MTE2550

Materials science and engineering

4 points
* 26 lectures plus tutorials and practical classes
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: MTE1510 or ENG1501
* Corequisites: ECS2310

Objectives To develop an understanding of the origins and applications of a wide variety of materials in use in electrical engineering, including magnetic materials, insulators, conductors, semiconductors and superconductors. The student should emerge with a knowledge of the operation, design and manufacture of components and devices constructed from such materials.

Synopsis Introduction to materials: ceramics, metals and polymers. Microstructure - property relationships; electrical conduction and resistivity. Diffusion. Doping and purification of materials. Semiconductor transistors and integrated circuits and their manufacture. Bipolar and MOS VLSI fabrication. The origin of magnetism in solids; ferromagnetism, paramagnetism and diamagnetisation. Curie temperature and domains. Hard and soft magnetic materials. Dielectrics: ionic, electronic and orientational polarisations. Temperature and frequency dependence of dielectric constant. Ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics, optical fibres, their uses and manufacture.

Recommended texts

Allison J Electronic engineering materials and devices McGraw-Hill, 1971
Braithwaite N and Weaver G Electronic materials Butterworth, 1990
Campbell S A The science and engineering of microelectronic fabrication OUP, 1996
Cullity B D Introduction to magnetic materials Addison-Wesley, 1972
Fraser D A The physics of semiconductor devices 3rd edn, Clarendon Press, 1983
Ghandi S K VLSI fabrication principles Wiley, 1983
Jain G C Properties of electrical engineering materials Harper and Row, 1967
Pascoe K J Properties of materials for electrical engineers Wiley, 1974
Solymar L and Walsh D Lectures on the electrical properties of materials OUP, 1979
Tebble R S and Craik D J Magnetic materials Wiley, 1969
Wert C A and Thomson R M Physics of solids McGraw-Hill, 1964

Reference

Callister W D Materials science and engineering: An introduction 3rd edn, Wiley, 1994