University of California,
Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fundamentals of the Solid State for Electronics
ECE215A - Winter 2010
Instructor: Prof. E. R. Brown
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:50pm (1431 Phelps)
Office hours: Wednesday, 4:00 – 5:50pm (2205C ESB)
Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 4:00-5:50 PM (1431 Phelps)
Office Hours: Wednesday, 4:00-5:50pm (2205C ESB)
Seven Homeworks: Assigned Periodically
Grading: Best of two quizzes: 50%; Final exam: 50%
Quiz#1: Thursday 4 February 2010, 5:00-5:50pm (tentative)
Quiz#2: Tuesday 9 March 2010, 5:00-5:50pm (tentative)
Final Exam: Friday March 19, 4:00-7:00 PM, 1431 Phelps
Course Information: Syllabus
Solid-State Tools
-Thermodynamics
-Statistical mechanics
-Quantum-identity effects
Mechanical Properties (Macroscopic Viewpoint)
-Basic elasticity theory (stress, strain, Young's modulus, etc)
-Stiffness coefficients and matrix; elastic modulii
-Nonlinear response; yield strength
-Elastic waves (compressional and shear)
-Introduction to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Atomic View of Solids
-Atomic bonding (ionic, covalent, and metallic)
-Bravais lattices and their mathematical representation
-Crystal types; cohesive energy of ionic solids
-Introduction to point symmetries; non-centrosymmetrynand its effect on electric and optical properties
Atoms in Motion: Lattice Waves and Phonons
-Lattice kinematics (i..e., Brillouin zones)
-Types of lattice waves: acoustic and optical
-Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of phonons
-Quantization of lattice waves; phonons
-Introduction to the occupation-number representation for phonons
Electronic Properties
-Electrons in metals: Fermi-Sommerfeld model
-Electrons in crystals: Bloch's theorem and band structure
-Statistical mechanics of electrons
-Introduction to collective excitations of electrons (e.g., plasmons)
Band Structure of Crystalline Solids
-Kronig-Penny model and the physical meaning of effective mass
-Classification of solids based on band structure
-Nearly-free-electron method for band structure
-Introduction to k dot p and tight-binding methods
Homework 1, Solutions
Homework 2, Solutions
Homework 3
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