MTE3508

Electrical and magnetic materials

4 points · 2 lectures per week plus tutorials · First semester · Clayton · Corequisites: MTE3502

Objectives To develop an understanding of the basis of the electrical and magnetic properties of materials, sufficient to allow the sensible choice of materials appropriate to different engineering applications.

Synopsis Electrical conductivity and semiconductivity: free electron and band theory. Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, microelectronic component manufacture, VLSI fabrication, bipolar and MOS technologies, optoelectric devices. Dielectrics: harmonic and Debye models of polarisation and loss, optical fibres, dielectric breakdown. Ferroelectrics, piezoelectricity. Magnetic behaviour, domain wall motion and pinning, single domain particles. Hard and soft magnetic materials. Superconductivity.

Recommended texts

Allison J Electronic engineering materials and devices McGraw-Hill, 1971
Braithwaite N and Weaver G Electronic materials Butterworths, 1990
Campbell S A The science of microelectric fabrication OUP, 1996
Cullity B D Introduction to magnetic materials Addison-Wesley, 1972
Ghandi S K VLSI fabrication principles Wiley, 1983
Jakobovics J P Magnetism and magnetic materials Institute of Metals, 1987
Kittel C Introduction to solid state physics 5th edn, Wiley, 1976
Pascoe K J Properties of materials for electrical engineers Wiley, 1974
Rossiter P L The electrical resistivity of metals and alloys CUP, 1987
Solymar L and Walsh D Lectures on the electrical properties of materials OUP, 1979

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