MEng Electronic Engineering / Course details

Brief Description of the Unit:

(1) Consumer electronics market in the 21st century: main technology and economic drivers. Flat panel displays (Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), Backlight and pure Light Emitting Diode (LED) TV, Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) displays in mobile phone handsets, Electrostatic Displays), 3D and holography in cinema and home entertainment, Blue Ray Laser Technology, CMOS based sensors in digital cameras, Solid state lighting and LEDs, Projectors, Photovoltaics.  

(2) Current state and future directions in optical communication devices. Next generation of high rate data transfer in digital networks.  Description of device building blocks: optical fibres, lasers, detectors, optical amplifiers, repeaters, modulators, multiplexing, unbreakable encryption.

(3) Inorganic materials for optical applications. Silicon, III-V semiconductors, III-Nitride compounds, II-VI semiconductors. Synthesis. strain, alloys, absorption, spontaneous and stimulated emission. Device structure for photovoltaics, LEDs, lasers and detectors.

(4) Organic materials for optical applications. Small molecules, polymers, organic hybrid materials. Material morphology. Absorption and emission. Device structure for photovoltaics and  Organic LEDs.

The programme unit aims to: 

(1) Provide electrical and electronics engineers with the necessary background in current and emerging technology standards in optical devices for use in the entertainment, consumer and telecommunication industries. 

(2) Introduce and put in context the importance of optical devices and their working principles in the current and future consumer electronics market solutions 

(3) Introduce device operation principles for existing and future optical based communication hardware

(4) Explain the basis of how the properties of inorganic and organic electronic materials are engineered, processed and ultimately exploited in the realization of everyday life optical devices.

(5) To expose students to a laboratory environment where state-of –the-art procedures in device fabrication and characterization takes place with the aim to provide some hands-on experience.

On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

ILO 1 - Define and formulate the role and importance of optical devices in everyday life.

ILO 2 - Explain and assess the key physical concepts in the optoelectronic properties of material and devices.

ILO 3 - Formulate a simple optical device by directly linking it to material properties and device functionality and apply fundamental physical and chemical properties into functional optical devices.

ILO4 - Explain how the material properties are related to the device functionality and assess what role optical devices play in modern communication.

ILO 5 - Discuss the ethical considerations that surround the use of optoelectronic devices in society and assess the relevance of the different technologies to the global economy.

ILO 6 - Characterize, analyse, model and evaluate basic optoelectronic devices using basic instrumentation.

Lectures, labs, Blackboard Quiz

Two laboratory reports.

Laboratory duration 3 hours.
Coursework 1 forms 20% of the unit assessment

BB multiple choice questions Quiz.
Coursework 2 forms 10% of the unit assessment

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Title: Physics of Semiconductors and their Heterostructures

Author/creator: Jasprit Singh

Subjects: Semiconductors

Attribution: Jasprit Singh.

Description: Includes index.

Related Titles: Series: McGraw-Hill series in electrical and computer engineering.

Publisher: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill

Creation Date: c1993

Identifier: ISBN0070576076 :;ISBN9780070576070

Format/Physical description: xxiv,851p.

Language: English

Keywords in context: McGraw-Hill series in electrical and computer engineering  

Source: Library catalogue