This course first review the fundamental knowledge about semiconductor physics and MOSFET transistors and go through various advanced silicon based devices and technologies, including NMOS, CMOS, CCD, TFT and SOI. Junction devices, namely bipolar junction transistors, tunnel diodes, heterojunction and quantum-well devices, and quantum dots, are introduced. Silicon based memory technologies, including DRAM, floating gate MOSFET, flash memory, are covered. The course also gives introduction to photonic devices, for examples, light emitting devices (LEDs), semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, and solar cells. Organic electronics, including organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic thin film transistors, and flexible electronic devices are described. (Not for students who have taken ELEG4301 or ELEG4510 or ESTR4210 or ESTR4216. Prerequisites: ELEG3301 or consent of the instructor.)

Review of semiconductor physics and MOSFET transistors. Advanced silicon based devices and technologies: NMOS, CMOS, CCD, TFT, SOI. Introduction to junction devices: bipolar junction transistors, tunnel diodes, heterojunction and quantum-well devices. Silicon based memory technologies: DRAM, floating gate MOSFET, flash memory. Introduction to photonic devices: light emitting devices (LEDs), semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, solar cells. Introduction to organic electronics: organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic thin film transistors. (Not for students who have taken ELEG4311 or ELEG4510 or ESTR4210 or ESTR4216.)

Fundamentals of microoptics: Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffractions, spatial and temporal coherence, polarization, interferometers and thin film filters; microlens performance: diffraction limit and aberrations, scaling from macro to micro components; refractive microoptics: GRIN optics, microprisms and micromirrors; diffractive microoptics: fabrication techniques, examples of diffractive optical elements, modelling of diffractive optics; Case studies of microoptics applications in beam shaping, optical data discs and optical imaging. (Not for students who have taken ELEG4580.)

This course gives an overall picture of the design and implementation of RF circuits which provides the understanding of the basic microwave theories and concepts (e.g. transmission line, microstrip, Smith chart, impedance matching, microwave network analysis, scattering-parameters and measurement technique); the operating principles of RF devices and circuits (e.g. power divider, RF switch, etc); as well as hands-on experience in RF circuit realization (e.g. simulation, fabrication, characterization). (Not for students who have taken ELEG4203 or ELEG4320 or ESTR4206 or ESTR4220.)