Students

The Next Generation Microelectronics Research Center (NGeM) is focused on providing students a deep understanding of the microelectronic chip development processes.

The University of Idaho College of Engineering is expanding its microelectronics courses, training and certificate programs.

Microelectronics I
Course No.: ECE 310
Operational amplifier fundamentals and applications, introduction to electronic devices such as diodes, bipolar junction transistor (BJT) and metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET).

Microelectronics II
Course No.: ECE 410
Introduction to analog integrated circuit (IC) implementation and design, differential and common-mode signal concepts, differential amplifiers, multistage amplifiers, operational amplifier design, frequency response of electronic circuits.

Introduction to Electronic Packaging
Course No.: ECE 418/518
This course serves as an introduction to electronic packaging and “back-end” microelectronic processes. Topics include substrate design and fabrication, SMT and first level assembly, clean room protocol, thermal design, simulation and process considerations.

Introduction to Microelectronics Fabrication
Course No.: ECE 465/565
This course serves as an introduction to the fabrication of microelectronic devices. Topics include the basics of IC structures, clean room protocol, photolithography, film growth and deposition, as well as IC interconnect technologies.

Power Electronics
Course No.: ECE 427
This course explores the characteristics, limitations and application of solid state power devices; induction machines; analysis and application of AC and DC drives; practical aspects of power electronic converter design, including rectifiers and inverters; choppers, AC phase control, device gating techniques and snubbers.

Semiconductor Devices
Course No.: ECE 460
This course covers crystal structure, quantum mechanics, energy band and statistical mechanics of semiconductor devices; carrier transportation, PN junction and heterojunctions structure and Mosfet structure; electro optics.