Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Semiconductor Materials Identification at Arizona State University

Learn to characterize semiconductor materials. Discover electrical measurement techniques, electron beams, ion beams, X-rays, and optical techniques for field applications.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Semiconductor components
  • Complementary Metal-Optic Semiconductor (CMOS)
  • Semiconductors
  • Semiconductor Characterization Techniques
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Physics of semiconductor components

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Semiconductor Materials Engineer
  • Electronics Engineer
  • Electronic device developer
  • Electrical Measurements Specialist
  • Microscopist
  • Spectroscopy expert
  • Semiconductor Materials Manufacturing Engineer
  • Researcher in the field of semiconductor materials

Internship – 5-part course series

This specialization provides a general overview of how semiconductor materials are made. After reviewing the fundamentals of semiconductors, courses cover electrical, electron beam, ion beam, X-ray, and optical measurement techniques for semiconductor materials and devices.

Topics taught

  • Diodes
  • MOSFETs
  • Microscopy
  • Spectroscopy

Skills in characterization of semiconductor materials are important for many careers in electrical engineering, including the ever-changing field of electronic device manufacturing.

Hands-on Learning Project

The projects in this training focus on real-world problems that students may encounter in the semiconductor processing field. Each project is a case study in which students apply what they have learned in the course to solve the presented problem.

The purpose of the projects

  • Simulate the types of problems students might face in the workplace.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Fundamentals of the semiconductor criterion

Course 1

  • 5 hours
  • 4.9 (25 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Review of energy band diagrams of metals, semiconductors, and insulators.
  • Explanation of the relationship between conductivity, subject concentration, and mobility.
  • Distinguish between semiconductors with a direct band gap and an indirect band gap.
Categories
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)
  • Semiconductors
  • Semiconductor Criterion Techniques
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Physics of semiconductor devices

Electrical coding: diodes

Course 2

  • 4 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Definition of resistance, specific resistance, and surface resistance and their units of measurement.
  • Description of how to perform voltage-current measurements with a four-point sensor.
  • Explanation of the use of the transfer length method.
Categories
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)
  • Semiconductors
  • Semiconductor Criterion Techniques
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Physics of semiconductor devices

Electrical coding: MOSFETs

Course 3

  • 4 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Extraction of characteristic parameters of MOS capacitors.
  • Extracting characteristic parameters of MOSFETs.
  • MOSFET data analysis from the real world.
Categories
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)
  • Semiconductors
  • Semiconductor Criterion Techniques
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Physics of semiconductor devices

Electron and ion beam criterion

Course 4

  • 4 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Explain the interaction of electron and ion beams with semiconductor materials.
  • Description of the components of electron and ion beam criterion systems.
  • Description of the applications of the criterion with electron and ion beams.
Categories
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)
  • Semiconductors
  • Semiconductor Criterion Techniques
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Physics of semiconductor devices

Optical and X-Ray Criterion

Course 5

  • 4 hours
  • 4.7 (11 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Description of the use of light to measure the thickness and refractive index of thin transparent films.
  • Explain how light is absorbed and emitted by semiconductors.
  • Explanation of the advantages and limitations of optical and X-ray criteria.
Categories
  • Semiconductor devices
  • Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)
  • Semiconductors
  • Semiconductor Criterion Techniques
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Physics of semiconductor devices