Course Name: Fundamentals of electronic materials and devices

Course abstract

The course is intended to provide an understanding of the materials and devices used in the current semiconductor industry. It caters to undergraduate and graduate students with a diverse background in Chemical, Mechanical, Metallurgy, Materials Science, and Physics. The course provides the students with the basic physics behind semiconductor materials, types of semiconductors, and the reason for the dominance of silicon in the electronics industry. The course also covers the basics of devices with emphasis on their electronic characteristics. Optical devices like LEDs, lasers, solar cells, and their properties will also be explained.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan

Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan joined the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, in 2013. He has a B. Tech and M. Tech dual degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from IIT Madras, and a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He then did a post doc in Johns Hopkins University and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA on microelectronics device fabrication. He also worked in Intel Corp. for two years, primarily in their development fab facility. In IIT, Parasuraman and his group work on printed electronics, doped metal oxides, and vapor deposited thin films and nanoparticles.
Course Sponsors

Teaching Assistant(s)

Srinivas Karthik Y

Pursuing Dual Degree (B-Tech and M-Tech),
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
IIT Madras

 Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2016
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 Enrollment : 05-Dec-2015 to 04-Feb-2016
 Exam Date : 20-Mar-2016

Enrolled

4558

Registered

496

Certificate Eligible

452

Certified Category Count

Gold

3

Silver

0

Elite

139

Successfully completed

160

Participation

150

Success

Elite

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite+Gold
60-89 - Elite
35-59 - Successfully Completed
<=34 - Certificate of Participation

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 5 out of 7 assignments
  • FINAL SCORE (Score on Certificate) = 50% of Exam Score + 50% of Assignment Score
Fundamentals of electronic materials and devices - Toppers list

ARNAB KABIRAJ 97%

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

ABHINAY SINGH 94%

NIT MEGHALAYA

HIMANSHU PRIYADARSHI 90%

MANIPAL UNIVERSITY JAIPUR

MANDAR PATIL 88%

SIES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

MANJEET SINGH 87%

DRDO

VIVEK KUMAR SINGH 86%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PATEL DHAVALKUMAR GAUTAMBHAI 83%

EINFOCHIPS

VAIBHAV PURWAR 80%

KANPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SHYAMAL KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY 80%

TECHNO INDIA

FEMY JOHN 80%

VISWAJYOTHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.