EE 482: Semiconductor Devices

Fall Quarter 2002

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 12:30-1:20pm, EE1 026

Discussion/problem session: Mondays 11:30am-12:30pm, EE1 M406

Instructor: Scott Dunham TA: Fran Taylor

The class EPost Discussion Forum is now active. You must have a UW NetID (e.g. account whose email ends with @u.washington.edu) to access the discussion forum.

Announcements:
  • GOOD NEWS!! We have room with tables for the final, More 234. More Hall is across from the new CSE building. It is the home of Civil Engineering and is between Mech E and MSE buildings. The EE 482 final exam will be held Monday 12/16 2:30-5:20pm.
  • Fran Taylor will hold office hours today (Thursday 10/24) 2-3pm in his office. For other questions, send email to EPost.
  • Note revised office hours above. During electronic office hours, EPost will be monitored to give a rapid response time.
  • Homework #1 has been revised (the 5th problem has been dropped as we didn't get to that material in class today). The updated version (Postscript, PDF) is now posted.

    Course Description: Fundamentals of semiconductor theory: carrier diffusion and drift; concept of direct and indirect energy materials, effective mass of mobile carriers; device physics: homo- and heterojunctions, operating principles of bipolar junction, and MOS field-effect transistors. 4 class hours. 4 credits.

    Text: ``Semiconductor Physics and Devices'' by Neamen

    Prerequisites: EE 332 (Devices and Circuits II), EE 361 (Applied Electromagnetics)

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