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)

HARISH K

Dual Degree (B Tech + M Tech), Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 Course Duration : Feb-Apr 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 25-Feb-2019
 Exam registration : 25-Feb-2019 to 19-Apr-2019
 Exam Date : 28-Apr-2019

Enrolled

1647

Registered

139

Certificate Eligible

100

Certified Category Count

Gold

7

Silver

19

Elite

29

Successfully completed

45

Participation

18

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - 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

J ANTO PRADEEP 95%

RMK ENGINEERING COLLEGE

VIRENDRA KUMAR VERMA 93%

MADANAPALLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

MANJEET KUMAR 93%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SIKKIM

HIRANMAY MISTRI 92%

RAMKRISHNA MAHATO GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE PURULIA

SIDDHANNA JANAI 90%

MAHARAJA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MYSORE

TIYA DEY MALAKAR 90%

RCC INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

JOSHI SNEHAL SANTOSH 90%

K. K. WAGH INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION & RESEARCH

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1647

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 139

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

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.