Improving an undergraduate laboratory course for semiconductor device theory to enhance an IC design program

Author

Maestro, Rico Jossel M. ; Aquino, Hadrian Renaldo O. ; Alarcon, Louis P. ; Hizon, John Richard E.

Author_Institution

Microelectron. & Microprocessors Lab., Univ. of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

fYear

2013

fDate

2-3 June 2013

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

63

Abstract

This paper discusses a restructured laboratory course in semiconductor device theory. Also described in this paper are the fabricated custom-designed ICs which will be used in the new sets of experiments that will be integrated in the restructured course. It aims to fortify the students´ understanding of fundamental semiconductor device concepts to help them model and design integrated circuits even with the presence of parasitics and secondary-effects of transistors.

Keywords

educational courses; further education; integrated circuit design; laboratory techniques; semiconductor device models; IC design program; fundamental semiconductor device concepts; restructured laboratory course; semiconductor device theory; students understanding; transistor parasitics; transistor secondary-effects; undergraduate laboratory course; Capacitance; Integrated circuit modeling; Laboratories; Microelectronics; Resistors; Semiconductor devices; IC design; education; microelectronics; semiconductor device theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0139-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSE.2013.6566705

Filename

6566705