ECE 433Fabrication Technologies for Micro and Nano Devices
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Processes for micro and nanoelectronic fabrication. Semiconductor crystal growth. Thin films by chemical and physical vapor deposition. Epitaxial growth. Plasma-assisted and wet-chemical etch processes. Nano-structured material synthesis. Junction formation. Dielectric layer growth. Photolithography. Patterning on the nanoscale. Fabrication processes for transistors, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS), and thin film devices. Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Process techniques for nanoelectronic devices.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
- ECE109 - Materials Chemistry for Engineers (0.25)
- Students must be in level 4A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Computer Engineering, or H-Electrical Engineering
- Must have completed the following:
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
- NE343 - Microfabrication and Thin-Film Technology (0.50)
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As an EE student having taken ECE331 with Wong (2023 schedule or newer) this goes more in depth into the fabrication technologies. The prof does not teach the content well as such referencing Nemean, Jaeger or the VLSI fabrication text are essential to understanding, otherwise just copy everything into your cheat sheet
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3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention ECE 433, January 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2019
Please Guys: ECE 433 Lecture notes 3 points, 1 comment
u/loayakmal: “I'm not a student in Waterloo but rather that class is essential to my master's thesis and I'm in deep need of it's lecture notes, assignments, exams, etc. If anyone could help out, I would really appreciate it! Thanks already”
Fall 2014
Recommendations and experiences with 4th year ECE/CS Technical Electives? 7 points, 14 comments
“I'm going into 4A Comp Eng and I'm looking at ECE 429, ECE 45x courses and maybe CS technical electives. …”
u/blisse: “Take ECE 433. I hear it's really interesting. All the 45x look good. 454, 455, and 457 are recommended.”
Winter 2012
Tips on surviving 2A COMP ENG 8 points, 27 comments
“HI Guys, So I am going to start my 2A Comp Eng term this winter, can anyone who has gone through the term give me some tips on studying, like what courses should I focus more of my attention on, how …”
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u/loafer: “She had a kid apparently so Prof Karim is taking over 290 which is why he's not teaching ECE 433 --.”
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