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.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

BANKALA SHASHI KIRAN

M.Tech.
DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING
IIT Madras

VIVEK VERMA

B.Tech and M.Tech (Dual Degree)
DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING
IIT Madras

 Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2017
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 01-Jan-2017 to 23-Jan-2017
 Exam registration : 30-Jan-2017 to 27-Feb-2017
 Exam Date : 26-Mar-2017

Enrolled

2175

Registered

228

Certificate Eligible

152

Certified Category Count

Gold

3

Elite

29

Successfully completed

120

Participation

57

Success

Elite

Gold




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>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 5 out of 7 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

SUDEEP PHADIKAR 96%

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT

SANDEEP RATHALA SUDHARSHAN 93%

SAMSUNG INDIA ELECTRONICS PVT LTD

DIKSHA TIWARI 93%

KANPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

JEEVITHA K 83%

RMK ENGINEERING COLLEGE

SHIR JAYESH DEVSHIBHAI 82%

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS GUJARAT UNIVERSITY

AKANKSHA MISHRA 80%

KANPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

AJAY KUMAR ARYA 79%

HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

ARYASREE R 78%

PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCH

AISHWARYA GUPTA 78%

KANPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
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