ECE Courses by TIG

Course Number	Course Title and Catalog Description
ECE6779	Thermal Engineering for Packaging of Micro and Nano Systems Passive, active, and hybrid thermal management techniques, and computational modeling of micro systems. Air cooling, simlge phase and phase change liquid cooling, heat pipes, and thermoelectrics. Crosslisted with ME 6779.
ECE6453	Theory of Electronic Devices Presents the fundamentals of electronic device operation
ECE4755	Electronic Packaging Substrate Fabrication Hands-on instruction in interconnect design, substrate material selection and properties, photodielectric deposition, via formation and photolithography, copper metallization, and substrate testing. Crosslisted with CHE 4755.
ECE6759	Plasma Processing of Electronic Materials and Devices Fundamental physics, chemistry, chemical engineering and electrical engineering principles inherent in plasma processes. Includes etching, deposition, diagnostic methods, and control schemes. Cross-listed with CHE 6759.
ECE3040	Microelectronic Circuits Basic concepts of microelectronic materials, devices and circuits.
ECE6444	Silicon-Based Heterostructure Devices and Circuits Theory and design of novel silicon-germanium microelectronic devices and circuits. Materials, device physics, fabrication, measurement, circuit design, and system applications.
ECE4451	Semiconductor Devices for Wireless & Fiber Communication Advanced development of semiconductor device theory focusing on optoelectronic emitters, detectors, & high frequency transistors to provide an understanding of devices used in communications systems
ECE3043	Measurements, Circuits and Microelectronics Laboratory Theory and experiments related to the design, analysis, construction, and measurement of elementary passive and active analog circuits using both discrete and integrated devices.
ECE6455	Semiconductor Process Control This course is designed to explore methods of applying statistical process control and statistical quality control to semiconductor manufacturing processes. Students will be required to complete a design project.
ECE6450	Introduction to Microelectronics Technology Presents the fundamentals of microelectronics material, device, and circuit fabrication
ECE3450	Semiconductor Devices Properties of semiconductor devices. Applications in current and future computers, fiber optic and wireless communication systems. Future needs of high frequency, GHz-range, device operation.
ECE4460	Introduction to Electronic Systems Packaging Introduction to packaging technologies, technology drivers, electrical performance, thermal management, materials, optoelectronics, RF integration, reliability, system issues, assembly, and testing.
ECE6776	Integrated and Low-Cost Microelectronics Systems Packaging Broad overview of system-level, cross-disciplinary microelectronics packaging technologies, including design, test, thermal, reliability, optoelectronics, and RF integration. Comparison of system-on-chip and system-on-package. Crosslisted with ME and MSE 6776.
ECE6456	Solar Cells To provide a practical understanding of semiconductor materials and technology as it relates to design and development of efficient solar cells and photovoltaic systems.
ECE6542	Optoelectronics: Devices, Integration, Packaging, Systems Optoelectronic devices (detectors, emitters, modulators) from the practical realized and theoretical performance perspective. Explores monolithic and hybrid integration of devices, packaging and system implementation.
ECE6771	Optoelectronics: Materials, Processes, Devices Optoelectronic materials, physical processes, and devices. Includes compound semiconductor materials, excitation, recombination, gain, and modulation processes and devices such as emitters, detectors, and modulators. Crosslisted with PHYS 6771.
ECE4452	Integrated Circuit Fabrication Introduction to microelectronic processing technologies and CMOS. Includes a laboratory for fabrication/testing of MOS transistors, basic CMOS circuits, integrated resistors and capacitors.
ECE6460	Microelectromechanical Devices Fundamental concepts for design of microelectromechanical devices (MEMS), including mechanical and thermal behavior of materials and structures, transduction principles, transducer design, and modeling.
ECE6229	Introduction to MEMS Introduction to Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems: Microfabrication techniques including: photolithography, etching, physical and chemical vapor deposition, electroplating, bonding and polymer processing. Application to sensors and actuators. Credit not allowed for both ECE 6229 and ME 6229 or CHBE 6229.
ECE6451	Introduction to the Theory of Microelectronics Basis of quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and the behavior of solids to serve as an introduction to the modern study of semiconductors and semiconductor devices.
ECE6458	Gigascale Integration Hierarchy of physical principles that enable understanding and estimation of future opportunities to achieve multibillion transistor silicon chips using sub-0.25 micron technology.
ECE4752	Integrated Circuit Fabrication The objective of this course is to give students exposure to the various steps involved in the fabrication of integrated circuits and devices. 'The course will include a laboratory segment in which students fabricate MOS transistors, diffused resistors and MOS capacitors from a bare silicon substrate. Crosslisted with CHE 4752.
ECE4754	Electronics Packaging Assembly, Reliability, Thermal Management, and Test The course provides hands-on instruction in electronics packaging, including assembly, reliability, thermal management, and test of next-generation microsystems. Crosslisted with ME and MSE 4754.

ECE Courses by TIG

Thermal Engineering for Packaging of Micro and Nano Systems

Theory of Electronic Devices

Electronic Packaging Substrate Fabrication

Plasma Processing of Electronic Materials and Devices

Microelectronic Circuits

Silicon-Based Heterostructure Devices and Circuits

Semiconductor Devices for Wireless & Fiber Communication

Measurements, Circuits and Microelectronics Laboratory

Semiconductor Process Control

Introduction to Microelectronics Technology

Semiconductor Devices

Introduction to Electronic Systems Packaging

Integrated and Low-Cost Microelectronics Systems Packaging

Solar Cells

Optoelectronics: Devices, Integration, Packaging, Systems

Optoelectronics: Materials, Processes, Devices

Integrated Circuit Fabrication

Microelectromechanical Devices

Introduction to MEMS

Introduction to the Theory of Microelectronics

Gigascale Integration

Integrated Circuit Fabrication

Electronics Packaging Assembly, Reliability, Thermal Management, and Test