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Apple Computer Started about the same time as Microsoft Was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wosniak in a garage in California’s silicon valley Was hardware focused vs. software focus for Microsoft Created the first personal computer

Apple Computer Developed the point and click interface with a mouse Was nearly bankrupted by IBM style personal computers using Microsoft software Refused to interface with Microsoft software Steve Jobs was forced out of the company

Apple Computer Company nearly failed Steve Jobs rejoined Focused on high quality innovative devices Developed iPod iTunes created as a way to get value for music and replace free downloads Developed iPhone Many versions with innovative technology

Apple Computer Developed iPAD Developed iPad mini Opened tablet computer market Developed iPad mini Surpassed Microsoft in value Is now the most valuable company in the World Can Apple continue to develop new technology and devices?

Materials Conductive materials – valence band overlaps the conduction band Non conductive materials – valence band is separated from conduction band and electrons can not easily get to the conduction band Semiconductor materials – conduction band is close to valence band and electrons can easily jump from the valence band to the conduction band with an energy source

Silicon Silicon is an element Silicon is the first or second most abundant element on the earth Sand is a form of silicon Silicon is know as a semiconductor because under certain conditions it can conduct electricity (electrons) Silicon is the most widely used material for today’s microelectronics Silicon was not the first semiconductor material used, germanium was first.

silicon

Raw silicon is melted and grown into a single crystal ingot Silicon ingot being grown Completed silicon ingot

Once the ingot is complete, wafers are sawn from the ingot and the top side is polished to a mirror finish

Group 4

Silicon From the periodic chart you can see that silicon is a group 4 element Group 4 elements have 4 electrons in their outer most electron shell Germanium is also a group 4 element

Why is silicon an excellent microelectronics material? It is very abundant It can be grown into a single orientation crystal It can be made electrically active easily It can be made to conduct electrons with a small applied potential It has a naturally forming oxide that acts as an insulating and diffusion barrier

Two dimensional schematic of three dimensional crystal

Group 3 Elements

P type doping – Positive, electron short, also called a hole

Group 5 elements

N-type doping – N is negative, electron rich

Combing n-type silicon and p-type silicon gives a pn junction

Special tweezers are used to handle silicon wafers The EE project in the clean room will use silicon wafers as the base for the antennas Special tweezers are used to handle silicon wafers

The future Silicon will continue to play a dominant role but other semiconductor materials will play an increasing role III-V semiconductor materials made from group III and group V elements are now common ( GaAs, InP, AlN ) II-VI semiconductor materials are being investigated for special applications SiC, “diamond like carbon”, and SiGe are also of interest

Next homework assignment HW5 from the web site Write a one page report on “RFID” Be sure to include the frequency of operation for “RFID” Know what “RFID” stands for Know the two types of “RFID” Include at least two references Due next class meeting