This course provides an in-depth, quantum-mechanical treatment of electronic structure, transport properties, and other phenomena in semiconductors, and is intended primarily for beginning graduate students in electrical engineering, applied physics, and related fields.
Course information, announcements, problem sets, exams, etc. will be made available as the quarter progresses.
This site will be updated throughout the quarter.
6/20/08:
Final exam solutions are now available.
They will be available for only a few weeks before being removed.
6/20/08:
Results for the final exam are as follows: mean = 66.1,
median = 64.5, standard deviation = 16.7, range = 38-96.
The full distribution of scores
is also available.
6/5/08:
Problem Set 5 solutions are now
available.
6/3/08:
For this week I will have office hours Thursday 6/5/08 2-3PM
rather than Friday 6/6/08 9-10AM. Also, I will have office
hours next week on Monday 6/9/08, 1-2PM.
6/2/08:
The FINAL EXAM for ECE 230C will be held Tuesday 6/10/08,
8:00-11:00AM in CENTER 207.
5/27/08:
Problem Set 5 was handed out
today and is due Thursday 6/5/08.
5/27/08:
Problem Set 4 solutions are now
available.
5/27/08:
To help you prepare for the final exam, a copy of the
Spring 2007 ECE 230C Final Exam
is available.
5/27/08:
The FINAL EXAM will be on Tuesday 6/10/08, 8:00-11:00AM
in a location to be announced (by the registrar). The final
exam will cover material from the entire quarter. The rules
for the final exam will be the same as those for the midterm.
You are allowed to use class notes, problem sets and solutions,
and a calculator. Other materials are not allowed. You should
bring a blue book in which to write your exam.
5/19/08:
Since there are two lectures on Tuesday 5/27/08, Problem
Set 4 will be due at the morning lecture.
5/19/08:
Due to my travel schedule I will not be available for office
hours Friday 5/23/08. However, I should be reachable by email
over the weekend if you have questions.
5/19/08:
There will be no lecture on Thursday 5/22/08. A makeup
lecture has been scheduled for Tuesday 5/27/08, 5:00-6:20PM
in Center 224A.
5/13/08:
Problem Set 4 was handed out
today and is due Tuesday 5/27/08.
5/13/08:
Problem Set 3 solutions are now
available.
5/9/08:
Midterm exam solutions are now available.
5/7/08:
Results for the midterm exam are as follows: mean = 59.9,
median = 60, standard deviation = 9.4, range = 44-78.
The full distribution of scores
is also available.
5/1/08:
Problem Set 3 was handed out
today and is due Tuesday 5/13/08.
5/1/08:
Problem Set 2 solutions are now
available.
4/30/08:
The midterm exam will cover material through the end of the
discussion of band structure calculations (pseudopotentials),
but not including any of the discussion of electron-electron
interaction effects. Thus the midterm will include material
through part of this Thursday's lecture (5/1/08).
4/24/08:
The MIDTERM EXAM will be administered as scheduled on
TUESDAY 5/6/08, in class. The rules for the midterm exam
will be as follows. You are allowed to use your class notes,
problem sets and solutions (your own and those posted on the web
site), and a calculator. You should bring a blue book in which
to write your exam. Books, papers, and other materials are not
allowed. To help you prepare for the midterm exam, copies of
last year's midterm exam and
solutions have been posted.
4/15/08:
Problem Set 2 was handed out
today and is due Thursday 5/1/08.
4/15/08:
Problem Set 1 solutions are now
available.
4/10/08:
The makeup lecture on Friday 4/11/08 will be extended until
6:00PM to make up for the lecture missed on Thursday 4/10/08.
4/9/08:
Due to the MD-80 flight cancellations by American Airlines
I am stuck in Washington, DC until Thursday 4/10/08. Therefore
we will not have our regularly scheduled lecture on Thursday
4/10/08. I am checking to see if our makeup lecture scheduled
for Friday 4/11/08 can be extended until ~5:30-6PM.
4/7/08:
There will be no lecture on Tuesday 4/22/08. A makeup
lecture has been scheduled for Friday 4/18/08, 3:30-4:50PM
in York 3050B.
4/7/08:
A makeup lecture has been scheduled for Friday 4/11/08,
3:30-4:50PM in York 3050B.
4/3/08:
There will be no lecture on Tuesday 4/8/08. A makeup
lecture will be scheduled, most likely for Friday 4/11/08.
4/3/08:
Problem Set 1 was handed out
today and is due Tuesday 4/15/08.
3/20/08:
IMPORTANT - we have moved to a larger classroom to allow
wait-listed students to enroll. Lectures will be held in
YORK 3050B, not in our originally assigned lecture room in
McGill.
3/19/08:
Please check this section of the Web site frequently for
announcements pertaining to ECE 230C.
Instructor
Teaching Assistants
Schedule
Texts
Grading
General Course Policy
Course Topics
Lecture Topics and Assigned Reading
Problem Sets (downloadable .pdf files available)
and Solutions
Other Course Handouts (downloadable
.pdf files available)
Professor Ed Yu
Office Hours: Mo 1:00-2:00PM, Fr 9:00-10:00AM
or by appointment/drop-in
None
Lectures:
Discussion:
Required Text:
Recommended References:
Problem Sets: 20%
Midterm: 30%
Final Exam: 50%
The above percentages are not carved in stone. If it appears that you
have merely had a "bad day" during one of the exams, I am willing to
be flexible. However, the degree of flexibility exhibited will be
highly dependent on your performance on the other exam and
especially on the problem sets!
See section on
Grading for course policies on grading.
Discussion of course material
and homework problems is permitted and indeed encouraged. However,
each student should work through the homework problems and
write up his or her solutions independently.
See the class handout or
the section of this web site on
academic integrity for a more explicit statement of this policy.
Homework assignments are to
be handed in in class. Solutions for the problem sets will generally
be available after class on the due date. Since solutions are
generally distributed on the homework due date, credit generally
will not be given for assignments turned in late.
Requests for exam rescheduling
should be made well in advance of the anticipated exam date.
Such requests will generally be honored only for extremely compelling
and thoroughly documented reasons. If a rescheduled exam is truly
needed, however, I will do my best to make the necessary arrangements.
POLICY ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Ethics and integrity in both academic and professional affairs should be part of your education at UCSD. Academic integrity is a serious matter and will be treated as such in ECE 230C. My hope is that this will be beneficial to your education both technically and in a much broader sense.
While I am confident that the large majority of students will naturally perform in accordance with the university's guidelines and regulations regarding academic integrity, I provide below an explicit statement of course policy in this regard.
Problem Sets: ECE 230C course policy is that discussion of course material, including homework problems, is allowed and indeed encouraged. However, each student should work through assigned homework problems and write up his or her solutions independently. Problem-solving is an extremely useful skill in itself, and in addition is the only really effective way to learn the material!
Specifically, each student is responsible for working out and writing up his or her own solutions to each problem set. Discussion of the course material and problems is encouraged, but practices such allowing a classmate to copy your homework solutions, or a group working out a problem solution together which everyone then copies down and turns in, are forbidden. In addition, students are not allowed to consult problem set solutions from prior years in completing their own solutions. It is usually extremely obvious when this has occurred. Students caught violating course policy on problem sets will receive a warning possibly followed by a grading penalty and further disciplinary action, in accordance with university policy.
Examinations: In general you will be allowed to use your class notes, problem sets and problem set solutions, a calculator, writing implements and erasers, and blue books during exams. No other materials will be allowed. Students who are caught using unauthorized materials during an exam, copying from a classmate on exams, continuing to work on an exam after time has been called, or violating exam or course rules in some other manner are likely, at a minimum, to receive a score of zero on that exam and may be subject to further disciplinary action, again in accordance with university policy.
For further information: Students with questions about course policy should consult the course instructor. UCSD's policy on academic integrity is posted at http://ugr8.ucsd.edu/judicial/ad-guide.html.
Electron states in periodic potentials:
Calculation of band structure:
Electron dynamics and transport
properties:
Optical properties of solids:
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 1 solutions
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 2 solutions
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 3 solutions
Problem Set 4
Problem Set 4 solutions
Problem Set 5
Problem Set 5 solutions
Handouts and other supplementary materials for ECE 230c are available
using the links below. In addition, printed copies of the handouts
are generally available in the wall folders outside 3809 EBU1.
Course Syllabus:
.pdf file
Course Policy on Academic Integrity:
.pdf file
Spring 2007 Midterm Exam
Spring 2007 Midterm Exam solutions
Spring 2007 Final Exam