ECE 5657- Principles of Thin Film Technology
ECE 5657- Principles of Thin Film Technology
Prof. Beth Stadler
5-155 EE/CSci Bldg 6-1628 office hours: Thurs 12:30-1:30
TA: Madhukar Reddy 4-5034 6-147C EE/CSci
Textbook: Materials Science of Thin Films, M. Ohring
Date Lecture Lab Due*
Sept. 2,4 Vacuum Science Teams Pick Material No Lab- form teams in class 9,11 Evaporation Vacuum Systems/Evaporation (1) Team proposal (due Thurs)
16,18 Sputtering Sputtering (1) Hwk 1
23, 25 Chemical Techniques Thickness (2)
Oct. 30, 2 Finish fabrication X-ray Diffraction (3) Hwk 2
7, 9 Review of Material Science SEM/EDS (3)
14, 16 Film Formation Team Films (1) Hwk 3
21, 23 Epitaxy & Film Structure AFM (3) Individual Project draft (7q)
28, 30 Structure and Characterization RBS (3) Hwk 4
Nov. 4, 6 Interfacial Issues Electrical Testing (2) Team Lab report draft
11, 13 Electric & Magnetic Properties VSM (1) Hwk 5
18, 20 Mechanical Properties Teams Free (1) Hwk 7 question due
25 Student Presentations Mechanical Testing (3) Hwk 6
Dec. 2, 4 “ “ Teams Free (1)
9 Optical Properties Optical Spectroscopy (3) Hwk 7, Papers Due
13 No class Team Lab reports
*Things in “DUE” column are due in class of Tuesday that week. Prelabs (not shown) are due in lab.
Lab locations are (1) 5-142 EE/CSci Bldg, (2) NFC- 1st floor EE/CSci Bldg, (3) CharFac- Basement of Shepherd Lab
Grading:
7 Hwks (40%), Project (20%), Lab (40%)
Individual Classwork (you may work together, but do not copy from text or each other!)
Homeworks- Biweekly, about 7 problems each
Literature Review Project- three parts, see Project description (Beware plagerism!)
Draft (5%)
Presentation- Fifteen minutes. (5%)
Paper 10-15 pages. (10%)
Labwork (Work in Teams)
Individual participation (20%)-graded by individual attendence and by evaluations.
Team grades (20%) will be made up based on a team proposal, a lab report draft, and a lab report, see Lab Description Handout.