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ECE-4234: Semiconductor Processing

Description: Manufacturing practices used in silicon integrated circuit fabrication and the underlying scientific basis for these process technologies. Physical models are developed to explain basic fabrication steps, such as substrate growth, thermal oxidation, dopant diffusion, ion implantation, thin film deposition, etching, and lithography. The overall CMOS integrated circuit process flow is described within the context of these physical models.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: MSE-4234

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.23 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 45.21%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Masoud Agah200724.3%60.1%12.6%3.0%0.0%0.0%3.063
Kathleen Meehan201260.0%17.3%11.5%6.4%4.8%0.0%3.163
Mariusz K Orlowski201351.7%31.0%17.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.391
Robert W Hendricks200588.9%0.0%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.781

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