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 National Science
Foundation Award #9151378 |
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A Proposal to Develop an Undergraduate Laboratory in Semiconductor Device Physics |
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| Investigator(s): |
Massood Tabib-Azar (PI)
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| Sponsor: |
Case Western Reserve University, OH 44106 2163684510
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| Start Date/Expiration Date |
1991-04-15 to 1994-09-30 (amended 1994-08-18) |
| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$60,398 |
| Abstract: An electronic device laboratory to teach physics and practical operation of semiconductor electronic devices is being developed as part of a electronic device course. This undergraduate teaching laboratory demonstrates some of the "difficult to grasp", but "easy to see" notions in semiconductor device physics. Starting with experiments to illustrate the concepts of energy band gap and positively charged quasi-particles in semiconductors, students progress to examine optical processes and electrical conduction in a variety of important electronic devices. These experiments each are performed in thirty minutes and incorporate state of the art virtual instrumentation techniques to reduce the time needed for data acquisition so that the students will have enough time to carefully perform the experiment and understand the fundamentals behind the phenomena that they are examining; a balance is maintained, however, between the ease of use and pedagogical considerations. |
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| NSF Org: |
DUE - Division of Undergraduate Education |
| Award Number: |
9151378 |
| Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Norman Fortenberry
DUE Division of Undergraduate Education
EHR Directorate for Education & Human Resources
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| NSF Program(s): |
UNDERGRAD INSTRM & LAB IMPROVE |
| Field Application(s): |
Engineering-Electrical, Other nsf.applications NEC |
| Program Element Code(s): |
7400 |
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