Università Roma Tre

The student is expected to develop an understanding of the basic processes at the foundation of the solid-state devices, in order to understand the appropriate use and limitations of several families of measuring devices.
The course introduces the basic properties of metals, semiconductors, dielectrics etc. that are at the heart of the correct operation of many solid-state sensors and measuring devices. On the basis of these general properties, the prominent features of solid-state sensors (for magnetic field, temperature, radiation,...) are described. Finally, some solid-state devices of interest to metrology are introduced.