This unit provides an understanding of electron and photon behaviour as particles and as waves; properties and carrier dynamics of electrons in solids, particularly in semiconductors; the behaviour of metal/semiconductor (ohmic and Schottky) and pn junctions; and the operation, modelling and design of diodes, transistors and photonic devices. -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor Giacinta Parish
Prerequisites: (ENSC2001 Motion and MATH1001 Mathematical Methods 1 and PHYS1001 Physics for Scientists and Engineers) or (GENG1002 Engineering: Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering and MATH1020 Calculus, Statistics and Probability and PHYS1101 Advanced
