| Module title |
Electromagnetics
R1a |
| Courses |
Title |
Type |
his-lsf course identifier |
SWS |
Credits |
Performance
requirements/Examination |
| Semiconductor
Devices - Theory and Modelling (lec) |
lecture |
FB16-2531 |
2 |
4 |
oral exam
(30 minutes) |
| Semiconductor
Devices - Theory and Modelling (ex) |
exercises |
FB16-2207 |
1 |
1 |
| Numerical
Methods in Electromagnetic Field Theory II (lec) |
lecture |
FB16-2517 |
2 |
4 |
oral exam
(30 minutes) |
| Numerical
Methods in Electromagnetic Field Theory II (ex) |
exercises |
FB16-2533 |
1 |
1 |
| Numerical
Methods in Electromagnetic Field Theory II (lab) |
lab training |
FB16-2520 |
2 |
2 |
lab training attendance and conductance of experiments |
| Module credits |
12 |
| Language |
English |
| Held |
in summer
semester, annually |
| Lecturer |
Witzigmann,
Römer, Mayer |
| Responsibles(s) |
Witzigmann |
| Required
qualifications |
Mathematical
foundations in electromagnetic field theory |
| Workload |
120
hours course attendance
240 hours self-study |
| Contents |
- Introduction to
semiconductors, quantum mechanics,
numerical modeling, the pn
diode, the transistor, the LED, the photovoltaic cell, nanostructures
- Introduction to the theory and application of various
numerical methods in problems
of electromagnetic field theory: finite difference method (FDM), finite
difference time
domain
(FDTD), Finite Integration
Technique
(FIT), finite element method
(FEM),
finite volume method (FVM), moments method and boundary element method.
|
| Literature |
- Harrington, R. F., Field Computation by Moment
Methods, IEEE Press, Piscataway,
New
Jersey, USA, 1993 (reprint
of
original edition: R. E.
Krieger
Pub. Company,
Fla., USA, 1968)
- Jin, J., The Finite Element Method in
Electromagnetics, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2007
- Peterson, A. F., S. L. Ray, R. Mittra, Computational
Methods for Electromagnetics,
IEEE Press, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, 1998.
- Taflove, A., Hagness,
S.: Computational Electrodynamics,
The Finite-Difference
Time-Domain Method, 3 rd Edition, Artech House, Norwood,
Mass., USA, 2005.
|
| Media |
Beamer
(presentation), black board (derivations, explanations), paper
(exercises),
PC based software development (exercises). |
| Objectives |
- Introduction to the principles of semiconductor
devices.
- Understand
and analyze the basic
theory and
the models that describe the
characteristics of semiconductor devices.
- Understand
the impact of nanoscience
on the
latest device concepts (nanowires,
quantum dots).
- Knowledge of various numerical methods for solution
of Maxwell's equations in time
and Frequency domains by applying different methods.
|
| Competences to be
acquired |
- Research and development in electromagnetic
theory for semiconductor devices
- Implementation of algorithms on a PC
- Interpretation and evaluation of numerical results.
|
