Tom Smy (Rm 4154 -- Mornings!)
tjs@doe.carleton.ca

Suggested Reading;

        Electronic properties of materials.
        Hummel, Rolf E., 1934- 2nd ed. Berlin, Springer-Verlag. 1992 404 p.
        CALL NUMBER: QC176.H86 1993

        Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices - Safa Kasop

There is a great deal of material books, lectures, notes, and public domain information dealing with the course material. It would be wise to do supplemental reading. The lectures will delimitate the material to be covered.

Matlab code for "toy" simulators used to illustrate a number of physical effects are in the git repository at 4700Code. Students are encouraged to goto the repo (it is public) create a branch identified by their name and enhance, debug the code. This effort will be worth bonus marks if significant.

Mark Breakdown

Marks
Final: 40.00%
Tests: Four at 15% each -- you must take at least 3 quizzes to pass the course.

The mark weight on any quiz that has a lower mark than that of the final will be automatically transferred to the final.

For example if you get 75% on the final and 0%, 65%, 85%, 85%  on the three quizes, I will calculate your mark as

75%*(0.40+0.30) + 85%*0.30

TA info:

    Scott Stewart (Scott.Stewart at carleton.com)

    Is available for consultation on the course material. Email him for appointments.

Term Quizzes:

Each test is designed to be 45 min. in length. However, everybody will be given the entire lecture time to complete it.

This Years Quizes

    1) Oct. 1 (Tues.)solution Average = 62%

    2) Oct. 17 (Tues.)solution Average = 70%


    3) Nov. 12 (Tues.)solution Average = 75%

    4) Nov. 28 (Thur.) solution

Last Years Quizes:

    1) Sept. 28 (Fri.) solution

    2) Oct. 31 (Wed.) solution

    3) Nov. 9 (Fri.) solution

    4) Nov. 30 (Fri.) solution

Two Years Ago Quizes:

    1) Sept. 28 (Thurs.)   solution (Average 75).

    2) Oct. 19 (Thurs.)   solution (Average 52).

    3) Nov. 9 (Thurs.)   solution (Average N/A).

    4) Nov. 30 (Thurs.)   solution (Average N/A).
 

Example Quizes and Finals:

Example Final (2018) 

Equations you must know!

Lecture notes

  lecture 0: No Lecture (Sept. 5)

  lecture 1: : Classical Physics (Sept. 10)   Old  Key Slides and Questions

  lecture 3: Introduction to Quantum (Sept. 12)   Old  Key Slides and Questions   Good book!   Another book!   Things Get Real!   Sean Carroll on Joe Rogan

  lecture 4: Electron WavePackets (Sept. 17)   Old  Key Slides and Questions

  lecture 5: Wells and Electrons (Sept. 19)   Old  Key Slides and Questions

  lecture 6: Tunneling (Sept. 24)   ppt  Key Slides and Questions

  Review: using 4700 ppt (Sept. 26)   Introduction to Crystals

    Quiz 1 Oct. 1 (Tues.) (Lectures 1-6 inclusive)

  lecture 7: Crystals (Oct 3)   Old  Key Slides and Questions

  lecture 8: Bands and Conduction (Oct 8)   Old   Old2  Key Slides and Questions

  lecture 9: Introduction to Semiconductors (Oct 10)  Old  Key Slides and Questions

 lecture 10: Optical Effects and Transport (Oct. 15)  ppt  Key Slides and Questions

    Quiz 2 Oct. 17 (Thur.) (Lectures 7-9 inclusive)

  Break week for Oct. 22 and Oct. 24

 lecture 11: Schottky and PN Diodes (Oct. 29)  ppt  Key Slides and Questions

 lecture 12: Bipolar Transistors (Oct. 31)  Key Slides and Questions

 lecture 13: Field Effect Transistors (Nov. 5)  Key Slides and Questions

 lecture 14: Optical Systems (Nov. 7)  Key Slides and Questions

    Quiz 3 Nov. 12 (Tues) (Lectures 11-14 inclusive)

 lecture 15: Lasers, LEDs, Solar Cells and Photo-diodes (Nov. 14)  Key Slides and Questions

 lecture 16: IC Fabrication (Nov. 19)  Key Slides   Questions

 lecture 17: MEMS (Nov. 21)  Key Slides   Questions

 lecture 18: Nano (Nov. 26)   Cool cars on chips  Key Slides   Questions

    Quiz 4 Nov. 28 (Thur.) (Lectures: 15-18 inclusive)

 lecture 19: Nano dots and quantum effects (Dec 3)  Key Slides   Questions

lecture 20: (Dec 5) Quiz return, review and discussion.

Old Lectures -- for background

 lecture 2: Classical Physics! 

 lecture 3: Basic QM!

 lecture 4: Wave Packets!

 lecture 5: Electron in a Box!

 lecture 6: QM Tunnelling!

 lecture 7: Electron in Crystal!

 lecture 8: Band Structures and Conduction!

 lecture 9: Filling the bands and n and p!

 lecture 10: Semiconductors and carrier flow!

 lecture 11: Light!

 lecture 13: Diodes (Schottky and pn)!

 lecture 14: BJT!

 lecture 15: MOSFET!

 lecture 16: IC Fabrication

 lecture 17: MEMS

 lecture 18: Nano

 lecture 19: Nano dots and quantum effects

 lecture 20: Optical Systems! 

 lecture 21: Optical Amp/Lasers/Detectors!

1. Describe the relationship between Classical and Modern Physics
2. Present a basic understanding of Quantum Mechanics and its implications
3. Be able to describe the physics of an electron in a finite and infinite well
4. Describe the physics of quantum mechanical tunneling.
5. Explain the origin and physics of a band structure and its implications
6. Explain the behavior of electron in crystals by using the concept of a band structure.
7. Describe the physics of carrier flow in semiconductors.
8. Explain the basic operation of the electronic devices: BJT, Mosfet and diodes.
9. Explain the basic operation of the photonic devices: photodiodes, laser and fiber
10. Provide a description of Micro-machining, nano-technology and IC fabrication.