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Semiconductor Devices - ECE 303/3103 - Summer 2009

Premiere of web broadcast version under new PRODUCED IN VIRGINIA distance-learning program

(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: Web Broadcast 11 am - 1 pm, weekdays, June 1-28, 2009 (On grounds location: MEC-345)

Homework Assignments: Due Weds., Fri. & Mon. at 5pm (via UVA Collab in PDF format via - see below)

Homework Session Times: Via Class Discussion Website (linked below), Tues, Thurs., Sun. at 5 pm

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 bookstore's textbook department (e.g. Frederick Twombley or Cindy Garwood). They can take your order and have it mailed to the address you provide.

UVA Collab Website (links to live lectures, assignments and links for their submission): UVA Collab

Class Discussion Website (homework sessions or online meetings, all hours): Class Discussion Website

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

Step by step instructions on how to use the new UVA Collab system:

1) Log onto UVA Collab

2) Select ECE-303 tab at the top of the webpage, then

  To view live classes: 3) Select the Schedule tab on the left margin of the webpage
  4) Click the "Today" or "Go to Today" button at the upper right
  5) Click the "ECE-303 Eluminate Session" link
6) Click the "Click here to join" link
   
To view recorded classes & homework sessions 3) Select the Resources tab on the left margin of the webpage
  4) Click Class Sessions or Homework Sessions folder to expand it
  5) Click the link for the desired session
   
To post a question or answer 3) Select the Discussion and Private Messages tab on the left margin of the webpage
  4) Select appropriate buttons to post a new topic, or response
   
To submit a homework assignment: 3) Select the Assignments tab on the left margin of the webpage
  4) For the appropriate assignment, click "Submit as Student"
   

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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