Manish Jain, Physics, IISc Solid State Physics and Quantum Mechanics) Prof. Navakant Bhat, CENSE, IISc (Device Physics) Optional Reviewers Dr.Kaushik Mazumdar, ECE, IISc Prof. Venkatraman, Physics, IISc

CERTIFiCATION EXAM :
  • The exam is optional for a fee.
  • Date and Time of Exam: October 28, 2018 (Sunday): 
  • Time of Exams: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm.
  • Exam for this Course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
  • Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
  • The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.

CERTIFICATE:

  • Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
  • 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of  Best 8 out of 12 assignments
  • E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and Indian Institute of Science Banglore.It will be e-verifiable at http://nptel.ac.in/noc/