Physics for EE

The course is split into modules. EE students take the following five modules• Module I: Semiconductor physics, charge flows, PN-junction
• Module II: Dynamics (single particle), Newton’s laws, work, kinetic energy, momentum, impact
• Module V: Waves and oscillations (damped, undamped)
• Module VI: The nature and propagation of light (light as particle or wave)
• Module VII: Quantum mechanics

General objectives• being able to work with symbols and symbolic equations (as opposed to numeric values);
• being able to apply physical concepts to everyday phenomena.
The Physics course has a modular setup with the following modules:• Module I: Semiconductor physics, charge flows, PN-junction
• Module II: Dynamics (single particle), Newton’s laws, work, kinetic energy, momentum, impact
• Module III: Dynamics (systems of particles)
• Module IV: Dynamics (rigid bodies)
• Module V: Waves and oscillations (damped, undamped)
• Module VI: The nature and propagation of light (light as particle or wave)
• Module VII: Quantum mechanics
EE students take Modules I, II, V, VI, and VII . The learning goals of these modules are as follows.
At the end of the course a student will/should be able to:• Describe in his/her own words the elementary properties of intrinsic and doped semiconductor material, carrier concentrations, flow charge mechanisms; [mod I]
• Explain the properties of the PN-junction and its modelling (incl. capacitive effects); [mod I]
• Apply kinematics to the single particle motion, in various coordinate systems; [mod II]
• Apply the following 3 main approaches to kinetics for the case of a single particle [mod II]- force-mass-acceleration equation,

• work-energy equation,
• impulse-momentum equation;• Apply and interpret the space-time description of mechanical waves and oscillations and explain how these relate to various kinds of wave phenomena; [mod V]
  • Describe in his/her own words the particle/wave duality for light and apply and interpret their formulations on various examples; [mod VI]
  • Apply and interpret physical concepts from quantum mechanics, like the wave equation and the Schrödinger equation. [mod VII]

Calculus, complex numbers, symbolic manipulation of expressions, derivatives, integration, first and second-order differential equations, vector calculus.

• University Physics with Modern Physics (ISBN 978-0-321-76218-4)
• Slides will be made available via Canvas.