Syllabus

Text book:
William Callister, Materials Science and Engineering – An Introduction John Wiley & Sons 2007
 
Reference Books:
- Ben G. Streetman, Solid State Electronic Devices, Prentice Hall 2000
- Donald A. Neamen, Semiconductor Physics and Devices, McGraw Hill 2003
 
Instructor:  Asst. Prof. Dr. Goknur Cambaz Büke  
e-mail addresses:goknurcambaz@gmail.com; goknur@cankaya.edu.tr
office phone number (internal): 1396
office: M3 - Z04
 
Grading Scheme:
Homework: 0%
Attendance: 10%  (min 50% of att. required)
Quiz: 20%
Midterm: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Final Exam: 30%
 
Course Outline
  1. Introduction: Classification of Materials, Material needs in electronics; Classification schemes for the elements, Periodic table
  2. Atomic structure, Rutherford Model of the Atom, Bohr Model of Hydrogen; Atomic Spectra of Hydrogen
  3. Matter/Energy Interactions Involving Atomic Hydrogen; The Shell Model (Bohr-Sommerfeld Model) and Multi-electron Atoms Quantum Numbers: n, l, m, s;
  4. Introduction to quantum mechanics, De Broglie, Heisenberg, and Schrödinger; Atomic bonding in solids
  5. Introduction to the Solid State, Crystal structure of solids, Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices ; Properties of Cubic Crystals: Simple Cubic, Face-centered Cubic, Body-centered Cubic, Diamond Cubic; Crystal Coordinate Systems, Miller Indices
  6. Electrical Properties: Electronic and ionic conduction; Energy band structures in solids
  7. Electrical Properties: Conduction in terms of band and atomic bonding models
  8. Semiconductivity: Charge carriers in semiconductors; Intrinsic semiconduction
  9. Semiconductivity: dopant atoms and energy levels, extrinsic semiconduction
  10. Semiconductivity: n-type, p-type semiconduction
  11. Semiconductivity: p-n junction, Microfabrication techniques
  12. Optical Properties: Electromagnetic radiation, Light interaction with solids, Atomic and electronic interactions
  13. A Case Study - Silicon
  14. Presentations on Devices (transistors, integrated circuits, photovoltaics, LEDs, lasers)