Solid State Electronics

Review of the physics, theory, and technology of integrated circuit fabrication. Physics and properties of semi-conductors, including high field effects, carrier injection and semi-conductor surface phenomena, devices technology (e.g., BJT, FETs), bulk and epitaxal material growth and impurity control. Metal-semi-conductor interface properties. Stability and methods of characterization: controlled and surface-controlled devices. Physical electronics of semiconductor junction and MOS devices. Modeling of microelectronic devices and basic microelectronic circuit analysis and design. Relation of electrical behavior to internal physical processes; development of circuit models. Single-ended and differential linear amplifiers and other integrated circuits.

Basic processing techniques such as diffusing, oxidation, epitaxy, photolithography, chemical vapor deposition, and plasma etching. Introduction to Nanoelectronics.