Semiconductor Characterization Specialization

Learn to Characterize Semiconductors. Explore electrical, electron beam, ion beam, x-ray, and optical measurement techniques for workplace application.
What you'll learn:
- Students will identify characteristics of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) materials and devices.
- Students will distinguish among different types of semiconductor characterization.
- Students will apply their understanding of different measurement techniques to real-world situations.

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Optical and X-Ray Characterization (Coursera)

Jul 7th 2025
Optical and X-Ray Characterization (Coursera)
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Optical and X-ray techniques are powerful ways to characterize semiconductor thin films. They can be used to measure film thickness, purity and crystalline quality, and for compositional analysis. Modern techniques are fast, turn-key, and generally non-destructive, allowing for rapid assessment of material properties. This course describes the fundamentals of [...]

Electrical Characterization: Diodes (Coursera)

Jul 7th 2025
Electrical Characterization: Diodes (Coursera)
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Course 2 begins with the definitions of resistivity and sheet resistance of semiconductors and metals and emphasizes the importance of working with the correct units for each. We see how to calculate the sheet resistance of a thin conducting film once we know its resistivity. A method to determine [...]

Electron and Ion Beam Characterization (Coursera)

Jul 7th 2025
Electron and Ion Beam Characterization (Coursera)
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Electron and ion beams are widely used for both qualitative and quantitative analysis of semiconductor materials and devices. They can be used to image structures with sub-nm resolution and to provide information about elemental composition and dopant concentration. This course describes the fundamentals of electron and ion beam characterization [...]

Fundamentals of Semiconductor Characterization (Coursera)

Jul 7th 2025
Fundamentals of Semiconductor Characterization (Coursera)
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The goal of this course is to review the fundamentals of semiconductor materials, p-n junction diodes, and MOS capacitors. There are many semiconductor technologies based on different material systems, but the most important is complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor, or CMOS for short. This course will focus on semiconductor materials and devices [...]

Electrical Characterization: MOSFETs (Coursera)

Jul 7th 2025
Electrical Characterization: MOSFETs (Coursera)
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MOSFET transistor switches are the workhorse of semiconductor-based electronics. In this course, we begin with MOS capacitors and see how to extract the oxide charge density, which is important for controlling the MOSFET threshold voltage. We then review MOSFET electrical characteristics and see how current-voltage measurements are used to [...]