EEE3020 : Electronic Devices (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Anthony O'Neill
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To provide to specialist knowledge of electronic devices. To enable students to have a better understanding of state-of-the-art devices (e.g. transistors). To enable students to compare competing electronic technologies.
Outline Of Syllabus
*) Introduction to electronic devices. Electronic system exemplar: smartphone. Review of semiconductor properties, sheet resistance.
*) Junctions. Metal-semiconductor junction, Schottky contact, Ohmic contact. p-n junction, LED, photodiode, Smartphone: camera, optical and electromechanical sensors.
*) MOS Junction, MOS electrostatics, depletion accumulation and inversion, MOS C-V curve.
*) MOSFET mode of operation, I-V characteristic, delay time, sub-threshold, transistor and IC cross sections.
*) CMOS: Short channel effects, impact of scaling of electrical characteristics, threshold Voltage, DIBL, scaling strategies, limits to scaling.
*) Carrier transport, transconductance degradation, mobility, velocity-field, universal mobility, field dependence.
*) MOSFET Evolution, STI and LOCOS isolation, metal and polysilicon gates, LDD, parasitics, halo doping, retrograde doping, strained Si, High-k dielectrics, physical and economic scale/complexity of semiconductor devices, evolution, ITRS.
*)III-V compound semiconductor devices, properties of silicon versus other semiconductors, MESFET, mode of operation, I-V characteristic, heterojunctions, MODFETs, I-V characteristic
*) Bipolar Transistor, dc characteristic, Early effect, Gummel plot, Bipolar evolution, heterojunction bipolar (HBT).
*) Displays, OLED, touchscreen, digitizer (smartphone)
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 25:00 | 25:00 | preparing 3000 word report for assessment |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | 2hr lecture per week over 10 weeks |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | completing tests from canvas |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 10 | 2:00 | 20:00 | Reading and reflecting to supplement understanding of material taught in each week. |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 25:00 | 25:00 | Reviewing lecture notes; general reading |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures provides the core material and synchronous review sessions give students the opportunity to query material taught in that week.
Problem solving is introduced and practiced through synchronous tutorial sessions.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | 1 | M | 100 | 3000 word written assignment assessing electronic devices. |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prob solv exercises | 1 | M | Weekly tests provided on canvas. I also provide answers to these tests on canvas |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The Coursework provides the opportunity for the student to demonstrate their knowledge and skills developed from the lecture course material.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- EEE3020's Timetable