ESM 523, Solid State Electronics
(Electronic Materials)

Instructors:    Prof. Richard J. Gambino
                Stony Brook University

                Dr. Laura H. Lewis
                lhlewis@bnl.gov
                Brookhaven National Laboratory 

T.A.:           Atin Sharma     

Location:       Soc. Behav. Sci. N106, 
Time:           Monday and Friday 5:30-7:00pm

Text Books:     S. O. Kasap 
                Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, 2nd Ed.

                Sorab K. Ghandhi
                VLSI Fabrication Principles

                supplementary 
                Charles Kittel
                Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th Ed.

                supplementary 
                Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin
                Solid State Physics

                Please utilize the library's resources for other text books.

                Editions of the textbooks for ESM 523 are on reserve 
                in the Math/Physics & Engineering Libraries.

Office Hours:   Lewis: 
                Monday  4:00-5:00pm 
                Old Engineering Building, Room 107 

                Gambino:
                Monday and Friday  4:00-5:00pm
                Old Engineering Building, Room 107

                TA: 
                Wednesday 3:00-5:00pm
                Old Engineering Building, Room 115 

Grading:        Homework:     30% 
                Midterm Exam: 30% 
                Final Exam:   40%

Homework:       Homework problems will be assigned at the end of each 
                Monday lecture and will be due the following Monday, 
                collected at the beginning of the next lecture.  

                Late homework will not be accepted

Lecture Schedule: 

Week 1:   Jan 24      Review of Elementary Materials Science Concepts 
                      Kasap, Ch 1

Week 2:   Jan 27, 31  Crystalline Solids 
                      Kasap, Ch 1 
                      Materials Defects, Crystal Growth & Diffusion 
                      Ghandi, Ch 1 3 4 

Week 3:   Feb  3,  7  Electrical and Thermal Conduction 
                      Kasap, Ch 2 

Week 4:   Feb 10, 14  Elementary Quantum Physics 
                      Kasap, Ch 3

Week 5:   Feb 17, 21  Modern Theory of Solids 
                      Kasap Ch 4

Week 6:   Feb 24, 28  Semiconductors 
                      Kasap, Ch 5

Week 7:   Mar  3,  7  Semiconductor Devices 
                      Kasap, Ch 6
                      Materials Processing,
                      Epitaxial Growth, Films & Lithography 
                      Ghandi, Ch 5 8 10 

Week 8:   Mar 10      Semiconductor Devices 
                      Kasap, Ch 6
                      Materials Processing: 
                      Epitaxial Growth, Films & Lithography 
                      Ghandi, Ch 5 8 10 

Friday, March 14: MIDTERM EXAM

Spring break March 17 to 23

Week 9:   Mar 24, 28  Semiconductor Devices, cont'd 
                      Kasap, Ch 6

Week 10:  Mar 31,  4  Semiconductor Devices, cont'd
                      Kasap, Ch 6
                      Materials Processing, cont'd: 
                      Physical Vapor Deposition, 
                      Ion Assisted Deposition, 
                      Pulsed Laser Deposition 
                      Ghandi, Ch ???? 

Week 11:  Apr  7, 11  Dielectric Materials and Insulators 
                      Kasap, Ch 7

Week 12:  Apr 14      Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 
                      Kasap, Ch 8

          Apr 18      Passover, No classes

Week 13:  Apr 21, 25  Magnetic Materials, cont'd 

Week 14:  Apr 28,  2  Superconductivity 
                      Kasap, Ch 8

Week 15:  May  5,  9  Optical Properties 
                      Kasap, Ch 9
                      Course Review

JQ