Number of hours
- Lectures 10.0
- Tutorials 10.0
ECTS
ECTS 2.0
Goal(s)
Materials selection has become a fundamental issue for components. The main objective of this course is that at the end a student is capable to identify and justify the choice of materials found in the basic electronic and optoelectronic components.
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Materials for components.
Chapter 1 : Generalities on materials met in components
- Materials in components: a key issue
- Semiconductors
- Semiconductors substrates and hetero-epitaxy
- Junctions: semiconductor / isolator and semiconductor / metal
Chapter 2: Principles and Elaboration methods of materials
- Elaboration of materials and thermodynamics
- Physical parameters of material elaboration and obtained structure
- Crystal growth techniques
- Thin film elaboration techniques
- Influence of the growth technique on properties
Chapter 3: Silicon based components.
- Silicon based and silicon on isolator based components
- Band gap engineering on Si based components.
- Thermal oxidation of Silicon
- Semiconductor / isolator Interface
- Metal silicides
Chapter 4: Other material components.
- III-V semiconductor components
- Wide band gap semiconductors
- Solar cells (First, Second and Third generation)
- Superconductors
Prerequisites
Semiconductor physics and solid state physics.
Test
Written exam (2h).
N1=100%DS