Online Courses Handbook 2003

12704 (v.2) Physical Electronics 203

Area:	School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1744 (v.3) Structure of Matter 102 or any previous version OR 12940 (v.2) Engineering Physics 178 or any previous version
Metals, insulators and semiconductors. Band theory of semiconductors. Quantum statistics - Fermi-dirac and Boltzman distributions. Hall effect. Transport equation for electrons and holes. Diode circuits and models. Bipolar Junction and Field Effect Transistor circuits and models. Incremental device models as a basis for circuit design.