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.