- ECE 340/MSE 310 – Electrical Properties of Materials -

Prof. Bill Knowlton, Boise State University

Blackboard Access or ITC                             Course Syllabus & Objectives *

Electronic Course Evaluation: Old & New

Academic Calendar (e.g., Final exam schedule, Last day to add/drop, other deadlines)

Text Book: Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, S.O. Kasap, 3rd Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2005) 0-07-310464-7 Website: http://www.kasap.usask.ca/

Course Time/Days/Place: 10:30am – 11:45am; T-Th; MEC 309

Office Hours for Fall 2012: Tues: 3-4 pm (my office); Wed: 11am-Noon (my office)

Finals Week:

Two review sessions:
- Saturday 12/15 9am MEC 309 (our classroom)
- Wednesday 12/19 9-10:30am MEC 301
Office Hours During Finals:
- Mon & Tues: 11am-noon
- Wed: 2-3:30pm

Discussion Section:Wednesday: 3:15-4:15 pm in MEC 103;

Final Exam: Date: Thursday, December 20; Time: 9:30 – 11:30am; Room: MEC 309

Mathematica Help:  “Hands-on Start to Mathematica” is an online training screen casts & videos: http://www.wolfram.com/broadcast/ ; Learning Center: http://www.wolfram.com/support/learn/  ;

Make-up Classes: Monday 9/17; see “Course Videos” Make-Up Lecture

Mathematica Workshops:  A second series of workshops will be offered on Wednesday and Friday of this week and next (8/29, 8/31, 9/5, 9/7) from 6-8 PM in MEC 103.

Problem Sets and Solutions:

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Extra Credit Assignments & Mathematica Modules: (note: You can turn the assignments in early)

Extra Credit 1(Due: same as PS 1) – Tutorial and Review (stop by my office for handout) Extra Credit for Advanced Mathematica Users (if you’ve done the EC’s below in another class) (Due: same time as Prob. Sets)

Extra Credit 2 (Due: same as PS 2) – Mathematica as a Word Processor

Extra Credit 3 (Due: same as PS 3) – Lists, Rules, NSolve & Wordprocessing (Rules & Sys of Eqns Example)

Extra Credit 4 (Due: same as PS 4) -  Plotting Multiple Variables & Suppressing Plots – Table, Range, Evaluate

Extra Credit 5 (Due: same as PS 5) – Operators & Complex Conjugates (Example: pdf file)

Extra Credit 6 (Due: same as PS 6) – Fitting data and extracting values

• Fitting Imported Data (Data 1, Data 2, Data 3); (Fitting Data Example – updated 4/22/07)
• Linear & NonLinear Fitting Data & R² – (updated 9/06/10);
• Manipulate[ ] to Fit Imported Data- (updated 9/09/11);
• Extracting Max Peak Value – for a data set that includes a peak, this program will extract the maximum y-value of the peak (11/16/11)

Problem with Importing, so do the EC below:

EC6b-Using the “Fitting Data Example” or “Linear & NonLinear Fitting Data & R^2″, create your own data sets (two data sets) and provide a description of how to fit the data sets and use their resulting fitting equation in an example. You can use your previous homeworks where you needed to fit data as examples. If you do so, please change the example a bit.

Extra Credit 7 (Due: same as PS 7) – Matrix & Linear Algebra

Extra Credit 8 (Due: same as PS 8) – Solving Differential Equations Using DSolve & NDSolve

Extra Credit 9 (Due: same as PS 9) – Arrows, Text and Legends (use of Epilog[ ])

Extra Credit 10 (Due: same as PS 10) – Solving Linear equations and plotting the answers

Extra Credit 11 (Due: same as PS 11) – Special Functions

Extra Credit for Advanced Mathematica Users (if you’ve done the EC’s above) (Due: same time as Prob. Sets)

Math Program Links & Examples

“Hands-on Start to Mathematica” is an online 8-part series of free training tutorials/videos that introduce key features of Mathematica. The links to the 8-part series are below.

“Hands-on Start to Mathematica” - Part 1 (Notebooks); Part 2 (Methods to get Started), Part 3 (Basic Calculations); Part 4 (Basic Graphics); Part 5 (Making Interactive Models), Part 6 (Utilizing Data); Part 7 (Presentations); Part 8 (Complete Example);

In A Student’s Introduction to Mathematica screencast, you’ll get an introduction to Mathematicaand learn how it can help you tackle any type of problem—numeric or symbolic, theoretical or experimental, large-scale or small.

Bill’s Mathematica Help Page for Beginners (provides links similar to below)

Compares Mathematica, Maple, Matlab: Brief Description; Compare Commands; Syntax Differences

Mathematica: Information Center; Math Groups & Forums; Student Forum

Mathematica Q.M. Examples

Quizzes & Midterms: (Note: If you want a Quiz Learning Objective posted, please let me know by Fri before 5pm)

Lab:

(Due:  )

-Worth points; Treat as two problem sets for grading purposes

-Grade sheet

Information on Writing Journal Articles:

- Presentation: Anatomy of a Journal Article

- Guidelines: Anatomy of a Journal Article

- Presentation: Anatomy of a Paragraph

-LED Articles (for educational purposes only): one , two  , three & four

All articles provide LED information. The 1st two are some of the 1st reports of blue LEDs. The second two provide nice examples – both the organization and syntax – in which to write the lab report.

Note: The following ABET Program Outcomes will be assessed for your report, so please make sure you are demonstrating the outcomes in your report:

m. An integrated understanding of the scientific and engineering principles underlying materials systems for the major elements of the field: structure, properties, processing and performance.

n. Ability to apply and integrate knowledge from structure, properties, processing and performance to solve materials selection and design problems.

o. Ability to utilize experimental, statistical and computational methods in the field of materials science and engineering.

IEEE Transactions Style sheet in Word Files

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

Optoelectronics–Photonics Lab Schedule (ET 104 – Prof. Wan Kuang’s Photonics Lab) – Note: need to knock on door to be allowed in since it is a laser lab.

 Total Students:

Labs will consist of ~6 Groups of ~3 Students per Group

Other:

Final Exam Data Sheet*

Bill’s Mathematica Help Page for Beginners

Principles of Semiconductor Devices (Prof. Bart Van Zeghbroeck, U. Colorado-Boulder)

Course Videos:

1. Review Lecture 1 (updated) - Thermodynamics versus Kinetics – A Comparison (Companion to Review Notes below)
2. Review Lecture 2  - 1st & 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (Companion to Thermodynamics Review Notes below)
3. Review Lecture 3  – FEOT & FEOT’s Differential Forms (Companion to Thermodynamics Review Notes below)
4. Review Lecture 4  -  Coefficient Relationships in Thermodynamics (Companion to Thermodynamics Review Notes below)
5. Review Lecture 5  -  Maxwell Relationships in Thermodynamics (Companion to Thermodynamics Review Notes below)
6. Review Lecture 6 – Diffusion – Part 1 (Companion to Diffusion Review Notes)
7. Review Lecture 7 – Diffusion – Part 2a – Plots of Fick’s 2nd Law (Companion to Diffusion Review Notes)
8. Review Lecture 8 - Diffusion – Part 2b – Solns to Fick’s 2nd Law (Companion to Diffusion Review Notes)
9. Review Lecture 9 – Thermally Activated Processes (Companion to Thermally Activated Processes – Kinetics Notes)
10. Tutorial – Band Diagram Program
11. Make-up Lecture

Course Review Notes:

Outline of Review Notes*

Atomic Structure Notes*

Bonding Notes*

Crystallography Review Notes*

Thermodynamics Notes*

Diffusion Notes*

Thermally Activated Processes – Kinetics Notes*

Point Defect Lecture Notes*

Line Defect Lecture Notes*

Planar & Bulk Defect Lecture Notes*

Course Lecture Notes:

Dynamical Variables in QM*

Integrals Common to QM: (1) Bill’s Examples; (2) From McKelvey-Solid State Physics**

Band Theory: Kronig-Penney, E-k and Others*

Shockley’s View of Band Theory and Fee Electrons & Holes*

LCAO Notes*

Band Theory: Density of States, Fermi Distribution & n & p*

Phonons*

Workfunctions of some Metals*

Effective Mass Theory*

Dopant Energy Levels (Ge, Si, & GaAs)*

Extrinsic Semiconductors Notes – Part I – Free Carrier Statistics*

Extrinsic Semiconductors Notes (from your book) – Part 2 – Phonon & Impurity Scattering*

Course Device Notes:

Part 1: Metal-Metal & Metal-S/C Contacts/Junctions*

Part 2: p-n & p-n-p or n-p-n Junctions*

Part 3: III-V & II-VI Heterostructure Junctions*

Part 3(cont.): III-V & II-VI Heterostructure Junctions*

Part 4: MOS Heterostructure Junctions – New*

Part 5: Quantum Effects in MOS Devices*

Part 6: High Dielectric Constant (k) Materials for MOS Devices*

Part 7: Molecular Electronics At the Nanoscale*

Boise State Energy Band Diagram Simulation Tool for Multilayer MOS and MIM Devices

Notes:

MRS Bulletin Paper on Diffusion – H. Bracht*

Formation & Migration Energies of Vacancies (Paper 1)*

Formation & Migration Energies of Vacancies (Paper 2)*

Elementary QM*

Dynamical Variables in QM*

Integrals Common to QM: (1) Bill’s Examples; (2) From McKelvey-Solid State Physics**

Heterojunctions – Three 2001 Nobel Prize Papers & 1 1967:

1st paper – Alferov – Double Heterostructures*

2nd paper – Kroemer – Band Offsets in Heterostructures*

3rd paper – Nevill Mott – Amorphous S/Cs & Nonconductors* 1977

4th paper – Heeger – S/C Polymers*

Days I will be Traveling: (we will make up these days)

1. Sept. 27 [Wed] – Sept. 29 [Fri.]
2. ABET visit – Oct. 1- 3
3. Oct. 16 [Mon] – Oct. 19 [Thurs]
4. Make-up Lectures: Light emitting device – photonics lab (Prof. Wan Kuang – MEC 211 Photonics Lab)

Links:

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