SYLLABUS
University: Technical University of Košice
Faculty: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Department: Department of Physics
Course Number: 26000749 Course Name: Microstructural analysis of the materials in electronics
Type, scope and method of learning activities:
Course Type: Lecture, Laboratory exercise
Recommended scope of the course content (in hours):
Full-time study (hours per week): 2,2
Part-time study (hours per semester): WT 26,26
Study Method: Attendance
Number of credits: 6
Recommended semester of study: WT
Recommended semester Study programme Study grade Study Method
1.rok WT Physical Engineering of Advanced Materials (FIPM_Ing_D_sk) Master Attendance
Level of study:
Prerequisites:
Course completion requirements:
Assessment and completion of the course: Credit test and examination
Continuous assessment: Student passes the continuous assessment and receives credits when he or she meets the requirement to obtain at least 21% out of 40%.
Credit test
Final assessment: Student passes the final assessment and passes the examination when he or she meets the requirement to obtain at least 31% out of 60%.
Examination
Overall assessment: Overall assessment is the sum of the assessments obtained by students in the assessment period. The overall result is determined in accordance with the internal regulations of the Technical University in Košice. (Study Regulations, the internal regulation principles of doctoral studies)
Learning outcomes:
Student gets a basic overview in the methods of microstructure analysis in the field of materials in electronics.
Brief course content:
• Analysis of microstructure via light microscopy.
• Analysis of microstructure via electron microscopy.
• X-ray sources, detectors, optics.
• Analysis of microstructure via X-ray diffraction.
• X-ray and acoustic microscopy.
• Phase diagrams, formation of microstructure of metallurgical joints.
• Fundamentals of crystallography.
• Fundamentals of infrared inspection.

Recommended Reference Sources:
1. Brandon, D. – Kaplan, W.D.: Microstructural Characterization of Materials, John Wiley a Sons, New York, 2008
2. Callister, W.D  – Rethwisch, D.G: Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, John Wiley a Sons, New York, 2018
Pecharsky, V. K. – Zavalij, P. Y.: Fundamentals of Powder Diffraction and Structural Characterization of Materials, KLUWER Academic
Publishers, 2003, ISBN 1-4020-7365-8
Smallman, R. E.:Moderní náuka o kovech, Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, Praha, 1964
Recommended optional program components:
Languages required for the course completion: Slovak, English
Notes:
Course assessment:
Total number of students assessed: 12
  A B C D E FX  
  33% 17% 25% 17% 8% 0%  
Teacher:
doc. Ing. Juraj Ďurišin, PhD.
Last modified: 31.08.2022
Approved by: person(s) responsible for the study program