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Solid State Devices - ECE 3103 - Summer 2010

(Note: there is an error in this Time Magazine figure that you should be able to figure out by the end of this course)

Instructor: John C. Bean

Class Time: 10:45 am - 12:55 pm, Mon/Wed/Fri, July 5 - August 18, 2010

But the 5th is a holiday!
So we will move the first class to Friday July 2 at 10:45

Class Location (for on-grounds students): MEC-339

Class web broadcasts, as well as both homework submission and return, will be handled via the UVA Collab Website: UVA Collab

Homework Assignments: Due Mon. and Thurs by 9 AM (via UVA Collab in pdf format - see below)

Homework Discussions: Via the web, 4:30 pm Wednesdays

Text: Semiconductor Physics & Devices (3rd Ed.) - D. A.Neaman (ISBN 0-07-232107-5)

Software: Mathcad

Off-grounds students can order the textbook and/or a discounted site-licence version of Mathcad through the UVA Bookstore. To do this, call 1-800-759-4667 and then choose option #5. This will connect you with the "offsite student education" department. They can take your order and have it mailed to the address you provide.

Help Contacts: For help with class material, web delivery software, or PRODUCED program: Help Contacts

 

Class Materials
(Access to Mathcad source files and homework solutions is restricted to UVA students)

Course Memo
Lecture Notes (Mathcad source files & PDF copies)
Homework Assignments & Solutions

How to Use Mathcad
(File format indicated in parentheses)

Tutorial on Everyday Mathcad (MCD/PDF)
Mathcad Special Symbols (MCD)
Mathcad Tips (HTM)
Tutorial on programming & discrete Mathcad (MCD)
Tutorial on curve fitting with Mathcad (MCD)
Fixing Mathcad's tendency to round small things to zero (MCD)

Mathcad Worksheets with Semiconductor Data and Models

Neaman's Full Appendix B
Silicon Mobility: Live Table
Silicon Resistivity: Live Table
Silicon & Metal Data
GaAs Data
Ge Data
P-N Diode Equations
P-N Diode band animation
NPN Bipolar Transistor Band Animation

Additional Resource Materials

DATA
TIPS and HELP
Misc. / For Fun
Si mobility & resistivity figures
(also see live Mathcad table above)
Working w/ small Numbers!

Five Minute University

Constants - Scan of Textbook Appendix B
(also see Mathcad version above)
Semiconductor Web Resources
"Night in the life of Johnny EE"
Work Function Tables from Textbook
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Engineering Formula for Success T-Shirt
Velocity vs. Electric Field figure
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Quality for Dummies Flowchart
Ge, GaAs, GaP resistivity figure
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