Concordia University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fall 2019

ELEC 421/6221: Solid State Devices

 

Instructor: Dr. M. Z. Kabir

          Final exam: Monday, December 16 at 9 am in room MB3.430 and MB3.445

 

          Course outline (tentative)

         

         Sample final

 

         Midterm exam: solution

         Midterm Score: ELEC6221, ELEC421

 

          Formula sheet 

 

Lecture notes:

         Review of Semiconductor properties

         pn junction and diode

         Metal-semiconductor and heterostructure

          Fabrication process

         BJT ()     

         Fundamentals of MOSFETs

          Photovoltaic Devices

           Book chapter on Photovoltaic Devices

 

Fabrication Process (useful documents):

Lab Manual

Fabrication constants

         Book Chapter

      

 

Assignments: must submit hand-written hard copy.

          Assignment1 (Submission deadline: September 25, at 5:45 p.m.)

            Assignment2 (Submission deadline: October 02, at 5:45 p.m.)

           Assignment 3 (Submission deadline: October 16, at 5:45 p.m.)

           Assignment 4 (Submission deadline: October 23, at 5:45 p.m.)

          Assignment 5 (Submission deadline: November 06, at 5:45 p.m.)

            Assignment 6 (Submission deadline: November 13, at 5:45 p.m.)

              Assignment 7 (Submission deadline: November 27, at 5:45 p.m.)                                                                 

             Assignment 8 (Submission deadline: at 5:45 p.m.)                       

 

 

Solutions to assignments:

          Assignment1

          Assignment2

          Assignment3

          Assignment4

          Assignment 5

           Assignment 6

           Assignment 7

           Assignment 8

 

   Laboratory

 

        Lab Schedule

 

          Lab instructor:  Mehrnegar Aghayan   (mn.aghayan@gmail.com)

 

Project (for graduate students):

 

Project description

         

A group of maximum three students can work together on the project and submit a common report. 

         

Project submission deadline: November 27, 2019

 

          Students will have to submit only the hard copy of their project report. The maximum page limit for the report is 15 pages. There will be no project presentation.