6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4019836ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Electronics and Informatics
Educational team
Roger Vounckx
Johan Stiens (course titular)
Peter Schelkens
Bart Jansen
David Blinder
Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Technological (r)evolutions in (micro)electronic systems and markets

  • Introduction
  • Driving forces

 

Micro-and OptoElectronic Devices

  • Basic operation principles
  • Electronic components: diodes, transistors and memories
  • Opto-electronic components: photon-detection, photon-generation, photovoltaics

 

Photonic Devices

  • Classic Components
  • Micro-photonics
  • Si-photonics

 

Manufacturing technologies for Micro-Electronic and Photonic Devices

 

Core applications of micro-electronics and photonics

  • Sustainable Energy Generation
  • Multimedia
  • Telecommunication
  • Biomedical applications
  • Photonic applications
Course material
Course text (Required) : Technologie en toepassingen van micro-elektronica en fotonica
Additional info

In this course a few general aspects of the broad domain of electronics, ICT and photonics will be lectured. About 60% of the course deals with these general aspects. The remaining part of the course focuses on more specialized topics. From these several specialized topics the student will be invited to select a topic to work out a project assignment in detail on an independent basis. Technical as well as commercials and business wise aspects will be treated during the oral presentation of this assignment.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Students acquire insights in the technical and technological background in the broad domain of electronics, ICT and photonics. The acquired background knowledge allows the students to function as professionally as a non-electronic/photonic specialist in companies in the field of electronics and photonics.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 10% of the final mark.
SELF Presentation determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral Examination with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Examination with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Project Presentation with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:

  • PART 1: Oral Exam determines 60% of the final mark. (semi-open book examination)
  • PART 2: Written Exam on the presentation topics: 20% of the final mark. (closed book examination)
  • PART 3: Presentation and written assignment determine 20% of the final mark.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Applied Computer Science: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)