University of Utah

Semiconductor Device Physics II
Device Engineering

MSE/ECE 5202 and 5212
Spring 2008

UU College of Engineering
This course applies the semiconductor device physics developed in ECE/MSE 5201 to device engineering for integrated circuits. The content emphasizes metal-oxide-semiconductor devices and bipolar junction transistors, the central devices that make modern information technology possible. After reviewing the basic device function, higher-ordered effects important for device engineering are covered. The course should further fill out the student’s understanding and provide a background the present and future developments of these semiconductor devices. The lab course ECE/MSE5212 is a corequisite.

Instructor
Mark Miller (mark.miller@utah.edu)
Office: 314 EMRO. Phone: 587-7718
Office hours: W, Th 1:30 – 2:30
Teaching Assistant
Sandeep Chalasani (sandeepchalasani AT yahoo.com)
Office: TBA
Office hours: TBD
Text: Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices, by Yuan Taur and Tak H. Ning, Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0521559596

Lectures Tuesday and Thursday, 4:35 - 5:55, WEB 1250
1 – 4 Semiconductor device physics review, MOS capacitors. Chapters 1 and 2.
5 – 8 MOSFETs, basic models and short-channel devices. Chapter 3.
9 – 11 CMOS design. Chapter 4.
12 – 14 CMOS performance. Chapter 5.
15 MOS memories.
Midterm Exam.
20 JFETs.
21 – 23 Bipolar device design. Chapter 7.
24 – 28 Bipolar device performance. Chapter 8.
29 Review for final exam.

Homework
Homework will be assigned each week on Tuesdays, and is due in class the following Tuesday by 4:35 p.m., where it will be presented and graded. Late homework will not be accepted.

Exams: There will be a midterm exam and a comprehensive final exam.

Grading: The course grade will be distributed as: 20% homework, 35% midterm, and 45% for the final exam.

Cheating and Collaboration
Cheating will not be tolerated, and will at least result in a failing grade for the assignment or exam and may result in a failing grade for the class with referral to the University Student Behavior Committee. However, collaboratively working with others on assignments and in study groups can greatly facilitate learning the material. Guidelines for avoiding cheating include:
  • The final written document or assignment must be the individual's own work, with proper reference given to material or ideas taken from other people or sources.
  • Exams must be written without communication or collaboration with others. For example, sharing a calculator in an exam will at least result in no credit for the exam.
  • Allowing someone else to cheat from ones work is also cheating.
Laboratory
The students must also register for the laboratory course ECE/MSE5212, in which basic MOS circuits will be designed and fabricated.