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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices: Results have been published

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Feedback for Fundamentals of semiconductor 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.

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Assignment solutions

Dear learners, 

The solutions for assignment 9,10,11 and 12 have been uploaded in the course website for your reference. 

All the best for the final exam.

Regards,

TA's

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Announcement regarding final exam

Dear learners, 

For the final exam, you will have to know the value of basic constants like Boltzmann constant, Planck's constant, electron charge etc. They will not be given in the question paper.

Regards,
TA's

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices: Hall ticket for April 27 & 28, 2019 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - clarification regarding assignment 12 Q2

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Clarification regarding Assignment 11 question 2

Options 3 and 4 for this question are same. It was a typo from our side. Please find the corrected options below.

The energy of photon emitted due to band-to-band recombination in an LED is _________ the band gap energy and depends on ________ and the emission is _________
a) Greater than, effective mass of holes, monochromatic
b) Lesser than, effective mass of electrons, not monochromatic
c) Greater than, effective mass of electrons and holes, not monochromatic
c) Lesser than, effective mass of electrons and holes, monochromatic

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Week 12 lecture content and assignment

The lecture videos for week 12 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Assignment solutions

Dear learners, 

The solutions for assignment 4,5,6,7 and 8 have been uploaded in the course website for your reference. 

Regards,
TA's

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Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices

The lecture videos for week 11 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices : Exam Type and Certificate Format

Dear Candidate

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam center and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo 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 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 Mid of April 2019. We will notify the same through email.

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the exam.

https://tcsion.com/OnlineAssessment/ScientificCalculator/Calculator.html

NOTE: Physical calculators are not allowed inside the exam hall.

 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% -74%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top

4. Final score between 75% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" tag and "Silver medal" printed at the top

5. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and "gold medal" printed on it.

-NPTEL Admin

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - week 10 content and assignment

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Assignment 8 - Question 6

Dear learners, 

There was a mistake in question 6 of assignment 8. The question has multiple correct answers but you were allowed to mark only a single answer. Hence, the assignment has been revaluated. Please go through the assignment 8 for checking your revaluated score.

Thanks and Regards,
TA's

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Assignment 7 - question 4

Dear learners,

There was a mistake in the answer given for the question 4 in assignment 7. Hence, the assignment has been revaluated by correcting the mistake. Please go through assignment 7 to check your revaluated scores.

Thanks and Regards,
TA's

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Exam format

Dear learners,

The final exam for the course "Fundamentals of semiconductor devices" will contain only MCQ type questions.

Regards,
TA's

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Assignment 8 question 3

There is a clarification regarding the question 3 in assignment 8. Please find the question below.

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - week 9 content and assignment

The lecture videos for week 9 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices : Feedback on Text Transcripts (English) of NPTEL videos

Dear Learners,

We have uploaded the English transcripts for this course already.

We would like to hear from you, a quick feedback for the same. Please take a minute to fill out this form.

Click here to fill the form

-NPTEL Team

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - week 8 content and assignment

The lecture videos for week 8 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - week 7 content and assignment

The lecture videos for week 7 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - week 6 content and assignment

The lecture videos for week 6 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices:Reminder 2 for Exam Registration - April 28, 2019 exams

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices week 5 content and assignment

The lecture videos for week 5 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Assignment solutions

Dear learners, 

The solutions for assignment 1, 2 and 3 have been uploaded in the course website for your reference. 

Regards,
TA's

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Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices- Clarification in Week 4 Assignment (ques-2)

Assume ni= 10^10/cm3

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Solution to assignments

We will be uploading the solutions to assignments of week 1, 2 and 3 by this weekend.

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices week 4 Content

The lecture videos for week 4 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices : Video recording on Interactive session

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Live Session -1

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The lecture videos and assignment for week 3 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices"

The lecture videos for week 3 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices". The lectures can be accessed using the following link:

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Week-2 Assignment

In 3rd question, take the value of Nc and Nv from question 1. 

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Clarification regarding week 0 - assessment

There is a clarification regarding question number 5 in week-0 assessment: 

5) Which of the following are used as semiconductors? 
Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2)
Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3)
Indium Phosphide (InP)
Silicon Carbide (SiC)


It was a "multiple options correct" type question. The correct answers are "Silicon Carbide, Indium Phosphide and Molybdenum disulphide".

If the answers have been marked wrong for this question, you need not worry as week-0 assessment will not be considered for the final marks evaluation.

Thanks and Regards,
TA's 

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The lecture videos and assignment for week 2 have been uploaded for the course "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices"

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Week-2 Assignment

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Week 1 assignment

Dear learner,

The week 1 assignment has been uploaded on the course website. The due date is 13/2/2019 and time 23:59.

Thanks and Regards,
TA's

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - Reminder 1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

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New Announcement

Dear learner,

The week 1 content for the course is live. You can access the videos and go through the lectures.

Thanks and Regards,
TA's

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Week 0 Assessment

Week 0 assessment has been uploaded on the course website. The dead line for submission is 4th February 2019

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Fundamentals of semiconductor devices - REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

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Welcome to NPTEL Online Course : Fundamentals of semiconductor devices

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

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

The course will begin on 28 January 2019. 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. 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, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries.
•     If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments, etc can be posted in the forum section

Details regarding the course: 

Name of the course:  Fundamentals of semiconductor devices

Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ee04/

Course duration :12  weeks

• Date of exams: 28 April 2019(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.
  
• Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
  
• Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly.

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

- NPTEL team