Integrated Circuits (APh9) Lab

• APh/EE 9 ab. Solid-State Electronics for Integrated Circuits.

• 6 Units (2-2-2); first, second terms; six units credit for the freshman laboratory requirement.

• Prerequisite: successful completion of APh/EE 9a is a prerequisite for enrollment in APh/EE 9b.

• Introduction to solid-state electronics, including physical modeling and device fabrication.

• Topics: semiconductor crystal growth and device fabrication technology, carrier modeling, doping, generation and recombination, pn junction diodes, MOS capacitor and MOS transistor operation, and deviations from ideal behavior.

• Laboratory includes computer aided layout and fabrication and testing of light emitting diodes, transistors, and inverters. Students learn photolithography, and use of vacuum systems systems, furnaces, and device-testing equipment.

Solid-State Devices (EE/APh 180)

• APh/EE 180. Solid-State Devices.

• 9 Units (3-0-6); second terms

• Prerequisite: Successful completion of EE 20 ab.

• Starting with the phenomenological statement of physical processes, the operation of a device is derived from fundamental principles and the device's material design.

• Topics: the motion of charge carriers in solids, the pn junction, the junction transistor, the Schottky diode, the field-effect transistor, the light emitting diode, and the photodiode.