COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMICONDUCTIVITY - II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 5164 SEMICONDUCTIVITY - II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERPIL ŞAKIROĞLU

Offered to

PHYSICS
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
PHYSICS
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide knowledge about the basic features and technological application areas of semiconductor devices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify semiconductor devices
2   Being able to explain the usage areas of semiconductor devices
3   Being able to explain the operating principles of semiconductor devices
4   Being able to establish the relationship between theoretical knowledge and device physics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Metal-semiconductor and semiconductor heterojunctions
2 MOS capacitor
3 MOSFET - I
4 MOSFET - II
5 Bipolar transistor - I
6 Student presentations - I
7 Repetation of topics
8 Bipolar transistor - II
9 JFET
10 Optical devices - I
11 Optical devices - II
12 Semiconductor microwave and power devices
13 Student presentations - II
14 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Main coursebook:
Modern Semiconductor Devices for Integrated Circuits, Chenming Hu, Pearson, 2009.

Other references:
1) Semiconductor physics and devices, D. A. Neamen, McGrawHill, 2011.
2) Physics of Semiconductor Devices, S. M. Sze, Kwok Kwok Ng, John Willey nad Sons, 2007.
3) Semiconductor Materials, An Introduction to basic prenciples, B.G.Yacobi, Kluwer, 2003.
4) Introduction to Semiconductor Physics, H.T.Grahn, Prentice-Hall, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-answer Technique
3. Discussion Method
4. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +ASG * 0.35 +FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ASG * 0.35 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The assignments/presentations prepared by the student will be added to the midterm exam grade and their success during the semester will be determined.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at 70% of the classes is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serpil.sakiroglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 2 3 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 25 50
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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