SCEN103 Home Page

Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution

SCEN103 Science Concepts behind High Technology
Spring 1999
George Watson
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
-- Here is the Spring 2000 site! --

Feb. 10:	Introduction to Course
Feb. 12:	Simple Electrical Circuits
Feb. 15:	Ohm's Law
Feb. 17:	Parallel and Series Circuits
Feb. 19:	Searching the Internet
Feb. 22:	Tell Me More About Batteries!
Feb. 24:	Batteries and Bulbs
Feb. 26:	Publishing on the Web
Mar. 1:	ac and Power Distribution
Mar. 3:	Household Wiring
Mar. 5:	UNIX Crash Course
Mar. 8:	Electrical Safety
Mar. 10:	Resistivity and Play-Doh
Mar. 12:	Battery Testers
Mar. 15:	Downloads and Uploads
Mar. 17:	Intro. to Atomic Physics
Mar. 19:	Being Digital: Counting
Mar. 22:	Internet Challenge: Phase I
Mar. 24:	Internet Challenge: Phase II
Mar. 26:	Reverse Internet Challenge
Apr. 5:	Circuit Review
Apr. 7:	Midterm Exam
Apr. 9:	Exam Review and Discussion
Apr. 12:	Excited States and Quantum Leaps
Apr. 14:	Introduction to Electronic Structure
Apr. 16:	Introduction to Electronic Band Structure
Apr. 19:	Building a Great Website
Apr. 21:	Introduction to Semiconductor Physics
Apr. 23:	Penetration Rates of Appliances in the U.S.
Apr. 26:	More Semiconductor Physics - Doping
Apr. 28:	Building a Transistor
Apr. 30:	Introduction to MOSFETs
May 3:	Introduction to CMOS
May 5:	Computer Lab: Group Project Work
May 7:	Introduction to Digital Logic
May 10:	Sound and Its Digitization
May 12:	Circuit Simulator Exercises
May 14:	The Compact Disk
May 17:	Semester Wrap-Up
May 19:	Presentation of Group Projects
May 26:	Final Exam, 10:30am-12:30pm

How does a photocopier work?
How does a compact disk work?
What can you tell me about microwave ovens?
How does my telephone work?

House Wiring, progression of circuit loading
Xerography, photoconductivity and photocopying
Lithography, stages of diffusion doping

None currently due...

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Last updated July 1, 1999.
Copyright George Watson, Univ. of Delaware, 1998.