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. His research group is called the Electronic Materials and Thin Films group and they work in the area of printed electronics, development of metal and metal oxide nanoparticle inks, and thin film stabilization.


Teaching Assistant(s)

Nitheesh M. Nair

Ph. D., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

VIDYESH MADHYASTHA P.

B.Tech + M.Tech, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 Course Duration : Feb-Mar 2018

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-Nov-2017 to 05-Feb-2018

 Exam registration : 08-Jan-2018 to 07-Mar-2018

 Exam Date : 28-Apr-2018, 29-Apr-2018

Enrolled

1119

Registered

52

Certificate Eligible

41

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Elite

17

Successfully completed

24

Participation

5

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 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices - Toppers list

KHYATI KANDPAL 75%

NOIDA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

VIKAJ KUMAR 73%

GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1119

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 52

Assignment Statistics




Assignment

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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.