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- Know the history of electronics and the reasons, processes and consequences of the emergence of integrated circuits. - To reflect on the geopolitical, environmental and economic consequences of the distribution of the current semiconductor market. - Understand the different technologies developed in the field of microelectronics, their scope and limitations, and their impact on design rules. - Learn the different possible engineering roles in microelectronics, as well as the design flows in which they are integrated, both in analogue and digital design.

1. History of microelectronics 1.1 From the vacuum valve to semiconductors. 1.2 From Bell Labs to Fairchild Semiconductors. 1.3 Kilby and Moore - the integrated circuit. 2. The semiconductor market 2.1 Commodities, sensors, processors, memories: different markets, market volume. 2.2 Fabless and its consequences. 2.3 Major players: ASML, TSMC, Broadcom, Samsung, Intel... 2.4 Dependencies and derived geopolitics. 2.5 Environmental impact. 2.6 Microelectronics applications. From Nvidia to Deepseek. 3. Integrated circuit manufacturing technologies 3.1 Moore's Law and transistor technologies: CMOS, Planar, FinFET, GAAFET, CFET... 0.18-0.13 microns and analogue, etc. 3.2 Different types of transistors in a technology (CMOS in depth) and their usefulness. Importance of manufacturing parameters on transistor behaviour. 3.3 The manufacturing process: a holistic view. 3.4 Basic processes 3.5 Processes in sub-10nm technologies: extreme lithography (EUV), implementation and planarisation techniques. 3.6 Design Rules and their link with manufacturing. 4. New materials and technologies (2 sessions) 4.1 SiC, GaN, and SOI. 4.2 2D materials. 4.3 SW carbon nanotubes. 4.4 MEMs and MOEMs 4.5 Metal oxides and ferroelectrics. 4.6 Thin films - chalcogenides - flexible 4.7 Photonic chips 5. The design flow of a chip. Different roles in microelectronics engineering 5.1 Front-end, back-end and verification roles. Analog-first. Digital-first. 5.2 Design flow in analogue microelectronics. 5.3 Design flow in digital microelectronics

- Lectures with reflection activities on what has been learnt. - Active classes of search and discovery of updated information on the semiconductor market. - Discussions in forums extending the information provided in the classroom. - Occasional seminars by professionals from the microelectronics industry on design and manufacturing flow. - Personalised tutorials reinforcing the knowledge acquired. The use of artificial intelligence is allowed to carry out some of these activities, being mandatory always to declare it in the form that will be shown at the beginning of the course. The activities where it may be used will be detailed in class. The use of Generative AI is expected and encouraged to enhance critical thinking and creativity, the opposite being penalised.