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SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS AND DEVICES

ECE 445
Course Description

Physics and properties of semiconductors, p-n junctions, metal-semiconductor contacts, homojunction and heterojunction bipolar transistor and physics, metal-oxide-semiconductor and heterostructure field-effect transistor and physics, thin-film resistors, memory devices, quantum devices.

Prerequisites

ECE 335 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.92

8.49% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.49% from Historical

A Rate
83.33%

44.07% from Historical

Class Size
24

52.94% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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