Prerequisites: PHYS 040C or PHYS 04HC; or equivalent; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior
Description: Introduces the electrical properties of materials. Includes the electron as a particle and a wave; hydrogen atom and the periodic table; chemical bonds; free-electron theory of metals; band theory of solids; semiconductors and dielectrics; measurements of material properties; and growth and preparation of semiconductors.
Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following EE 138 or EE 285C.