1.2 Purpose and Goal of this Course


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1.2 Purpose and Goal of the Course

The purpose of this course is to explore the internal behavior of semiconductor devices, so that we can understand the relation between the device geometry and material parameters on one hand and the resulting electrical characteristics on the other hand.

This course provides the link between the physics of semiconductors and the design of electronic circuits. The material covered in this course is therefore required to successfully design CMOS-based integrated circuits.


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