English

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Students will extend their knowledge of technical English in electrotechnics area with orientation to properties of electrotechnic materials and their production.

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

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Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Structure, composition and properties of electrotechnic materials.
Metals, electrical and thermal conductivity of metals. Materials for conductors and resistors, manufacturing of windings, thermocouples.
Superconductivity, superconductors of the 1st and 2nd class, high temperature superconductors.
Magnetic materials, theory of the ferromagnetic state, losses in magnetic materials.
Soft and hard magnetic materials, metallic magnetic materials, ferrites.
Semiconductors, concentration of carriers, conductivity of semiconductors.
Non equilibrium states in semiconductors.
Generation - recombination process.
Properties of basic semiconductor structures, PN junction, metal-insulator-semiconductor, metal-semiconductor.
Production of semiconductor materials and structures.
Insulators and dielectrics, polarization mechanisms, dielectrics in dc and ac electric fields.
Conductivity and losses in insulators, electrical and thermal breakdown of insulators.
Survey of insulators in solid, liquid and gaseous state. Manufacturing of ceramics, glasses and plastics.

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The aim of the subject is a professional language preparation of students for a study in English or jobs demanded knowledge of English terminology in electrotechnics with orientation to electrotechnic materials and their production. The subject is set for the students having basic knowledge of English grammar and spoken English.

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

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L.H. Van Vlack, Elements of Materials Science and Engineering, 6th ed., Addison Wesley,1989. ISBN 0201093146, 610 p. (EN)
P. Van Zant, Microchip Fabrication, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN 007 1356363,632 p. (EN)

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