University of California,
Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fundamental of Solids for Electronics
ECE215A - Winter 2008
Instructor: Prof. E. R. Brown
Schedule:Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:50pm;
1431 Phelps
Office hours: Wednesday, 4:00 – 5:50pm
• Lecture Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:50pm; 1431 Phelps
• Office Hours: Wednesday, 4:00 – 5:50pm
• No lecture dates: to be announced ; make-up lecture dates: to be
announced
• Seven Homeworks: Assigned periodically
• Grading: Best of two quizzes: 50%; Final exam: 50%
• Quiz#1: Tuesday 12 February, 5:00 – 5:50pm
• Quiz#2: Tuesday 11 March, 5:00 – 5:50pm (tentative)
• Final Exam: Friday 21 March, 4:00 – 7:00 PM (1431 Phelps)
• Lecture style: - One 10-minute break at ~4:55 PM,
- at least one good example each lecture
- write examples on the chalk board except for 3D graphics
• Exam style: Closed book, closed notes, but lots of clues. Calculators
required.
Course Notes will be provided on the Course Website prior to the lectures.
http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/current_courses.shtml
Suggested Text #1: “Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel. Coverage to include most of Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,and 6.
Suggested Text#2: “Thermal Physics,” 2nd Ed, by H. Kroemer and C. Kittel , (W. H. Freeman, New York, 1980), an excellent coverage of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
• Solid-State Tools
- Thermodynamics
- Statistical mechanics
- Quantum effects
• Mechanical Properties (Macroscopic Viewpoint)
- Elasticity theory (stress, strain, Young’s modulus, etc)
- Linear and nonlinear response; yield strength
- Elastic waves (compressional and shear)
• Atomic View of Solids
- Atomic bonding (ionic and covalent)
- Bravais lattices and their mathematical representation
- Crystal types; cohesive energy of ionic solids
- Importance of point symmetries; noncentrosymmetry
• Atoms in Motion: Lattice Waves and Phonons
- Lattice kinematics (i..e., Brillouin zones)
- Types of lattice waves: acoustic and optical
- Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of phonons
- Quantization of lattice waves; phonons
• Electronic Properties
- Electrons in metals: Fermi-Sommerfeld model
- Electrons in crystals: Bloch’s theorem and band structure
- Statistical mechanics of electrons; thermal properties
- Collective excitations of electrons (e.g., plasmons)
• Band Structure of Crystalline Solids
- Kronig-Penny model and the physical meaning of effective mass
- Methods of band structure calculation (e.g., NFE model)
- Classification of solids based on band structure
Course Notes will be provided on the Course Website prior to the lectures.
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Last Updated: March 19, 2008