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
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.
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Teaching Assistant(s)
No teaching assistant data available for this course yetCourse Duration : Jul-Aug 2021
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Syllabus
Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021
Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 20-Aug-2021
Exam Date : 26-Sep-2021
Enrolled
970
Registered
77
Certificate Eligible
59
Certified Category Count
Gold
1
Silver
14
Elite
16
Successfully completed
28
Participation
10
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Category : Successfully Completed
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Category : Elite
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Category : Silver
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Category : Gold
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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
Final Score Calculation Logic
- Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
- Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Note:We have taken best assignment score from both July 2020 and July 2021 course
Enrollment Statistics
Total Enrollment: 970
Registration Statistics
Total Registration : 77
Assignment Statistics
Exam score
Final score