| Course Name | Physics of Electronic Materials |
| Course Code | 19PHY103 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, B. Tech. in Computer and Communication Engineering, B. Tech. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, B. Tech. in Electronics and Computer Engineering |
| Semester | One |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Crystal Structure of Solids (6 hours)
Crystal directions and planes, crystal properties, defects and vacancies, two phase solids.
Unit II: Elementary Quantum Physics, Conductors (12 hours)
Elementary Quantum Physics, Conductors (12 hours)
Wave particle duality,uncertainty principle, potential well, tunnelling, potential box.Simulated emission and lasers.Conductors:Drudemodel, temperature dependence of resistivity, skin effect, AC conductivity, metal films, thin metal films, interconnects in microelectronics, electromigration.
Semiconductors, Dielectrics (15 hours)
Classification of semiconductors, doping,temperaturedependence,minority carriers and recombination,diffusion and conduction equations,continuityequation,optical absorption, piezoresistivity.Dielectric materials: Polarization,polarizationmechanisms,dielectric breakdown in solids,capacitors and their construction,piezoelectricity,ohmic and non ohmiccontacts.
Magnetic Properties of Materials, Superconductors (6 hours)
Dipole moment, permeability, classification of magnetic materials, saturation and Curie temperature, superconductivity.
Optical Properties (6 hours)
Light propagation in a homogeneous medium, absorption, scattering, luminescence, phosphors, LEDs, polarization, LCDs, electro optic effects.
Course Outcomes
The student at the end of the course will have the:
| CO1 | Ability to understand the structure and physics of materials used in electronics |
| CO2 | Ability to understand the different parameters and terminology used in describing electronic properties of materials |
| CO3 | Ability to understand different properties of materials that result in specific electrical, optical and magnetic behavior |
| CO4 | Ability to understand and analyze the behavior of active and passive devices built from electronic materials |
Course Articulation Matrix:
| PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | |
| CO1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Program Articulation Matrix
| PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | |
| CO1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| CO4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
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