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Electrial Engineering Materials


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Long name Electrial Engineering Materials
Approving CModule ME_BaET
Responsible
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Poggemann
Professor Fakultät IME
Valid from summer semester 2022
Level Bachelor
Semester in the year summer semester
Duration Semester
Hours in self-study 60
ECTS 5
Professors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Poggemann
Professor Fakultät IME
Requirements Basics in Mathematics
Basics in Physics
Basics in Electrical Engineering
Language German, English if necessary
Separate final exam Yes
Literature
Hansgeorg Hofmann, Jürgen Spindler: Werkstoffe in der Elektrotechnik, Hanser - Verlag
Ellen Ivers-Tiffée, Waldemar von Münch: Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik, Teubner-Verlag
Gerhard Fasching: Werkstoffe für die Elektrotechnik, Springer-Verlag
Hanno Schaumburg: Werkstoffe, Teubner-Verlag
James F. Shackelford: Werkstofftechnologie für Ingenieure, Pearson
S. M. Sze, Kwok K. Ng: Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Wiley
Frank Thuselt: Physik der Halbleiterbauelemente, Springer-Verlag
Michael Reisch: Halbleiter-Bauelemente, Springer-Verlag
Final exam
Details Technical discussion, students shall explain and discuss topics from the lecture. Materials shall be selected for an application on the basis of given boundary conditions and effects in electronic circuits / components shall be explained on the basis of material properties.
Minimum standard Basics of atomic structure, periodic table and electrical conduction must be answered. A total of at least 50% of the questions must be answered correctly.
Exam Type EN mündliche Prüfung, strukturierte Befragung

Learning goals
Goal type Description
Knowledge Structure of the materials
- Atomic models
- Electron configuration & periodic table of elements
- Chemical bonds
- Crystal structures

Electrical Properties metals and metal alloys
- Specific resistance
- Electron conduction
- Superconductivity

Semiconductors
- Definition and band structure
- Fermi-Dirac distribution and density of states
- Intrinsic conduction
- Extrinsic conduction and Doping
- Hall effect
- Development- and Production-Process

Dielectric materials
- Overview and definition
- Electric conductivity
Volume resistance
Surface resistance
Dielectric strength
- Dielectric polarization
Definition
Polarization mechanisms
Frequency dependence of the dielectric constant
Dielectric loss and its frequency dependence
- Dielectric material classification
Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectrics
Pyroelectrics

Optical properties
- Particle theory
Description of absorption from the electronic structure
- Wave theory
Relationship between dielectric function and frequency dependence of optical
constants

Magnetic materials
- Definition and classification according to magnetic behavior
Dia- and Paramagnetism
Ferro- and Ferrimagnetism
- Atomistic model of magnetism
- Magnetization and magnetic hysteresis
- Loss mechanisms and loss factor
Skills description of the structure of the atoms according to the periodic table, in particular the electron configuration
Prediction of the type of chemical bonds between atoms
the conduction mechanism of metals and semiconductors can be explained
calculation of the specific conductivity by specifying the mobility and concentration of the charge carriers
Making statements about the conductivity and optical properties of solids from the electronic band structure
Expenditure classroom teaching
Type Attendance (h/Wk.)
Lecture 3
Exercises (whole course) 1
Exercises (shared course) 0
Tutorial (voluntary) 0
Special requirements
none
Accompanying material Lecture slides
Videos to the slides
Excercises
Separate exam No

Learning goals
Goal type Description
Knowledge In-depth study and presentation of a topic from the lecture, e.g. with supporting simulations
Skills Research on literature
presentation
(simulation)
Expenditure classroom teaching
Type Attendance (h/Wk.)
Seminar 1
Tutorial (voluntary) 0
Special literature
wird anhand der Präsentationsthemen gegeben
Special requirements
none
Accompanying material undefined
Separate exam Yes
Separate exam
Exam Type EN Fachgespräch (Interview) zu besonderen Fragestellungen (Szenario, Projektaufgabe, Lieraturrecherche)
Details Topics for the presentations are fixed after the first 4 weeks of lectures, the topics should relate to the main areas of study. Students work on the topics and present the results (15min - 30min) in the last two weeks of the lecture, if a large number of students participates as a teamwork.
Minimum standard Presentation shall go beyond the lecture slides and be correct.

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