EE3115Applied Optoelectronic Devices

What you will study

Course overview and aims

In this course, students will learn, understand, and appreciate the basic concepts of semiconductor physics and the working principles of semiconductor optoelectronic devices, such as light-emitting diodes, laser diodes, and photodiodes. These devices are the essential components in today's consumer optoelectronics, IT communication, robotic control, industrial instrumentation, and so on.

Keyword syllabus

Introduction to Semiconductor Physics and Optoelectronic Materials Introduction to semiconductor physics. Metals, insulating and semiconductor. Formation of band gap and band structure. Properties of common direct and indirect band gap semiconductors. Fermi-Dirac distribution function. Carrier concentrations. Introduction to Carrier (Electrons and Holes) Behaviors in Semiconductors Doping of Semiconductors. Conductivity and mobility of carriers. Drift and diffusion of carriers. Injection, generation, and recombination of carriers. Junction Devices PN-junction under equilibrium, forward and reverse bias conditions. Charge storage and transient behaviors: depletion layer and diffusion capacitances. Junction breakdown-Zener and avalanche effects. Schottky diode. Rectifying and ohmic contacts. Interaction of photons with a semiconductor (light generation and recombination) Principles of Commonly used Optoelectronic Devices Introduction to the basic concepts and working principles of commonly used optoelectronic devices like Photodetectors. Solar cells. Light emitting diode. Laser diodes. Display. Laboratory Experiment: Unit 1 Photoresistor Sensor Experiment Unit 2 Solar Cell Experiment

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Intended learning outcomes

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CILO	Intended learning outcome	Weight	DEC
1	Explain the properties of semiconductor and the basic semiconductor physic concepts, such as band structure, Fermi function, density of state, and carrier concentration.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
2	Explain the doping and conductivity characteristics of semiconductors, p-n junctions, and metal-semiconductor junctions.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
3	Identify and describe the operation mechanisms of semiconductors under different conditions, such as recombination, light absorption, and generation.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2, DEC-A3
4	Identify and describe the basic concepts and the underlying operation principles of commonly used optoelectronics devices and their applications.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2, DEC-A3

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Before you take this course

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Prerequisites

EE2005 Electronic Devices and Circuits or EE2301 Basic Electronic Circuits

Precursors

Nil

Corequisites

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Additional course requirements

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Equivalent courses and conditions

Nil

Exclusive courses and conditions

Nil

Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 40%; Examination: 60%; Examination duration: 2 hours

Assessment breakdown

Assessment task	Weight	Generative AI	Remarks and restrictions
TestsCILO 1, 2, 3, 4	20%	No	-
AssignmentsCILO 1, 2, 3, 4	10%	Yes	-
Lab Exercises/ReportsCILO 1, 2, 3, 4	10%	Yes	-

Official PDF, page 3 · Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs)

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Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs)
                        ATs                     CILO No.            Weighting (%)      Remarks ("-" for   Allow Use of
                                                                                       nil entry)         GenAI?
1                       Tests (min.: 1)         1, 2, 3, 4          20                 -                  No
2                       #Assignments            1, 2, 3, 4          10                 -                  Yes
                        (min.: 2)
3                       Lab Exercises/          1, 2, 3, 4          10                 -                  Yes
                        Reports

Passing requirements

Remark: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 30% in course work and 30% in the examination. Also, 75% laboratory attendance rate must be obtained. # may include homework, tutorial exercise, project/mini-project, presentation