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EE 341Semiconductor Device Principles

3 credits · Electrical Engineering · Penn State

This course prepares students to learn electronic design by providing an understanding of how semiconductor devices work, how they are made, how they are modeled, how they fail, and how they are applied as discrete and integrated components. Emphasis will be placed on silicon devices, especially diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field-effect transistors, optoelectronic devices, microelectromechanical devices, and integrated circuits. Lectures will transition along the progression from the underlying physics to the fabrication process, and end with an introduction to diode and transistor circuit design, using material from the textbook, with supplemental material added where applicable.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “CHEM 110 and PHYS 214 Enforced Concurrent at Enrollment: EE 210”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Fall (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Electrical Engineering, B.S. (Capital)
What it opens up

Courses that list EE 341 as a prerequisite (2)

  • EE 441 Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Technology
  • EE 442 Solid State Devices