Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / EEM-331 - ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Code: EEM-331 Course Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROELECTRONICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer CİHAN ÖNER (cihanoner@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To learn basic semiconductor material properties, and principles. To learn p-n junction and current flow principles. To understand basic microelectronic devices

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 PO-2 Ability to identify engineering problems, modelling, formulate and improve the ability to solve.
Examination
LO-2 PO-8 Engineering solutions to adopt the sensitivity of the impacts that universal and social dimensions.
Examination
LO-3 PO-2 Ability to identify engineering problems, modelling, formulate and improve the ability to solve.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Semiconductor materials, crystal lattices, charge carriers and free electron concentrations, semiconductor doping, drift and diffusion currents, p-n junctions
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to Semiconductor Materials Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
2 Semiconductor Crystal Lattice Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
3 Semiconductor Crystal Lattice Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
4 Charge Carriers Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
5 Free Electron Concentrations Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
6 Semiconductor doping & Fermi Levels Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
7 Direnc and Indirect semiconductors, Generation and Recombination Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Drift and Diffusion Currents Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
10 p-n junction diodes Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
11 Current Flow in p-n junction diodes Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
12 Metal-Semiconductor Heterojunctions Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
13 Introduction to LEDs Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
14 Introduction to Transistors Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
15 General Overview before final exam Lecture, Q&A, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 1- Semiconductor Physics and Devices, Donald A. Neamen, 4th edition, McGraw Hill Higher Education, ISBN # 978-0-07-352958-5
Required Course instruments and materials
Projector, computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 5 5
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 5 5
       c) Performance Project 1 5 5
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 1 9 9
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 1 12 12
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 5 1 5
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 5 1 5
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90