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SEMICONDUCTOR PROPERTIES LABORATORY

ECE 305
Course Description

Introduction to some fundamental properties of semiconductor materials and devices through the use of characterization techniques common in modern electronic industry. These concepts include: charge carriers; energy bands; space charge regions; carrier drift, diffusion and recombination; light emission; and lattice vibrations.

Prerequisties

ECE 271 and (ECE 335 or concurrent enrollment), or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies
Credits

1

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average
3.95

2.96% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
90%

19.29% from Historical

Class Size
10

-7.47% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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