IIT BHU Syllabus Electrical and Electronic Ceramics
Electrical and Electronic Ceramics
Ceramic Insulators -Thermal, insulation and dielectric properties. Composition and their manufacture, Cordierite
and steatite. Electronic behavior of Ceramics – Band structures of ceramic oxides, narrow band oxides, Jahn Teller
effect, controlled valency semiconductors, Non-stoichiometry in oxides and its effect on electrical conductivity;
Grain boundary effects on electrical properties. Highly Conducting Ceramics. Synthesis, characteristics and
applications of High Tc Superconductors. Function, fabrication, microstructure, characteristics and applications of
varistor. Classification, structure and applications of solid electrolytes. Fuel cells and batteries. Negative and
positive temperature coefficient thermistor devices. Gas and humidity sensors technology. Thick film hybrid circuit
ceramic technology. Collosol and Giant magneto-resistance.