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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2017-2018 (archived)

Module ENGI4131: Advanced Semiconductor Devices

Department: Engineering

ENGI4131: Advanced Semiconductor Devices

Type Tied Level 4 Credits 20 Availability Available in 2017/18 Module Cap Location Durham
Tied to H100

Prerequisites

  • ENGI3331

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • As specified in programme regulations

Aims

  • This module is designed solely for students studying School of Engineering and Computing Sciences degree programmes.
  • The module will provide graduates with advanced knowledge and understanding of Advanced Semiconductor Devices

Content

  • LEDs and Lasers
  • Photodetectors, photodiodes, and avalance photodiodes
  • Optical telecommunication systems, Photonics and Fibres
  • Electronic materials and deposition/manufacture techniques
  • Charge transport in disordered materials
  • Thin film/Novel Transistors and Solar cells

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • An awareness of the state-of-the-art of microelectronic devices.
  • An understanding of the scope for further developments and an appreciation of the possible exploitation of nanoelectronics and optoelectronics technologies for the realisation of new device architectures.
Subject-specific Skills:
  • An awareness of current technology and industrial practices along with the ability to apply those methods in novel situations.
  • An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specialised and advanced technical and professional skills, an ability to perform critical assessment and review and an ability to communicate the results of their own work effectively.
Key Skills:
  • Capacity for independent self-learning within the bounds of professional practice.
  • Highly specialised analysis skills appropriate to an engineer.
  • Mathematics relevant to the application of advanced engineering concepts.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • The courses in Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronics are assessed by written timed examinations. Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and to demonstrate the ability to solve advanced problems independently.
  • Students are able to make use of staff 'Tutorial Hours' to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis. These are sign up sessions available for up to one hour per week.
  • Students will conduct a literature review on an aspect of the course and be assessed on the content and delivery of a presentation on this review. Seminars will be given to prepare the students in this presentation and assist them in developing skills necessary for a professional career in Engineering.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
Optoelectronics 20 Typically 1 per week 1 Hour 20
Nanoelectronics 20 Typically 1 per week 1 Hour 20
Literature Review presentations 1 term 2 3 hours 3
Presentation workshop 2 2 in term 1 1 Hour 6
Tutorials Hours As required Weekly sign-up sessions up to 1 hour 8
Preparation, Reading and work on continual assessment 143
Total 200

Summative Assessment

Component: Coursework Component Weighting: 20%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Literature review presentation 100%
Component: Examination Component Weighting: 80%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Optioelectronics and Nanoelectronics 3 hours 100% No

Formative Assessment:

None

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University