ECE 398 JC - Electronic and Photonic Devices

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010

Web Page	http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece398/jc/
Official Description	Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in electrical and computer engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.
Hours	0 to 4 hours.
Course Prerequisites	Credit in PHYS 214 Credit or concurrent registration in ECE 329
Course Directors	James J Coleman
Description	Global information systems, such as fiber optics telecommunications and internet networks, wireless cellular telephone networks, the Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite high definition television broadcasting, are used to provide a framework for the study of semiconductor materials and devices. These systems will be described at ever smaller scale beginning with the global scale and followed, successively, by metro, local, functional, circuit, and finally device unit levels. Selected components, such as cell phones, MP3 players, and satellite receivers, will be broken down into functional block diagrams, common circuit elements, and finally individual active devices. Next, the core elements of all semiconductor electronic and photonic devices – semiconductor materials and the pn junction diode – will be studied in detail. Armed with a solid understanding of the energy band structure and electrical characteristics of the diode, a student can understand the structure and operation of any active semiconductor device. Finally, a basic introduction to a wide array of optical and electronic devices will be presented. These devices will include bipolar transistors, field effect and MOS transistors, integrated circuits, pnpn switches, solar cells, lasers and LEDs, modulators, and photodetectors.
Credit	3
Goals	The first goal of this course, for all students, is an understanding of the technical context for modern semiconductor electronic and photonic devices. This context is made up of pervasive and extensive global information networks and the functional units that comprise them. The second goal for this course, for those students who will not pursue a career in the semiconductor area, is to provide a structure and operation of basic electronic and photonic devices. The third goal for this course, for those students who will pursue a career in the semiconductor area, is to provide the background necessary for advanced semiconductor device classes.
Topics	Global information systems – global, metro, local, and personal scales The internet and fiber optics telecommunications Wireless systems and the cellular telephone GPS and the OnStar system High definition broadcast television and DirecTV Functional units – block diagrams and critical circuits and devices Cellular telephone DVD player GPS receiver iPod HD satellite receiver Semiconductor materials Semiconductors materials and crystal structure Bonding forces and energy bands in solids Intrinsic material, extrinsic material Distribution functions and statistics Conductivity and mobility Carrier generation and recombination Carrier motion and injection The pn junction diode P-N junctions in equilibrium, contact potential Space charge at a junction Current flow in a P-N junction Carrier injection, the diode equation Minority and majority carrier currents Reverse-bias breakdown Stored charge and junction capacitance Metal semiconductor junctions Electronic devices Bipolar transistor MOS transistor pnpn switch HEMT Heterostructure bipolar transistor Integrated circuits Device fabrication Photonic devices LEDs Semiconductor lasers Modulators Detectors Solar cells Integrated photonic devices
Course Prerequisites	PHYS 214 and credit or concurrent registration in ECE 329.
ABET Category	Engineering Science: 100%