The course programme currently reflects the interest/involvement of the UK silicon community, and is heavily focussed on semiconductor theory, simulation, experimental tools and applications.
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Semiconductor theory
Band theory 1
Band theory 2
Layout, guard rings, device calculations 1
Layout, guard rings, device calculations 2
Interaction of particles with matter 1
Interaction of particles with matter 2
Ramo-shockley theory
Radiation damage 1
Radiation damage 2 -
Electronics and DAQ
General electronics, simple circuit calculations
Circuit theory, common topologies
Circuit design, noise and grounding
Amplifier designs (fast amplifiers, TDC)
PCB layout
Trigger + DAQ systems 1
Trigger + DAQ systems 2
FPGA overview -
Mechanics and cooling
Mechanical structures 1
Mechanical structures 2
Thermal management 1
Thermal management 2 -
Silicon fabrication and structures
Silicon device fabrication 1
Silicon device fabrication 2
Silicon device fabrication 3
Silicon device fabrication 4
Device structures: planar and 3D sensors
Device structures: Gain layers (LGAD, SPAD, SiPM)
Device structures: Monolithic sensors
Transistor layout 250 - 28 nm, FinFETs -
Experimental techniques
Lab techniques: IV, CV, source measurements, x-ray measurements 1
Lab techniques: IV, CV, source measurements, x-ray measurements 2
Transient current techniques
Solid state techniques: DLTS, TSC
Testbeams 1
Testbeams 2
Irradiation 1
Irradiation 2 -
TCAD electric field and transport simulations
TCAD introduction, getting started
SProcess planar sensor
SDevice planar sensor
SProcess 3D sensor
SDevice 3D sensor
SProcess monolithic sensor
SDevice monolithic sensor
Advanced features -
Software tools
PCB design (kicad) 1
PCB design (kicad)2
SPICE - electronics simulations (LTspice) 1
SPICE - electronics simulations (LTspice) 2
Monte-Carlo simulations (allpix squared) 1
Monte-Carlo simulations (allpix squared) 2
Testbeam reconstruction (corryvreckan) 1
Testbeam reconstruction (corryvreckan) 2 -
Short topics
Photon science applications
Non-silicon semiconductors: Diamond
Non-silicon semiconductors: Diamond II
Other silicon devices: CCDs, Depfets, imaging sensors
Applications: Dosimetry, medical uses
