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Interested in taking a class taught by Prof. Scherer or wondering what the lab schedule is? Look here for course descriptions, syllabi, schedules and lecture notes.
- 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, furnaces, and device-testing equipment
- 6 Units (3-0-3); second term
- Explore the techniques and applications of nanofabrication and miniaturization of devices to the smallest scale.
- Focused on the understanding of the technology of miniaturization, its history and present trends towards building devices and structures on the nanometer scale.
- Examples of applications of nanotechnology in the electronics, communications, data storage and sensing world are described, and the underlying physics as well as limitations of the present technology is discussed.
- Topics: Nanofabrication, Imaging and Measurement of Nanostructures, Nanophotonics and Nanoelectronics, Magnetics and Fluidics, Integrated Miniaturized Systems
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Kate FiniganMC 200-36, Caltech1200 E California BlvdPasadena, CA 91125Office: 212 Sloan AnnexPhone: 626.395.4585Fax: 626.577.8442Email: kate@caltech.edu