Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic discipline
FIS/01 (EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (03/10/2016 - 20/01/2017)
Lesson hours
60 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Basic notions of electromagnetism.
Learning outcomes
Learning of the physical working principles of the main microelectronics and optoelectronics devices.
Course contents
Generalities about semiconductors. Fundamentals of electronic devices and their circuital properties: Junction diodes, bipolar transistor, field effect transistor. Elements of optics and optoelectronic and photonic applications, LEDs and semiconductor lasers.
The course will be comprehensive of practical exercises on simple circuits, basic optical configurations and on simulation programs.
Reccomended or required readings
Microelectronic Circuits (The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering), A.S. Sedra, K.C. Smith, Oxford University Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0195323033 |.
Assessment methods
Written and Oral examination. The examination is based on a written report on the performed experiments and an oral test about the physics of devices.
Further information
Written and Oral examination. The examination is based on a written report on the performed experiments and an oral test about the physics of devices.
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